Re: [fpc-pascal] Very vague gettickcount64 description?

2019-09-07 Thread Zoe Peterson
> From: Martin Frb > But that does not mean, it needs to be changed on existing targets. > And if it is not going to be changed, then it can be documented. I agree with everything Martin has said, though IMO GetTickCount must return values in ms on every single platform and any that can't should

Re: [fpc-pascal] Very vague gettickcount64 description?

2019-09-07 Thread Zoe Peterson
GetTickCount and GetTickCount64 are Windows API functions that are explicitly documented as returning milliseconds, and FPC on Unix up to now is has matched that. Why in the world would you think that changing that behavior would be a good idea, *especially* if you keep the function name the sa

Re: [fpc-pascal] Embedding DLL into EXE for Windows 32 bit?

2018-07-07 Thread Zoe Peterson
> Since this maker does not have an OBJ file to link with I thought I > would ask if it is possible to embed the DLL functionality directly > into the exe? There are a few options: 1) Include the DLL as a resource and extract it to a temp location before loading it 2) Load it directly from memo