Re: [fpc-pascal] Error: Identifier not found "try"

2009-02-06 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 06 Feb 2009, at 21:31, T.Guilleminot wrote: t...@linux$ fpc Test_Try.pas Free Pascal Compiler version 2.2.4rc1 [2009/01/25] for i386 Copyright (c) 1993-2008 by Florian Klaempfl Target OS: Linux for i386 Compiling Test_Try.pas Test_Try.pas(8,4) Error: Identifier not found "try" Test_Try.pas(8

[fpc-pascal] Error: Identifier not found "try"

2009-02-06 Thread T.Guilleminot
Hello, The simple program below fails when compiling (2.2.2-8 and 2.2.4rc1) : program TEST_TRY; uses SysUtils, strutils; Function IsNumber(ValueToCheck:string):boolean; begin try StrToInt(ValueToCheck); IsNumber := true; except IsNumber := false; end; end; begin If IsNumber('123')

Re: [fpc-pascal] specifying the relative path to a file that is located in the same folder as the application bundle?

2009-02-06 Thread Ken G. Brown
At 4:05 PM + 2/6/09, Frank Peelo apparently wrote: >Ken G. Brown wrote: >>Basically from point of sale system running on Macintosh, I needed >>to pick up a file with a known name located in the same folder as >>the application bundle, and process it for printing in a custom >>format. This way i

Re: [fpc-pascal] specifying the relative path to a file that is located in the same folder as the application bundle?

2009-02-06 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 06 Feb 2009, at 17:05, Frank Peelo wrote: Ken G. Brown wrote: Basically from point of sale system running on Macintosh, I needed to pick up a file with a known name located in the same folder as the application bundle, and process it for printing in a custom format. This way it does not nee

Re: [fpc-pascal] specifying the relative path to a file that is located in the same folder as the application bundle?

2009-02-06 Thread Frank Peelo
Ken G. Brown wrote: Basically from point of sale system running on Macintosh, I needed to pick up a file with a known name located in the same folder as the application bundle, and process it for printing in a custom format. This way it does not need the file path hard coded in case it is differe

Re: [fpc-pascal] specifying the relative path to a file that is located in the same folder as the application bundle?

2009-02-06 Thread Ken G. Brown
Basically from point of sale system running on Macintosh, I needed to pick up a file with a known name located in the same folder as the application bundle, and process it for printing in a custom format. This way it does not need the file path hard coded in case it is different on the different

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: specifying the relative path to a file that is located in the same folder as the application bundle?

2009-02-06 Thread Jonas Maebe
Travis Siegel wrote on vr, 06 feb 2009: On Feb 5, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Jonas Maebe wrote: On 05 Feb 2009, at 22:52, Paul Nicholls wrote: MyProgramFolder := ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0)); This should hopefully get you the folder of the currently running program from within the program (at least

Re: [fpc-pascal] specifying the relative path to a file that is located in the same folder as the application bundle?

2009-02-06 Thread Travis Siegel
So, as someone who only uses terminal apps written in fpc ( since ibuilder isn't really that usable and writing interface generating code is still beyond me despit trying for 4 years) Could you please post a copy of a code segment that shows how you performed this little marvel of finding f

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: specifying the relative path to a file that is located in the same folder as the application bundle?

2009-02-06 Thread Travis Siegel
On Feb 5, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Jonas Maebe wrote: On 05 Feb 2009, at 22:52, Paul Nicholls wrote: MyProgramFolder := ExtractFilePath(ParamStr(0)); This should hopefully get you the folder of the currently running program from within the program (at least under Win32 and Linux). That is co