Hi,

Attached is a very simple test project. It uses a QuestionDlg() in the form's OnShow (eg: to ask a user if they want online or offline access for the application). It was purposely added there to ask a question before the main form is shown. This LCL application works perfectly under Windows, Linux and FreeBSD. But it blocks mouse and keyboard input under OSX - so the user can't actually answer the question and get into the application! The only thing I can do is click the red "x" button in the dialog title area, but that is no real solution.

Is this a know issue under OSX? Anybody have a work-around?

ps:
Regarding the attached archive. I added the extra extension ".removeme" to overcome stupid spam/virus checks. Please remove the extra extension and unpack as normal.

Regards,
Graeme

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Hi,? Cannot reproduce(OSX 10.8.2, Lazarus trunk SVN: 1.5): https://youtu.be/zNT-dHOzalM ???

regards,Bal?zs

From: Graeme Geldenhuys
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Subject: [Lazarus] QuestionDlg block mouse and keyboard input under OSX

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Attached is a very simple test project. It uses a QuestionDlg() in the form's OnShow (eg: to ask a user if they want online or offline access for the application). It was purposely added there to ask a question before the main form is shown. This LCL application works perfectly under Windows, Linux and FreeBSD. But it blocks mouse and keyboard input under OSX - so the user can't actually answer the question and get into the application! The only thing I can do is click the red "x" button in the dialog title area, but that is no real solution.

Is this a know issue under OSX? Anybody have a work-around?

ps:
Regarding the attached archive. I added the extra extension ".removeme" to overcome stupid spam/virus checks. Please remove the extra extension and unpack as normal.

Regards,
? Graeme

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On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys <

thanks,
Dmitry
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Balazs Szekely wrote

Cannot reproduce(OSX 10.8.2, Lazarus trunk SVN: 1.5)

Thanks for trying. Here is my video showing the problem.

http://youtu.be/Z_2KkQrpiXY

The odd characters that appear in the console window around 24seconds is me trying to use the arrow keys or TAB and ENTER key to click a button.

My last resort was to click the red "x" button.

Regards,
- Graeme -

Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote

> Please bug report. I'll take a look tonight.

Thanks.

http://mantis.freepascal.org/view.php?id=28304

Regards,
- Graeme -

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys <

That's OSX feature.

You're trying to launch GUI application "not from a bundle". OSX considers the application as command-line utility and passes all user input to the console, rather than GUI.

OSX is using "bundles" to organize GUI application files. Bundles are shown as a single file in the file system (for non-advanced users), but instead this is a directory with a very strict structure and some extra files in it (including the executable file).

So what you can do. In the terminal do the following: cd project1.app/Contents/MacOS
./project1

thanks,
Dmitry
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Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote

So what you can do. In the terminal do the following: cd project1.app/Contents/MacOS ./project1

Ah. Thank you very much for that info. It is working now. I'll try and close/cancel the bug report. I'm very new to development under OSX - I guess it shows. ;-)

Regards,
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys <

http://wiki.freepascal.org/GDB_on_OS_X_Mavericks_and_Xcode_5

Lots of forum threads about the issue as well.

thanks,
Dmitry
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Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote

> The next big thing for a new OSX developer is to get debugger working:

Up to now, I've been debugging (on OSX) with tiOPF logging units. I've actually just finished following all those instructions (homebrew, code signing etc). Everything seems to have gone smoothly (I got all the same output as the wiki) and I can now run applications via Lazarus IDE.

Unfortunately breakpoints don't seem to work at all. :-/ I'll try for a little while longer, otherwise I'll switch back to tiOPF's logging units.

Double unfortunately, using Lazarus's Debug Output window is totally useless too, because starting my application generates what seem like 100-200k lines (probably exaggerated a bit) of output. The other problem is as soon as I scroll that window contents it all renders corrupted text (multiple lines seems painted over each other).

So far developing for OSX is a real pain. It makes Linux or FreeBSD look like a walk in the park.

Regards,
- Graeme -

[mailing list admins never approved my previous post from yesterday]

Graeme Geldenhuys wrote

100-200k lines (probably exaggerated a bit) of output. The other problem is as soon as I scroll that window contents it all renders corrupted text (multiple lines seems painted over each other).

See screenshot...

http://geldenhuys.co.uk/~graemeg/laz_osx_corrupt_text_rendering.png

Regards,
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On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys <

Could you please copy-paste (cmd+c , cmd+v) the contents to a text file?

thanks,
Dmitry
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