Building the CLX with FPC: what changed
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Title: Building the CLX with FPC
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| 1 | + | ## Introduction | |
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| 3 | + | There are some efforts to build the (Free)CLX with FPC, here is a short explanation how to build it. For Win32 the Delphi 7 CLX is used while on linux the Kylix 3 CLX is used. | |
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| 5 | + | Further, FPC from svn (2.3.1 or 2.2.1) is used. | |
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| 7 | + | ## Status | |
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| 9 | + | Current status is that all units except the database related units build. | |
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| 11 | + | That's 39 of 44 units. | |
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| 13 | + | Today (02.07.2007) I get perfectly compiled Qxxx units and test application (written with Kylix). fpc-2.0.4 (i386 rpm from lazarus snapshots build 20070701), fpc-2.1.5 (build 20070702) cannot do the job. | |
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| 15 | + | ## Howto | |
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| 17 | + | - Build and install FPC from SVN sources: [[How to start]] | |
| 18 | + | - copy the clx sources to a newly created directory as well as the | |
| 19 | + | - Win32 only: CommDlg.pas from Source/Rtl/Win/ | |
| 20 | + | - Win32 only: CommCtrl.pas from Source/Rtl/Win/ | |
| 21 | + | - Win32 only: ShlObj.pas from Source/Rtl/Win/ | |
| 22 | + | - Win32 only: RegStr.pas from Source/Rtl/Win/ | |
| 23 | + | - Win32 only: WinInet.pas from Source/Rtl/Win/ | |
| 24 | + | - Win32 only: UrlMon.pas from Source/Rtl/Win/ | |
| 25 | + | - Win32 only: WinSpool.pas from Source/Rtl/Win/ | |
| 26 | + | - Linux only: XLib.pas from source/rtl/linux/ | |
| 27 | + | - MaskUtils.pas from Source/Rtl/Common/ | |
| 28 | + | - Contnrs.pas from Source/Rtl/Common/ | |
| 29 | + | - HelpIntfs.pas from Sources/Common/ | |
| 30 | + | - IniFiles.pas from Source/Rtl/Common/ | |
| 31 | + | - Registry.pas from Source/Rtl/Common/ | |
| 32 | + | - Linux only: QFileCtrls.res from Lib/ ~~and rename it to qfilectrls.res~~ | |
| 33 | + | - ~~Linux only: rename DirSel.xfm to dirsel.xfm~~ | |
| 34 | + | - QButtons.res from Lib/ | |
| 35 | + | - QDialogs.res from Lib/ | |
| 36 | + | - QDBCtrls.res from Lib/ | |
| 37 | + | - QCheckLst.res from Lib/ | |
| 38 | + | - QFileCtrls.res from Lib/ | |
| 39 | + | - ~~Linux only: rename QFileDialog.res to qfiledialog.res~~ | |
| 40 | + | - ~~Linux only: rename QDialogs.res to qdialogs.res~~ | |
| 41 | + | - ~~Linux only: rename QDBPWDlg.xfm to qdbpwdlg.xfm~~ | |
| 42 | + | - ~~Linux only: rename QDBLogDlg.xfm to qdblogdlg.xfm~~ | |
| 43 | + | - ~~remove all references to *.xfm files, fpc can't handled them yet (fix this!!)~~ | |
| 44 | + | - D7 CLX only: remove usage of sysinit namespace in qdialogs.pas; system can be used instead | |
| 45 | + | - ~~replace all RTLConsts with RTLConst (fix this!!) (should be fixed after 1.9.8)~~ | |
| 46 | + | - D7 CLX only: fix ShlObj.pas: the lines 3554 to 3557 miss a semicolon at the end; FPC won't emulate bugs in the Delphi parser | |
| 47 | + | - ~~Linux ONLY : Add dynlibs unit after implementation (LoadLibrary & FreeLibrary needs it).~~ Compiling with the -Sk switch should be enough | |
| 48 | + | - Remove sysutils from uses clause of implementation section of QStyle.pas | |
| 49 | + | - 2.2.1 only: | |
| 50 | + | - Change {\$R *.xfm} to {\$R *.res} in QFileDialog.pas | |
| 51 | + | - Convert QFileDialog.xfm to resource. It can be done with fpcres utility **from a 2.3.1 snapshot**: `fpcres -of res QFileDialog.xfm` | |
| 52 | + | - create a dummy unit to build the clx:\ | |
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| 54 | + | `unit buildclx;`\ | |
| 55 | + | ` interface`\ | |
| 56 | + | ` uses`\ | |
| 57 | + | ` BindHelp, QDBActns, QFileCtrls,`\ | |
| 58 | + | ` QActnList, QFileDialog, QSearch,`\ | |
| 59 | + | ` QButtons, QForms, QStdActns,`\ | |
| 60 | + | ` QCheckLst, QGraphics, QStdCtrls,`\ | |
| 61 | + | ` QClipbrd, QGrids, QStyle,`\ | |
| 62 | + | ` QComCtrls, QImgList, QTypes,`\ | |
| 63 | + | ` QConsts, QDialogs, QMask,`\ | |
| 64 | + | ` QControls, QExtCtrls, QMenus,`\ | |
| 65 | + | ` Qt, QPrinters;`\ | |
| 66 | + | ` implementation`\ | |
| 67 | + | `end.` | |
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| 69 | + | - build the CLX with | |
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| 71 | + | ` fpc -Sd buildclx -Rintel ` | |
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| 73 | + | on windows and | |
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| 75 | + | ` fpc -Sdk buildclx -Rintel ` | |
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| 77 | + | on linux. | |
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| 79 | + | ### Building the DB units | |
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| 81 | + | Building of the DB units isn't possible yet, however, at least the following steps must be done: | |
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| 83 | + | - copy the following files into the directory where you put the clx source: | |
| 84 | + | - DB.pas from Sources/Vcl | |
| 85 | + | - SqlTimSt.pas from Sources/Vcl | |
| 86 | + | - DBConsts.pas from Sources/Vcl | |
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| 88 | + | ## Todo | |
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| 90 | + | As you might guess, there is also stuff to do: | |
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| 92 | + | - The ClassGrouping functions are only dummies in FPC (StartClassGroup et al.) | |
| 93 | + | ||
| 94 | + | --- | |
| 95 | + | *From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Building the CLX with FPC", as it stood on 2013-09-21 after a change by Jwdietrich, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).* | |
| 96 | + | Category: CLX | |
| 97 | + | Category: FPC |