I updated the wiki page, although it was not causing your problems. Your FPC/Lazarus configuration is somehow screwed. Test it first before converting anything.
Juha On 5/21/13, waldo kitty <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/16/2013 02:11, Reinier Olislagers wrote: >> On 15-5-2013 20:19, waldo kitty wrote: >>> >>> can someone please give me the steps, in simple layman's terms, that are >>> needed to convert a delphi project or application code to Lazarus/FPC? i >>> have never run delphi and have not the first clue other than there is >>> some sort of convertor available... where it is and how to use it are >>> completely unknown to myself... >> >> The wiki helps as usual: >> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Delphi_Converter_in_Lazarus > > in this case, it does not... it seems to be out of date, as well... the > picture > of the "Convert Delphi Settings" dialogue shows four targets but what i have > > shows only two... mine are > > Cross-platform (checked) > Support Delphi (unchecked) > Use the same DFM form file (greyed out) > >> Suggest more people try it ;) > > it is ok for what it is but it doesn't help all the time... my conversion > project is not going too well at this point... i followed the above link to > the > wiki and it helped a little bit but it fell short as it only explains about > the > options in that one area but nothing else is discussed (eg: what to do when > > StdCtrls cannot be found)... > > so i searched for "delphi stdctrls" and found a section in the FAQ but it, > too, > falls short... again, possibly out of date?? > > [quote] > When accessing events of objects, e.g., the onclick event of a button, I get > the > following error. ERROR unit not found: stdCtrls > > Make sure, in the Project -> Project Inspector, that your project depends on > the > package "LCL" and that you have installed the FPC sources. > > Lazarus is the IDE and the visual components library LCL. All other stuff, > like > IO, Database, FCL and RTL are provided by FPC. The IDE needs the paths to > all > sources. > > The FPC source path can be set via: Environment -> Environment Options -> > Files > -> FPC source directory > [/quote] > > 1. i don't have a project yet... i'm trying to convert a delphi project to a > > lazarus project. > > 2. about the source path... i believe it is already set correctly but the > above > "Environment -> Environment Options -> Files -> FPC source directory" does > not > appear in my lazarus ide that i can find... i have "Tools -> Options -> > Environment -> Files -> FPC Source Directory" and it is set to > "C:\freepascal\fpc\2.6.0\" where my SVN installation of FPC is installed... > > so now what? :confused: > > -- > NOTE: No off-list assistance is given without prior approval. > Please keep mailing list traffic on the list unless > private contact is specifically requested and granted. > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Lazarus mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus > -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
