[Lazarus] Peter Williams wants to chat

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Williams
--- Peter Williams wants to stay in better touch using some of Google's coolest new products. If you already have Google Mail or Google Talk, visit: http://mail.google.com/mail/b-fed1edcfda-f157580a56-dfc8b499f696e158 You'll need

Re: [Lazarus] My ADVICE!!!: Are you having problems installing Qdebian(Linux) packages.

2009-01-10 Thread Peter Williams
think about it.) Zsa Zsa Gabor - I'm a great housekeeper. I get divorced. I keep the house. 2009/1/11 Lord Satan reimg...@web.de On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:40:15 +1100 Peter Williams pew...@gmail.com wrote: Please do not regard my emails as spam. I was simply attempting to explain my situation

Re: [Lazarus] My ADVICE!!!: Are you having problems installing Qdebian(Linux) packages.

2009-01-09 Thread Peter Williams
To Alex and all the ppl who use Lazarus Language, Hi Alex and All, Thanks for your reply. I think I'll stick with Mint Linux Gnome for a bit longer. I think the main problem I'm having is that although it work fine after I've booted-up with the Gnome FailSafe Mode, when my computer does a

[Lazarus] My ADVICE!!!: Are you having problems installing Qdebian (Linux) packages.

2009-01-08 Thread Peter Williams
To ppl who use Linux and are having problems installing Qdebian (Linux) packages. HI There *SMILE* I am extremely happy because my desktop pc (which is very faster!!) is now working extremely well !!! I'm still learning how to use it. ## GREAT BIG HAPPY GRIN ## Also, I still only rate myself as

[Lazarus] I've installed Lazarus 0.9.26 on M$ Windowz XP OS -- cannot find app file to run Lazarus!!!

2008-12-30 Thread Peter Williams
Hello Fellow Lazarus users ;-))) Today I downloaded (file #1) Lazarus-0.9.26-fpc-2.2.2-cross-arm-wince-win32 and (file #2) fpc-2.2.2-lazarus-0.9.26-doc-html.tar. I'm using it on my Dad's computer which is a pc with Windowz XP Pro and the latest SP. I ran the Lazarus compiler (file #1) and it

[Lazarus] Inttostr and strtoint functions give compile time errors.

2008-11-13 Thread Peter Williams
Hi All, I'm getting an error message with inttostr() function strtoint() function giving me an error message (identifier not found). Which unit do I need to include to make these messages go away? showmessage( 'Error [index(es) out of range]:' + #13 + // line 174 below

[Lazarus] Ho do I display playing cards with Lazarus?

2008-11-11 Thread Peter Williams
Hi All, How can I display playing cards with Lazarus? (e.g. for card games). Links to any example card games written in Lazarus would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Peter W. ;-))) -- Fond Regards, Peter Eric (aka 'pew') WILLIAMS from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -- phone (03)

[Lazarus] Can someone please help me with 'KDESVN' ?

2008-08-23 Thread Peter Williams
Hi Lazarus fans Kubuntu users I attempted to follow the instructions at the following page: http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Create_Google_Code_Project without a lot of success. Actually, I'd really like to create my own SVN projects. I created a folder for my anagram-generator program --

Re: [Lazarus] Okay... I've got Lazarus 0.9.25 but now it doesn't find it's own units.

2008-08-21 Thread Peter Williams
G'day Reenen, Mattias and All Lazarus Fans, 2008/8/12 Reenen Laurie [EMAIL PROTECTED] btw --- I used Lazarus (yes, I'm using 0.9.25 beta) and Built and RAN my Help Multitabbed Dialog app -- it works fine now. So I quickly archived the folder -- just in case... so that I have a working copy

[Lazarus] Lazarus icon on desktop has lost its cheetah icon (replaced with paper page icon).

2008-08-19 Thread Peter Williams
Hi All, This is only a minor bug... but it's annoying. Previously, when I was using Lazarus 0.9.24 beta (weeks ago now) I had Lazarus in my Kmenu / Development menu with a cheetah icon. Now, after following Mattias's instructions (a few weeks back) I have Lazarus 0.9.25 beta installed {thank you,

Re: [Lazarus] Lazarus icon on desktop has lost its cheetah icon (replaced with paper page icon).

2008-08-19 Thread Peter Williams
Hi All, 2008/8/20 Chris Kirkpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:28:32 +1000 Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, This is only a minor bug... but it's annoying. Previously, when I was using Lazarus 0.9.24 beta (weeks ago now) I

Re: [Lazarus] How can I improve my bitmap font drawing unit (attached) ?

2008-08-14 Thread Peter Williams
. *SMILE* Fond Regards, PEW ;-))) from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia 2008/8/14 ik [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1. Add support for many more languages. 2. Add bidi and the rest of the Unicode TR (bidi etc). 3. And then ask again :) Ido 2008/8/14 Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi

[Lazarus] Fwd: How can I improve my bitmap font drawing unit (attached) ?

2008-08-14 Thread Peter Williams
-- From: Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/8/14 Subject: Re: [Lazarus] How can I improve my bitmap font drawing unit (attached) ? To: General mailing list lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org G'day Ido All, Perhaps I didn't explain myself correctly. When I said that (in the subject

[Lazarus] How can I improve my bitmap font drawing unit (attached) ?

2008-08-13 Thread Peter Williams
Hi All, I'd like some advice about the attached unit, named uFixedWidthFonts.pas. It is designed to read 2-colour bitmaps of font character sets of different sizes, from files which are Windowz BMP format. For example, Chars_Lower_8x8.bmp -- this is a 320 x 56 pixels, 1 layer BMP file, file size

[Lazarus] Okay... I've got Lazarus 0.9.25 but now it doesn't find it's own units.

2008-08-11 Thread Peter Williams
G'day All, Okay... Good news is that I've managed to install FPC, FPC Source, and Lazarus -- from today's snapshot. Bad news is -- the same project which Mattias assures me won't Build. I get the following fatal error: HelpMultiTabbed.lpr(8,7) Fatal: Can't find unit Interfaces used by

Re: [Lazarus] Okay... I've got Lazarus 0.9.25 but now it doesn't find it's own units.

2008-08-11 Thread Peter Williams
G'day Mattias and Fellow Lazarus Fans, *SMILE* 2008/8/11 Mattias Gärtner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zitat von Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]: G'day All, Okay... Good news is that I've managed to install FPC, FPC Source, and Lazarus -- from today's snapshot. Bad news is -- the same

Re: [Lazarus] Okay... I've got Lazarus 0.9.25 but now it doesn't find it's own units.

2008-08-11 Thread Peter Williams
G'day Mattias and Fellow Lazarus Fans, *SMILE* 2008/8/11 Mattias Gärtner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zitat von Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]: G'day All, Okay... Good news is that I've managed to install FPC, FPC Source, and Lazarus -- from today's snapshot. Bad news is -- the same

Re: [Lazarus] Okay... I've got Lazarus 0.9.25 but now it doesn't find it's own units.

2008-08-11 Thread Peter Williams
G'day Mattias and Fellow Lazarus Fans, *SMILE* 2008/8/11 Mattias Gärtner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zitat von Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]: G'day All, Okay... Good news is that I've managed to install FPC, FPC Source, and Lazarus -- from today's snapshot. Bad news is -- the same

[Lazarus] My Lazarus Help Dialog Application.

2008-08-10 Thread Peter Williams
Dear Mattias, Thank you for your hard work on getting my Help Dialog (e.g. multitab form) Application to work. Could you please archive the folder containing the Lazarus code for it (as I don't have a completely working copy of it). Also, if there is a space character in any of the filenames or

[Lazarus] How do I install Linux Kubuntu daily snapshots of Lazarus etc?

2008-08-10 Thread Peter Williams
G'day All Lazarus people, from 'Down Under', I think that I need to install the Lazarus and FPC 'daily snapshots' -- since I've encountered a bug in Lazarus 0.9.24 which Mattias tells me has been fixed in Lazarus 0.9.25 -- and the only way I think I can get 0.9.25 is by using the daily snapshots

Re: [Lazarus] Error when loading forms in Lazarus - Unknown property: LCLVersion

2008-08-08 Thread Peter Williams
Hi Mattias, I've just spent about 2 hours (approx or even more!!!) using Lazarus to try to sort out this problem! I think that a major problem (for me anyway!) is that I don't understand the concepts of the difference between Lazarus project (*.lpi) and Lazarus Project source (*.lpr). In my

Re: [Lazarus] Kylix

2008-08-07 Thread Peter Williams
Hi Peter Usinga Lazarus e-mail list, 2008/8/7 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The following message was sent to you by Usinga while viewing your Member Profile: Hi, I am looking for a Delphi Linux Version. Perhaps you can help me. I got ur details from About.Delphi.com. Okay... I like to help

Re: [Lazarus] rangtree2.lgo

2008-08-04 Thread Peter Williams
Hi All, 2008/8/4 Ivan P. Gan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've shared this item with you using Google Docs. To open it, just click the link below. rangtree2.lgo http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p0FfdsgCrgazhAaMsRbQHYw

[Lazarus] Help needed with Lazarus errors (refer attached file)

2008-07-31 Thread Peter Williams
Hello Fellow Lazarus programmers, I'm trying to compile a fairly complicated Lazarus project which I converted from Delphi 7 Second Edition. The attached txt file (3KB) contains the Lazarus compiler message errors and the relevant code from the unit MyIniFiles.pas NB - the file MyIniFiles.pas

[Lazarus] Help needed: How do I install the attached component?

2008-07-31 Thread Peter Williams
Hi All, I'm trying to install the attached component (intex.pas). I have created a package and added the unit intex.pas to it. When I compile it I get this error: /home/user/.wine/drive_c/pew_ink/Games/Frog/Delphi_source_code/Frog/Lazarus_1.4_alpha/intex.pas(41,43) Fatal: Can't find unit

Re: [Lazarus] Help needed: How do I install the attached component?

2008-07-31 Thread Peter Williams
Hi Mattias and All, 2008/7/31 Mattias Gaertner [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:11:42 +1000 Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I'm trying to install the attached component (intex.pas). I have created a package and added the unit intex.pas to it. When I compile

Re: [Lazarus] Help!!! Runtime Exception: No widgetset object

2008-07-31 Thread Peter Williams
Hi Mattias All, 2008/8/1 Mattias Gaertner [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:52:28 +1000 Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I managed to successfully compile (Build) my Lazarus app without any error, warnings or hints. However, when I run it I get a runtime

[Lazarus] Attempting to re-install FPC on Linux results in 'zombie' process.

2008-07-29 Thread Peter Williams
Hi All, I'm using Linux Kubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron). I'm using the Synaptic Package Manager to attempt to re-install FPC. (Reading database etc etc Preparing to replace fpc 2.2.0-dfsgl-5 etc etc Unpacking the replacement fpc ... Setting up fpc (2.2.0-dfsgl-5) Then Synaptic Package Manager locks

Re: [Lazarus] Fatal [Error]: Can't find unit URIParser used by XMLRead

2008-07-24 Thread Peter Williams
Hi Mattias and All Others, 2008/7/25 Mattias Gaertner [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:05:24 +1000 Peter Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All Lazarus Users, I'm getting a very odd error message when I try to build the following simple project. Error message

[Lazarus] Questions about Lazarus

2008-07-21 Thread Peter Williams
Hi All, I have a few questions about Lazarus, in particular for my OS, Linux Ubuntu 8.04 { Hardy Heron }: (1) Does Lazarus (or should I say Free Pascal) support Virtual Keycodes e.g. constants for keyboard trapping events etc. (2) How can I ensure that I have the latest versions of Lazarus and