On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 20:42:36 -0500 "BobJ" <rjustice...@woh.rr.com> wrote:
>[...] > -------- Begin web-site excerpt -------- > > Using the LCL without Lazarus > > 1How to use the LCL without the Lazarus IDE? > 1.1Requirements > 1.2Introduction > 1.3The installation process > 1.4The settings > 1.5The code > 1.6Lazarus 1.2.6 > 2Alternatives > How to use the LCL without the Lazarus IDE? > > Requirements > Things you'll need: > . Free Pascal 2.4.4 > . Lazarus 0.9.30 That's very old. Current is FPC 3.0.0 and Lazarus 1.6.2. > Tested on Microsoft Windows XP SP3. > > Introduction > > You are not forced to use the Lazarus IDE if you want to develop with the > LCL. You can use it directly from the Free Pascal Compiler. True. >[...] > 1. I have FPC ver 3.0.0 and Lazarus ver 1.6 > Should the instructions given in the excerpt be applicable with these > versions, as well? Pretty much. Although this setup adds source paths so every program will compile the LCL, creating many copies and may result in a mess. Where did you find this? I recommend to simply install using the Lazarus installer. If you don't want to install the IDE you can do alternatively: Download and install FPC. Then download the Lazarus sources (e.g. to C:\lazarus) and build them: Make sure FPC 'bin' is in PATH environment variable, cd C:\lazarus, and execute 'make clean all'. This will build the LCL for win32, lazbuild and the IDE. Whatever you chose, next do: Add to your fpc.cfg: -FuC:\lazarus\component\lazutils\lib\i386-win32 -FuC:\lazarus\lcl\units\i386-win32 -FuC:\lazarus\lcl\units\i386-win32\win32 Do not add source or include paths - it can create a mess and strange errors. Now you can use the LCL in your programs. > 2. Is it safe to assume that when they say > "You are not forced to use the Lazarus IDE if you want to develop with the > LCL. You can use it directly from the Free Pascal Compiler." > that they mean that the source code can be submitted to FPC at the command > line? Yes. Lazarus calls FPC itself. If you use some Lazarus packages, you can build them using lazbuild. Then add the directories containing the ppu files to your fpc.cfg, and *only* those directories. > 3. As I stated somewhere above, the FP IDE is not accessable at a practical > level so, is there some other way that I can satisfy the requirements to do > the following? > > Start the FP IDE (included with FPC). >[...] I leave this open for others. Mattias _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
