On Mac OS X, if Printer4Lazarus is added to the project, it fails to compile and throws an error at the top of cupsprinters.inc. The error is "Illegal Expression". I'm using the 11/05 over night build.

Dominique.

On Mac OS X, if Printer4Lazarus is added to the project, it fails to compile and throws an error at the top of cupsprinters.inc. The error is "Illegal Expression". I'm using the 11/05 over night build.

I can confirm this with today svn update. This command

simba:laz-9.25 bee$ make all LCL_PLATFORM=carbon OPT="-k-framework -kcarbon -k-framework -kOpenGL -k'-dylib_file'
-k'/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGL.dylib -k/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGL.dylib'" bigide

gave me

Free Pascal Compiler version 2.3.1 [2008/05/13] for i386 Copyright (c) 1993-2008 by Florian Klaempfl
Target OS: Darwin for i386
Compiling runtimetypeinfocontrols.pas
Assembling runtimetypeinfocontrols
22 lines compiled, 0.4 sec
make -C printers
/bin/rm -f lib/i386-darwin/carbon/printer4lazarus.ppu /usr/local/bin/ppc386 -dUseCache -dNativePrint -dLCL -dLCLcarbon -S2 -gl -Fuunix/ -Fuwin32/ -Fucarbon/ -Fuqt/
-Fu/usr/local/share/lazarus/lcl/units/i386-darwin/ -Fu/usr/local/share/lazarus/lcl/units/i386-darwin/carbon/ -Fu/usr/local/share/lazarus/packager/units/i386-darwin/ -Fu./ -Fu/usr/local/lib/fpc/2.3.1/units/i386-darwin/rtl -Fiunix/ -Fiwin32/ -Ficarbon/ -Fiqt/ -Fi./ -FE. -FUlib/i386-darwin/carbon -k-framework -kcarbon -k-framework -kOpenGL -k'-dylib_file'
-k'/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGL.dylib -k/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGL.dylib' -di386 printer4lazarus.pas
Free Pascal Compiler version 2.3.1 [2008/05/13] for i386 Copyright (c) 1993-2008 by Florian Klaempfl
Target OS: Darwin for i386
Compiling printer4lazarus.pas
Compiling printersdlgs.pp
Compiling osprinters.pas
cupsprinters.inc(4,1) Error: Illegal expression
cupsprinters.inc(4,6) Fatal: Syntax error, ";" expected but "identifier UDLGSELECTPRINTER" found
Fatal: Compilation aborted
make[2]: *** [printer4lazarus.ppu] Error 1
make[1]: *** [bigidecomponents] Error 2
make: *** [bigidecomponents] Error 2

I couldn't resolve the errors since the line number info seems to be inaccurate. Line 4,1 of cupsprinters.inc is a comment block and there's no UDLGSELECTPRINTER on line 4,6.

Removing 'bigide' param gave me a working Lazarus with minimum component set. I'm using FPC 2.3.1 and Laz 9.25 from svn.

-Bee-

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I'm still seeing this in 13/5 overnight build.

I'm still seeing this in 13/5 overnight build.

Are you sure, that your lazarus svn is up2date?

1. Line 4,1 of cupsprinters.inc is *not* a comment block and there *is* a UDLGSELECTPRINTER on line 4,6.

2. Because of -dNativePrint -dLCL -dLCLcarbon, it should not use cupsprinters.inc, but carbonprinters.inc.

Please compile with -vut or even with -va and check what the compiler is doing.

Mattias

You could use subversion instead of snapshots and find the revision which caused the problem, as described here:

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/How_To_Help_Developing_Lazarus#Dealing_with_regressions

Sorry I mean the overnight snapshot build on over @ http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/

I will try and compile my projec with -dNativePrint to see if that makes any difference.

Dominique.

I just update my FPC and Lazarus SVN and make sure it got all the new updates. Recompile FPC, it did well. Recompile lazarus with bigide param, the problem still persists.

1. Line 4,1 of cupsprinters.inc is *not* a comment block and there *is* a UDLGSELECTPRINTER on line 4,6.

Correct. It seemed that I opened a wrong file. Sorry, my mistake. :)

2. Because of -dNativePrint -dLCL -dLCLcarbon, it should not use cupsprinters.inc, but carbonprinters.inc.

Using...

make all LCL_PLATFORM=carbon OPT="-k-framework -kcarbon -k-framework -kOpenGL -k'-dylib_file'
-k'/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGL.dylib :/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGL.dylib' -dNativePrint -va" bigide

I got this...

[1.311] Back in osprinters.pas
[1.311] ENDIF NATIVEPRINT found
[1.311] ENDIF LCLCARBON found
[1.311] IFDEF LCLQT found, rejected
[1.311] Skipping until...
[1.311] Handling switch "$ELSE"
[1.311] ELSE LCLQT found, accepted
[1.311] Handling switch "$I"
[1.311] Searching file cupsprinters.inc... not found [1.311] Searching file CUPSPRINTERS.INC... not found [1.311] Searching file cupsprinters.inc... not found [1.311] Searching file CUPSPRINTERS.INC... not found [1.311] Searching file ./unix/cupsprinters.inc... found [1.311] Searching file ./unix/cupsprinters.inc... found [1.311] Start reading includefile ./unix/cupsprinters.inc [1.311] Illegal expression
[1.311] Syntax error, ";" expected but "identifier UDLGSELECTPRINTER" found [1.312] ENDIF LCLQT found
[1.312] ENDIF UNIX found
[1.312] Searching file printersdlgs.pp... found
[1.401] Compilation aborted

Obviously the compiler locates for cupsprinters.inc instead of carbonprinters.inc

Did I do something wrong? TIA.

-Bee-

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Yes. You are recompiling a printers package outside IDE. Thats why LCLCarbon is undefined. Add -dLCLCarbon to your params to overcome this problem.

Best regards,
Paul Ishenin.

The makefiles already add all options. See prior mails.

The osprinters.pas was wrong for carbon. I fixed it in r15128.

Please test.

Mattias

The makefiles already add all options. See prior mails. The osprinters.pas was wrong for carbon. I fixed it in r15128.

make all LCL_PLATFORM=carbon OPT="-k-framework -kcarbon -k-framework -kOpenGL -k'-dylib_file'
-k'/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGL.dylib :/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/libGL.dylib' -dNativePrint -dLCL -dLCLCarbon" bigide

is simply didn't work. I had to add several source paths manually to some carbon's units, then it went well. As far as I remember, I never need to add additional search path on linux with gtk2. Simply "make all LCL_PLATFORM=gtk2 bigide" just works. ;) Maybe this is a problem with the make file which I don't understand. :-D

Those paths that needed to be added are:

-Fucomponents/printers/carbon/
-Fucomponents/printers/
-Ficomponents/printers/carbon/
-Fulcl/interfaces/carbon/
-Fucomponents/rtticontrols/
-Fucomponents/printers/design/

Now I have richer component palette. Thank you. :)

-Bee-

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Now I have richer component palette. Thank you. :)

However, printing feature still didn't work. Both IDE's printing feature and LCL's printing components.

-Bee-

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http://beeography.wordpress.com