On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:21:15 +0200 Chavoux Luyt <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Michael > > On 29 August 2012 09:50, Michael Schnell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 08/28/2012 04:23 PM, Chavoux Luyt wrote: > > > >> I remember reading a long time ago that Lazarus has to be rebuilt > >> whenever a new component is added. I know that this is not necessary in > >> Delphi. > >> > > Recompiling is just part of the normal process of installing a package > > that provides one or more visual components. I feel you hardly notice it if > > you don't look too close and just click OK. :-) . > > > > So what is the problem ? > > My real problem was getting my Delphi Components to work in Lazarus without > breaking the whole IDE. It seems like the best thing to do is to just > backup the lazarus executable before trying to add the new component? Yes. The IDE creates one backup for you, named lazarus.old(.exe). If you loose your backup executable: You can build the default IDE without extra packages with: make clean all Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
