[fpc-pascal] No breakpoint capability

2018-08-25 Thread john youngquist
I updated to FPC 3.0.4 and can't get breakpoints to work. I get a "can't set breakpoint message" on all lines. I am in debug mode and have "generate debug information" enabled. This all worked fine in the previous version. I have searched all the documentation I can find and can't even find

[fpc-pascal] Mouse, scroll wheel support?

2016-06-28 Thread John Youngquist
Is there a non Lazarus means of accessing the mouse, and scroll wheel? I have an app that uses some old driver which doesn't address the wheel. I'm trying to make the wheel work. I have tried SDL and the demo code works but it seems to work only in an externally created window. I can't find any do

Re: [fpc-pascal] Could not set breakpoint

2013-09-05 Thread John Youngquist
I use Alt d b or cntrl f8. No smart-linking. XP 32 bit Pentium I had "generate also backtrace" on (don't know why) I changed to just "generate debug symbol" and now it seems to work. Thanks JY On 9/5/2013 11:45 AM, Martin wrote: On 05/09/2013 16:18, John Youngquist w

[fpc-pascal] Could not set breakpoint

2013-09-05 Thread John Youngquist
I am running v2.4.4. I get "could not set breakpoint messages" on ordinary lines of code. What causes this? How do I fix it? Thanks. ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal

RE: [fpc-pascal] Can't get error messages or anything with F12

2011-08-30 Thread John Youngquist
ed. I don't know who is at fault. JY -Original Message----- From: John Youngquist [mailto:jo...@iaw.com] Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 1:10 PM To: FPC-Pascal users discussions Subject: [fpc-pascal] Can't get error messages or anything with F12 I'm running 2.4.0 and can

[fpc-pascal] Can't get error messages or anything with F12

2011-08-26 Thread John Youngquist
I'm running 2.4.0 and can't get error messages or anything from the F12 Compiler messages key. What am I doing wrong? ___ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal

Re: [fpc-pascal] Challenging port of Borland Pascal program to FPC

2010-01-17 Thread John Youngquist
JY Jeff Wormsley wrote: John Youngquist wrote: I would like to port the program as is, but eventually get a PCI 48 I/O line card to escape the ISA bus and also talk USB as well. Getting it to run on later versions of Windows might be useful. This program controls a machine on a single purpose computer

[fpc-pascal] Challenging port of Borland Pascal program to FPC

2010-01-17 Thread John Youngquist
ogram controls a machine on a single purpose computer. Windows is used to handle files, networks, and little else. Most of the time only this program is run. A port to Linux might be acceptable if that would solve some problems. Are these insurmountable obstacles? Thanks John Young

[fpc-pascal] Can I encorperate PDF files

2009-02-20 Thread John Youngquist
I have an application running nicely in FP. What a great system. I would like to add a help facility that would search a topic in a PDF format manual and display the appropriate page. It there Module to read and search PDF file available. John Youngquist

[fpc-pascal] Problem found

2008-08-26 Thread John Youngquist
I have mentioned in the past that I occasionally need to re-install FPC when it won't launch from the icon. I delete the entire system and then reload. This time it didn't work. I found two files remaining the bin directory. When i deleted fp.dsk everything worked. I didn't keep a copy but next

[fpc-pascal] try except question

2008-08-26 Thread John Youngquist
I am using FPC in Turbo compatibility mode. When I include a TRY statement it generates an error. I am trying to trap an overflow exception and generate an error message. I notice the TRY feature is not in the help file. I have read chapter 14 but find no way to enable the TRY feature. Do I nee

Re: [fpc-pascal] Question on exceptions

2008-08-25 Thread John Youngquist
I tried the -gl and it works this will be a big help. thank you very much JY Jonas Maebe wrote: On 25 Aug 2008, at 04:37, John Youngquist wrote: When you enable things like range checking. How do you identify when an exception has occurred and what it means? Compile the program

[fpc-pascal] Question on exceptions

2008-08-24 Thread John Youngquist
When you enable things like range checking. How do you identify when an exception has occurred and what it means? I see messages like "Unhandled exception occurred at $hex address" then a bunch more $hex address' I don't know what to do with these numbers. JY __

Re: [fpc-pascal] 2.2.2 INSTALL PROBLEM

2008-08-14 Thread John Youngquist
most things without trouble. Never the less I'm a great fan of FPC. JY John Youngquist wrote: Has anyone else ever seen this problem? Is this just a bug in 2.2.2 ? The file is clearly where it is supposed to be and accessible from other programs. Is this message erroneous or mi

Re: [fpc-pascal] 2.2.2 INSTALL PROBLEM

2008-08-14 Thread John Youngquist
Has anyone else ever seen this problem? Is this just a bug in 2.2.2 ? The file is clearly where it is supposed to be and accessible from other programs. Is this message erroneous or misleading? It does prevent compiling anything. What could cause this? JY John Youngquist wrote: Thanks

Re: [fpc-pascal] 2.2.2 INSTALL PROBLEM

2008-08-14 Thread John Youngquist
"User" and select "User Accounts" from the program list -> Select "Change your account type") -OR- you can specifically select the FP.CFG file and apply these settings as outlined above to just that file instead of the whole FPC folder. Hope that did the tri

[fpc-pascal] 2.2.2 INSTALL PROBLEM

2008-08-14 Thread John Youngquist
I JUST GOT 2.2.2 TO REPLACE MY 2.2.0 VERSION. When I compile a file that worked fine before it aborts immediately WITH A MESSAGE: "UNABLE TO OPEN: C:\FPC\2.2.2\BIN\i86-WIN32\fp.cfg Yet this file exists in this directory. Whats wrong? THANKS JY _

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC Bombs

2008-05-11 Thread John Youngquist
Jonas Maebe wrote: On 10 May 2008, at 22:30, John Youngquist wrote: Jonas Maebe wrote: On 10 May 2008, at 21:34, John Youngquist wrote: I am a regular user of FPC and find it is a great system. I ported a 10k line application from BP7 and it ran ten times faster. I am stuck with a

Re: [fpc-pascal] FPC Bombs

2008-05-10 Thread John Youngquist
idn't keep it. Thanks JY Jonas Maebe wrote: On 10 May 2008, at 21:34, John Youngquist wrote: I am a regular user of FPC and find it is a great system. I ported a 10k line application from BP7 and it ran ten times faster. I am stuck with a problem that seems to happen about every mont

[fpc-pascal] FPC Bombs

2008-05-10 Thread John Youngquist
I am a regular user of FPC and find it is a great system. I ported a 10k line application from BP7 and it ran ten times faster. I am stuck with a problem that seems to happen about every month or so. When I click on the icon to start the program it just flashes on screen and exits so fast you can'