[Lazarus] Font errors in console output on OSX
Hi, When I run a fleshly compiled program of mine from the OSX Terminal, I get a lot of font error lines like the following: === graemes-mbp:puntenboek graemeg$ ./puntenboek CarbonFontIDToFontName Error: ATSUFindFontName Length failed with result -8905 CarbonFontIDToFontName Error: ATSUFindFontName Length failed with result -8905 CarbonFontIDToFontName Error: ATSUFindFontName Length failed with result -8905 CarbonFontIDToFontName Error: ATSUFindFontName Length failed with result -8905 ...snip a lot... === Is this normal (something that can be ignored), or is there something wrong in the application, or in LCL-Carbon? Regards, Graeme -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] IDE under OSX causes TDefaultComponentEditor error
On 2015-05-29 13:28, Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote: You probably need to Tools-Rescan FPC Source Directory? Rather late than never... I forgot to reply. Your suggestion has worked and event handlers can now be created in Lazarus again. Cheers. Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] QuestionDlg block mouse and keyboard input under OSX
Hi, Cannot reproduce(OSX 10.8.2, Lazarus trunk SVN: 1.5):
https://youtu.be/zNT-dHOzalM
regards,Balázs
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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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Re: [Lazarus] QuestionDlg block mouse and keyboard input under OSX
On 2015-06-15 14:17, Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote: Please bug report. I'll take a look tonight. Thanks. http://mantis.freepascal.org/view.php?id=28304 Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Font errors in console output on OSX
On 2015-06-15 14:52, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Carbon is deprecated, no actual interest in fixing the issue. Is the issue with Carbon or with LCL-Carbon? Or is LCL-Qt a better option under OSX? Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] QuestionDlg block mouse and keyboard input under OSX
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk wrote: Is this a know issue under OSX? Anybody have a work-around? Please bug report. I'll take a look tonight. thanks, Dmitry -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Conflicting IDE keyboard shortcuts with OSX out-of-the-box
On 2015-06-15 14:13, Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote: It's better to report them, so the issue is not forgotten. Ok, reported as follows: http://mantis.freepascal.org/view.php?id=28305 Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Conflicting IDE keyboard shortcuts with OSX out-of-the-box
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk wrote: Are these considered bugs - if so I'll report them in Mantis. Or is it expected from the developer to find there own workable shortcuts on each platform, or disable standard shortcuts from the OS's desktop environment? It's better to report them, so the issue is not forgotten. These shortcuts were introduced at the time of 10.4 when it was not overlapping with standard OSX environment. Any new OSX shortcut introduced (in very next version of OSX) is potentially causing a problem with Lazarus. Overlapping within IDE shortcuts are introduced by the similar issue. Each short-cut needs to be revised when adding to OSX, and since it's very easy to match the existing one. thanks, Dmitry -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] Conflicting IDE keyboard shortcuts with OSX out-of-the-box
Hi, Find Procedure Definition [Ctrl+Shift+Up] Find Prodecure Method [Ctrl+Shift+Down] They conflict with standard OSX desktop shortcuts. The desktop shorcuts take preference. Source Notebook commands/toggle breakpoint [Ctrl+P] Formatting/unknown editor command [Ctrl+P] They conflict with each other. This is all after a standard install on an OSX 10.9 system that never had Lazarus before. I am using lazarus v1.4 release as downloaded from SourceForge. Are these considered bugs - if so I'll report them in Mantis. Or is it expected from the developer to find there own workable shortcuts on each platform, or disable standard shortcuts from the OS's desktop environment? Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] QuestionDlg block mouse and keyboard input under OSX
On 2015-06-15 14:24, 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, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Font errors in console output on OSX
On 2015-06-15 14:15, Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote: Carbon is deprecated, no actual interest in fixing the issue. Is the issue with Carbon or with LCL-Carbon? So am I supposed to use LCL-Cocoa instead? I thought the LCL-Cocoa widgetset is still in heavy development stage and not ready for production/commercial application usage. My installed Lazarus IDE is built with LCL-carbon, and Carbon was the default widgetset for a new LCL project. Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] QuestionDlg block mouse and keyboard input under OSX
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 lcl_questiondlg.tgz.RemoveMe Description: Binary data -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Docked Form
On 2015-06-14 00:07, Juha Manninen wrote: The PageControl may be easy to implement and would allow selecting the source editor / form designer with mouse, and also give visual hint How is that going to look under OSX where tabs are very different (read as butt ugly and rubbish) compared to other platforms? Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] F1 for help doesn't work under OSX latest v1.4 release
Hi, I have Lazarus v1.4 installed (downloaded release from SourceForge). I place the edit cursor on QuestionDlg() in my source code and press F1. I get the LHelp, but it has RTL (Runtime Library) highlighted after LHelp opens. Manually browsing LCL section of help doesn't have Dialogs unit listed anywhere in the Contents treeview. I tried Routines by Unit, Classes and Objects by Unit and Alphabetical Routines List. Nothing. Index tab and typing QuestionDlg doesn't show anything either. Search tab and typing QuestionDlg doesn't show anything. Yet if I mouse over QuestionDlg() in the source code I see plenty of help in the tooltip. Now if I use DocView (and lcl.inf generated back in 2011) and I search for QuestionDlg I instantly see the relevant help from the Dialogs unit. I assume it is safe to say this a bug? If so, what do I file it under? LHelp, IDE, Documentation, CHM? Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] QuestionDlg block mouse and keyboard input under OSX
On 2015-06-15 13:58, 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 - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Font errors in console output on OSX
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 6:55 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk wrote: Is this normal (something that can be ignored), or is there something wrong in the application, or in LCL-Carbon? Ignore it. Though you can create a bug report about it. Carbon is deprecated, no actual interest in fixing the issue. Btw, ATSU APIs has been deprecated since OSX 10.5, and there's no good replacement API for it. thanks, Dmitry -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] QuestionDlg block mouse and keyboard input under OSX
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk wrote: Thanks for trying. Here is my video showing the problem. No, sir, this is not an issue! Please don't bug report. 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 -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Font errors in console output on OSX
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk wrote: On 2015-06-15 14:15, Dmitry Boyarintsev wrote: Carbon is deprecated, no actual interest in fixing the issue. Is the issue with Carbon or with LCL-Carbon? It's LCL-Carbon issue. thanks, Dmitry -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Font errors in console output on OSX
On 06/15/2015 03:56 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 2015-06-15 14:52, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Carbon is deprecated, no actual interest in fixing the issue. Is the issue with Carbon or with LCL-Carbon? Or is LCL-Qt a better option under OSX? I'm using it (LCL-Qt 32bit...qt-4.7.4 carbon) for commercial (database related) appshaven't spotted problems. Be aware of 64bit QtLCL (Qt Cocoa 64bit) because of Qt bugs with modal windows. zeljko -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Font errors in console output on OSX
On 06/15/2015 05:04 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: On 2015-06-15 15:44, zeljko wrote: I'm using it (LCL-Qt 32bit...qt-4.7.4 carbon) for commercial (database related) appshaven't spotted problems. Good to know, thanks. For now I'll stick to LCL-Carbon, seeing that Lazarus IDE uses it too, and it is still the default for OSX. If I find too many problems, I'll start investigating the alternatives. I'm using QtLCL lazarus build on mac (less bugs than with LCLCarbon and much more stuff implemented). Out of interest, does LCL-Qt run on Linux, FreeBSD, Windows and OSX equally well? That might be an option too, to overcome the many LCL inconsistencies between platforms. Don't know for FreeBSD (but probably works, just rebuild libQt4Pas on freebsd), but as I already spotted, my commercial apps running on all of them w/o problems (eg. ERP app, POS systems etc...), of course using QtLCL on all targets. zeljko -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Font errors in console output on OSX
On 2015-06-15 15:44, zeljko wrote: I'm using it (LCL-Qt 32bit...qt-4.7.4 carbon) for commercial (database related) appshaven't spotted problems. Good to know, thanks. For now I'll stick to LCL-Carbon, seeing that Lazarus IDE uses it too, and it is still the default for OSX. If I find too many problems, I'll start investigating the alternatives. Out of interest, does LCL-Qt run on Linux, FreeBSD, Windows and OSX equally well? That might be an option too, to overcome the many LCL inconsistencies between platforms. Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Conflicting IDE keyboard shortcuts with OSX out-of-the-box
I'm using MacOSXApple scheme. QT64 fpc lazarus svn has a much problem for shortcut. I reported and wrote in mail list. Example: while designing on form, can NOT move component via ctrl + arrow(s) I found by coincidence cmd + ctrl + arrow(s) work. another bug: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=27782 for IDE main menu shortcuts, when click to other form of lazarus, source editor, object inspecter etc. you can see on osx taskbar, IDe main menu hide, and shortcuts not work. Or is LCL-Qt a better option under OSX? Regards, - Graeme - not much different. On 15.06.2015 16:01, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Hi, Find Procedure Definition [Ctrl+Shift+Up] Find Prodecure Method [Ctrl+Shift+Down] They conflict with standard OSX desktop shortcuts. The desktop shorcuts take preference. Source Notebook commands/toggle breakpoint [Ctrl+P] Formatting/unknown editor command [Ctrl+P] They conflict with each other. This is all after a standard install on an OSX 10.9 system that never had Lazarus before. I am using lazarus v1.4 release as downloaded from SourceForge. Are these considered bugs - if so I'll report them in Mantis. Or is it expected from the developer to find there own workable shortcuts on each platform, or disable standard shortcuts from the OS's desktop environment? Regards, - Graeme - -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Conflicting IDE keyboard shortcuts with OSX out-of-the-box
Sorry, I forget my solution. What I need much importent short cuts, I added alternative shortcut form Tools - IDE options - Key Mappings. And don't forget grab key not working in normally in qt, Haveto add manually.(via checkboxs) and have to find not used combinations. On 15.06.2015 17:25, FreeMan wrote: I'm using MacOSXApple scheme. QT64 fpc lazarus svn has a much problem for shortcut. I reported and wrote in mail list. Example: while designing on form, can NOT move component via ctrl + arrow(s) I found by coincidence cmd + ctrl + arrow(s) work. another bug: http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=27782 for IDE main menu shortcuts, when click to other form of lazarus, source editor, object inspecter etc. you can see on osx taskbar, IDe main menu hide, and shortcuts not work. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Conflicting IDE keyboard shortcuts with OSX out-of-the-box
On 2015-06-15 15:33, FreeMan wrote: Sorry, I forget my solution. What I need much importent short cuts, I added alternative shortcut form Tools - IDE options - Key Mappings. My solution... I wanted to keep my Lazarus shortcuts on my MacBook as close as possible to my FreeBSD and Linux systems. So I disabled many of the OSX shortcuts in System Preferences - Keyboard - Shortcuts. Hopefully those are only disabled in my profile, otherwise I'll hear it pretty soon from the wife. :) Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] Font errors in console output on OSX
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk wrote: Or is LCL-Qt a better option under OSX? You can (should) definitely try LCL-Qt. LCL-Cocoa is the best option, but it will require lots of patience and bug reporting. thanks, Dmitry -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] QuestionDlg block mouse and keyboard input under OSX
On 2015-06-15 15:20, 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 - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] QuestionDlg block mouse and keyboard input under OSX
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Graeme Geldenhuys mailingli...@geldenhuys.co.uk wrote: 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. ;-) The next big thing for a new OSX developer is to get debugger working: http://wiki.freepascal.org/GDB_on_OS_X_Mavericks_and_Xcode_5 Lots of forum threads about the issue as well. thanks, Dmitry -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] I have some custom components, can I convert Delphi - Lazarus?
On 2015-06-15 07:21, Bo Berglund wrote: I have now read a good many wiki and other pages and it seems like I will have problems getting started because of the following component related issues: It seems a lot of that wiki text is out of date too. ;-) So it is good you rather ask here or in the Lazarus Forums. Sentinel Superpro software protection dongle. It is mostly my own code but it uses pas and an obj file supplied from Safenet. If Lazarus does not work with this obj file then I would be dead in the water... Leledumbo already answered that. If you could consider alternatives, then you could take a look at the FPC port of Turbo Power's OnGuard. I've been using this for years in a commercial environment creating trial versions, leased software etc. My port is available on Github [https://github.com/graemeg/onguard], but I believe another port is floating around somewhere too. Regards, - Graeme - -- fpGUI Toolkit - a cross-platform GUI toolkit using Free Pascal http://fpgui.sourceforge.net/ -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
[Lazarus] I have some custom components, can I convert Delphi - Lazarus?
I am investigating if I will have any chance to switch to Lazarus/FPC from Delphi with our code projects. I have now read a good many wiki and other pages and it seems like I will have problems getting started because of the following component related issues: 1) We have created a number of non-visual components that are dropped on the forms to supply various kinds of functionality. Some of these are handlers for language dependent texts, software protection dongles, communications interfaces like RS232 serial components, logging functions etc. Seems like non-visual components are not handled by Lazarus according to wiki texts I have read. 2) We also created children of a few VCL components to enhance their use, like the TListView which Delphi defaults to states we never use. So we made a TEasyListView child where we add some properties and set the defaults of others differently. THis is used in a large number of forms... 3) We created a custom component package, which we always install into any new Delphi installation before we go to load the projects. It seems like component packages do not exist in Lazarus... 4) We use several open source component packages as well: - Indy 10 - Asynch Pro - GLScene (an older version 0.8.x is needed) How can we handle this? Especially the GLScene one would be a killer if not possible to use in Lazarus at level 0.8.x. When GLScene went from 0.8 to 1.0 they removed a very important property of the viewer, which I never could repair. So I had to stick with 0.8.2. 5) We use some VCL features which according to wiki pages I have read are not supported in Lazarus, like TSplitter (used in many forms). (http://wiki.freepascal.org/Lazarus_For_Delphi_Users) 6) An important non-visual component on almost all of our applications is a handler I wrote a long time ago (about 2000) for the Safenet Sentinel Superpro software protection dongle. It is mostly my own code but it uses pas and an obj file supplied from Safenet. If Lazarus does not work with this obj file then I would be dead in the water... How can I find out? -- Bo Berglund Developer in Sweden -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
Re: [Lazarus] I have some custom components, can I convert Delphi - Lazarus?
Seems like non-visual components are not handled by Lazarus according to wiki texts I have read. Then how we can use T[mention a dbms here]? Dialogs? Action list? Logger? Indy? etc. All of them are non-visual. How can we handle this? Indy 10 - already supported TurboPower Async Pro - feel free to port GLScene - they're moving forward, so are we. If you need to stick with old version that no longer works, I'm afraid you're alone to make the package work with current Lazarus version. We use some VCL features which according to wiki pages I have read are not supported in Lazarus, like TSplitter It was, but for a long time both TSplitter and TPairSplitter have been existed until now. Both seem to work fine although I prefer TPairSplitter (I've ported a Delphi project which uses TSplitter). How can I find out? Free Pascal deals with COFF object files. If those object files from your vendor are not in this format, then you can't use it. Ensure what the object files format is first, then consult back here. You can try linking the object files, if the linker refuses, then you know the conclusion. -- View this message in context: http://free-pascal-lazarus.989080.n3.nabble.com/Lazarus-I-have-some-custom-components-can-I-convert-Delphi-Lazarus-tp4042624p4042625.html Sent from the Free Pascal - Lazarus mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ___ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
