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Sorry, I meant admin edit/create secondary file.
The primary config files are not being created at disk,here, after the first use. I was trying to copy from secondary which doesn't exist. I'll update and see if now they are being created.

I didn't updated CVS after this change

karl

Hi everyone.
I have one question, maybe im ignorant :) jeje but, �How can i patch lazarus sources under windows? im using cvs with TortoiseCVS, but i download lasts updates using console.. i dont know how patch windows version...

Thanks.

Normally the secondary config path is not writable for the user.

The primary is for the user. Most primary files are created on first use of the IDE. When the primary exists, the secondary is ignored. So, why should the user want to edit the secondary?

Even with the FileExists addition?

Mattias

Two patches are attached:

Applied.

There is an try..except around the copy. And defaults are always created. Even if the file exists.
I added a FileExists, so that debugging will show an exception less.

Mattias

Two patches are attached:

- fix ShowModal after being closed by X button
- small improvements/fixes to the LazConf functionns (include/win32/lazconf.inc). The primary path is set to lazarus dir and the secondary to windows dir. Maybe we can change it to the profile dir (under NT/XP/2000) and AppData dir\lazarus (default place for App files). Any suggestions?

BTW: When Creating config files, if Primary file is not found, is tried to copy from secondary file to primary file. This creates a exception because primary file also not exists. Maybe can be checked if primary file exists and if no, created a default one.

karl

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Download patch.exe,diff.exe from cygwin or mingw.
You can make a diff with cvs using -rdiff file versions (See docs) or you can save the older file/dir and make the changes at one copy.Then do diff -c oldfile newfile > patchfile to create the diff. To aplly the diff , in the dir where are the files to be patched do: patch < patchfile

karl

So, the user must copy/make a config secondary file manually?

The sequence i had in mind was:

Check if secondary exits
if no, create one and save to disk
Check if primary exists
if no, copy from secondary to primary

This way in first run both files will be automatically generated and if desired, the user can change/edit the secondary/template file.

But look that this is not the desired behavior

Can you tell me, where the exception is raised?

Inside CopySecondaryConfigFile function(lazconf.inc)
at SrcFS:=TFileStream.Create(SecondaryFilename,fmOpenRead);

karl

First starting and closing the IDE creates only a few configs. Like the environmentoptions.xml. (If not, then there is a bug) There are no useful values, because the IDE only saves differences to the defaults. At the moment the xml config units also saves empty parent nodes, so the config files contain some unneeded nodes. This is a ToDo.

To create the secondary configs, the admin can do: Start the IDE as a user, setup up some things and close the IDE. Use a xml or text editor and delete what you don't need. Copy the files to the secondary config directory (Probably only environmentoptions.xml).

Mattias

Sorry,i mean secondary config file.

There is an try..except around the copy. And defaults are always created.

At least in my system, this default secondary config is not saved to disk. I looked at the values of the Paths, and they are valid ones.

Even if the file exists. I added a FileExists, so that debugging will show an exception less.

karl

The secondary config file is for templates. For example admins can setup some default values for all users.
Can you tell me, where the exception is raised?

Mattias