[lazarus] Databases on the Wiki

2007-07-05 Thread John
doesn't seem to be linked from anywhere very obvious - only from from Lazarus_Database_Tutorial. Is there somewhere more central where it could have a link ? I can than hang my stuff from it . cheers, John _ To unsubscribe:

Re: [lazarus] Databases on the Wiki

2007-07-06 Thread John
n I can write straight away would be more suitable to wiki, and also I need others be able to easily check that I am writing is not a lot of nonsense! cheers, John _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "u

Re: [lazarus] Another little help with databases

2007-07-16 Thread John
As far as I know, if you change the SQL you have close the query and reopen it.  This process re-parses it, prepares it, etc.   Best regards,   German cheers, John Sunderland _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PR

Re: [lazarus] Another little help with databases

2007-07-17 Thread John
recommend using query parameters. Regards, Bram I totally agree in principle, but I am trying to use pretty much the same configuration as German and I am having lots of trouble getting query parameters to behave, so perhaps that is not the best idea for first experiments ... cheers, John

[lazarus] Debugging and property values

2007-07-17 Thread John
Hi all, Is there any way of viewing property values while tracing / debugging ? Thanks, John Sunderland _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archiv

Re: [lazarus] Initialize a DBGrid

2007-07-17 Thread John
at design time using the columns property of the dbgrid in the Object Inspector. cheers, John _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archiv

Re: [lazarus] files: I give up

2007-07-17 Thread John
text, the low level routines might be best. If you are just experimenting, don't let me put you off! cheers, John _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the S

Re: [lazarus] SQLdb : get last_inserted_id

2007-10-15 Thread John
haven't gone through you example completely, but try doing the same thing by generating the sql text on the fly instead of using parameters. I was unable to get anything to work using parameters when I last tried a few months ago. cheers, John ___

Re: [lazarus] The use of Variants?

2007-11-13 Thread John
avoid them. For example, I would always typecast a TField to a specific field type and use the value property rather than use the AsVariant property of a generic TField if I knew the Field type. cheers, John Sunderland _

Re: [lazarus] svn trunk

2007-11-15 Thread John
svn world they are separate. (I'm used to snaphots that include both lazarus and fpc) I'll go and read the wiki (again), then stand by for questions thanks, John Sunderland _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [lazarus] Lazarus IDE revamp

2007-11-15 Thread John
m design ?  Still, I suppose for teaching and "hello world" programs it could be helpful.  Perhaps you could make a start by writing some wizards for the existing IDE ? If you really have some good ideas on improving the layout, perhaps you could describe them in more detail ? cheers, John

[lazarus] svn trunk

2007-11-15 Thread John
Hi all, Can anyone give me a rough idea of the size of the lazarus svn trunk ? I am on a limited download volume, and I was wondering if it is feasible for me. cheers, John Sunderland _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL

Re: [lazarus] SQLite 3 --> Capture FieldValues into a variable

2007-11-26 Thread John
= DataToSend +     dsTest.FieldByName ['Code'].AsString + '\' +     dsTest.FieldByName['Name'].AsString + '\' +     dsTest.FieldByName['Address'].AsString + '#&#

Re: [lazarus] MySql 4.1 Database Questions

2007-11-28 Thread John
the object inspector, if the query  does not change. WARNING: I've been trying to work out how to use SVN, and all my up to date lazaruses are broken (!), so I cannot check that this is exactly right - hope it points you in the right direction.

Re: [lazarus] Main Form retreiving data from Child Form

2007-12-03 Thread John
x27;t one there by default.)  You can then access the other units from methods in the implementation section, without the circular reference error. cheers, John Sunderland   _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: [lazarus] ShellApi available in Lazarus?

2007-12-06 Thread John
el stamatakos wrote: Hi All,  is the ShellApi available in Lazarus? When I add it into my uses ShellApi it comes back with an error cannot find unit ShellApi.   Thanks   Lefti See if what you want is in the windows unit. cheers, John

Re: [lazarus] ShellApi available in Lazarus?

2007-12-06 Thread John
el stamatakos wrote: Hi John  Would this work undre Linux? el stamatakos wrote: Hi All,  is the ShellApi available in Lazarus? When I add it into my uses ShellApi it comes back with an error cannot find unit ShellApi.   See if what you want is in the

Re: [lazarus] FPC unit in Lazarus

2007-12-07 Thread John
above If somebody(s) could help / verify all of this, I will add it to the wiki. cheers, John Sunderland _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives

Re: [lazarus] vote for bdd related component icon

2007-12-11 Thread John
taset base icon yet, you should probably make that first. (Pardon me if it has already floated past the list, there have been so MANY done recently it is hard to keep up! It really has brightened up Lazarus, great work!) chee

Re: [lazarus] MySQL Queries using Lazarus

2007-12-11 Thread John
makes a real mess of a threaded view! According to my email, this is still part of a discussion that started with "[lazarus] Patch for Forms in Forms or MDI" Could you send a new message, not a reply, with a new subject ? cheers, John Sunderland el stamatakos wrote: Hi All,

Re: [lazarus] vote for bdd related component icon

2007-12-12 Thread John
taset and another as a datasource would not keep the relationship at all - they would look like alternative ways of performing the same function cheers, John Sunderland. _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lazarus] MySQL Queries using Lazarus

2007-12-12 Thread John
simply be doing something wrong !). If Lefti is just writing his first few queries, what he is doing is probably a good way to "get the hang of it". cheers, John Sunderland _ To unsubscribe: mail [E

Re: [lazarus] MySQL Queries using Lazarus

2007-12-12 Thread John
Joost van der Sluis wrote: Op woensdag 12-12-2007 om 22:51 uur [tijdzone +1100], schreef John: ik wrote: One small note, you have an SQL injection at your code. I recommend you to use parameters as how to add the values, but prior to that, you should check to see if there are invalid

Re: [lazarus] SqlDB component madness

2007-12-12 Thread John
count. Certainly it could be improved. John Sunderland _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives

[lazarus] sqldb query parameter properties not loaded?

2007-12-17 Thread John
e to this in mantis - has anyone else had the problem ? thanks, John Sunderland _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives

[lazarus] debugging - tracing into .inc files

2007-12-18 Thread John
find it yourself ?". If I do, it then traces into it. Sometimes if a .inc file is already open in the editor, it is found, but I think not always. Is there some switch or setting or other incantation that lets it find the .inc fi

Re: [lazarus] debugging - tracing into .inc files

2007-12-18 Thread John
Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:25:51 +1100 John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, Using gdb from the lazarus (recent SVN) IDE: I have fpc compiled (from SVN) with the OPT='-gl' switch, and I can trace into .pas & .pp source in fpc units OK, but i

Re: [lazarus] debugging - tracing into .inc files

2007-12-19 Thread John
Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:28:09 +1100 John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Using gdb from the lazarus (recent SVN) IDE: I have fpc compiled (from SVN) with the OPT='-gl' switch, and I can trace into .pas & .pp source in fpc units OK, but it doesn'

Re: [lazarus] New icon for lazarus

2007-12-20 Thread John
lumn (on top of your background). It is nice and cheeky, and really is a good graphical statement of purpose. cheers, John Sunderland _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the S

Re: [lazarus] SVN

2008-01-17 Thread John
ings. Works for me via a squid proxy cache. (But not necessarily at the moment, I haven't updated for a few weeks). cheers, John Sunderland _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe&

Re: [lazarus] sqldb query parameter properties not loaded?

2008-01-22 Thread John
John wrote: Hi, Environment: win32, Lazarus SVN 13347, fpc SVN 9468 In Lazarus, I have a simple query that uses a parameter: select * from test_cld where code = :code; I am defining it at design time using the object inspector. I set the property parameters to ftString and ptInput, save

Re: [lazarus] sqldb query parameter properties not loaded?

2008-01-23 Thread John
Joost van der Sluis wrote: Op woensdag 23-01-2008 om 10:28 uur [tijdzone +1100], schreef John: John wrote: Hi, Environment: win32, Lazarus SVN 13347, fpc SVN 9468 In Lazarus, I have a simple query that uses a parameter: select * from test_cld where code = :code; I am defining it at

Re: [fpc-pascal] Re: FCL-DB/SQLDB docs started

2008-01-23 Thread John
Chris Kirkpatrick wrote: Hi John, Joost and Adrian - snip So I should very much like to collaborate with you guys in improving the documentation of sqldb and fc-db, as well as the stuff in the LCL. I agree we should try to use the FPDoc approach as suggested by Joost. snip _ I agree with

Re: [lazarus] sqldb query parameter properties not loaded?

2008-01-24 Thread John
Joost van der Sluis wrote: Op donderdag 24-01-2008 om 00:09 uur [tijdzone +1100], schreef John: Snip It does, in so far as the parameter specs are now retained, but now the database property of sqlquery is not read, so it still can't work properly. In fact, I can't even set th

Re: [lazarus] TDbf + TDataModule

2008-01-29 Thread John
s (but it is just a dream at this stage). One of my other dreams is that someone else will beat me to it. cheers, John Sunderland _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the S

Re: [lazarus] DataBase Queries

2008-02-04 Thread John
hi days, I don't know if it is still defined. cheers, John Sunderland _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives

Re: [lazarus] sqldb query parameter properties not loaded?

2008-02-06 Thread John
Joost van der Sluis wrote: Op donderdag 24-01-2008 om 20:56 uur [tijdzone +1100], schreef John: Joost van der Sluis wrote: Op donderdag 24-01-2008 om 00:09 uur [tijdzone +1100], schreef John: Snip It does, in so far as the parameter specs are now retained, but now the

Re: [lazarus] ColorToRGB in console app

2008-02-11 Thread John
Hi Graeme, I don't doubt anything you have said, but you are mistaking the difference between windows and *nix for the difference between gui and non-gui. I ran HP-UX servers for years without any problems, despite always having the CDE G

[lazarus] Delphi 4 PHP

2007-04-08 Thread John Meyer
I admit that I haven't kept up with this as much as I should, but I have a few questions, and if somebody can provide me with a link I am certainly grateful. 1. Is Delphi 4 PHP a product for just Delphi, or can Lazarus use it as well? 2. What exactly does it do? Something akin to the .NET

Re: [lazarus] Doing the Delphi 6 Text Editor Tutorial in Lazarus?

2007-04-09 Thread John Meyer
To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives Okay, I was trying to find the beginning of this thread so I could find this D6 Text Editor Tutorial, but when I click on the link, I get

Re: [lazarus] (Beryl and )way cool with Lazarus..?

2007-04-13 Thread John Meyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Just wondering if anybody has installed this? > > http://wiki.beryl-project.org/index.php/Install/Ubuntu/Edgy/XGL > > Here's what it can look like when it is running: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0ZtcxHUSDQ > > I'm interested if any of the components are ava

Re: [lazarus] sign fpc and lazarus images.

2007-04-15 Thread John Meyer
Jesus Reyes wrote: Abraham Montaño (SiR-HaCk on #lazarus-es IRC channel) sent me the attached images, he wants to share them with you, he hopes you like them. _ Nice, I guess. Are they link buttons? _ To unsubscribe: mail [

[lazarus] Converting Strings to Currency

2007-05-10 Thread John Meyer
I tried a search at lazarus.freepascal.org, and it didn't get anywhere, so if somebody could help me out by telling me how I convert a string (specifically, from a TEdit control) to a currency and versey vicey, I'd appreciate it. _

Re: [lazarus] Converting Strings to Currency

2007-05-10 Thread John Meyer
Lee Jenkins wrote: > John Meyer wrote: >> I tried a search at lazarus.freepascal.org, and it didn't get anywhere, >> so if somebody could help me out by telling me how I convert a string >> (specifically, from a TEdit control) to a currency and versey vicey, I'd

Re: Object Inspector crash, and other interesting stuff

2007-05-11 Thread John Meyer
Mattias Gaertner wrote: > On Thu, 10 May 2007 18:37:50 +0100 > pineal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> On Thursday 10 May 2007 17:45, Charl van Jaarsveldt wrote: >> >>> I forgot to mention that I have svn r11124 and lazarus is compiled >>> for gtk1, using Ubuntu Feisty. >>> >>> On 5/10/07,

Re: Object Inspector crash, and other interesting stuff

2007-05-11 Thread John Meyer
Charl van Jaarsveldt wrote: > Well, I don't know about the rest, but I am not using any cool > effects. I am one of the poor ones that can't even get nVidia drivers > to work and has to make do with the open source driver. That could be some of it; I am using the commercial source drivers. Just w

Re: [lazarus] Borland Kylix & Trolltech

2007-06-16 Thread John Meyer
Lee Jenkins wrote: > Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I take it this is an old announcement? Thought the date of the >> announcement (as per the webpage) is June 2007. >> >> http://trolltech.com/company/newsroom/announcements/0054?searchterm=borland+linux >> >> >> >> Regards, >> - Graeme

Re: [lazarus] "Emulate" Php Md5 (Crypt) and Sha1

2007-07-03 Thread John Meyer
Alvise Nicoletti wrote: > Hi to all... did anyone never heard how to implement crypt and sha1 > functions of php inside delphi/lazarus? While this isn't a cross-platform solution, have you tried the nix crypt and sha functions? _

Re: [lazarus] "Emulate" Php Md5 (Crypt) and Sha1

2007-07-03 Thread John Meyer
Alvise Nicoletti wrote: > John Meyer ha scritto: >> Alvise Nicoletti wrote: >> >>> Hi to all... did anyone never heard how to implement crypt and sha1 >>> functions of php inside delphi/lazarus? >>> >> >> >> While this isn't a

Re: [lazarus] Question from 100000 of dollars

2007-07-05 Thread John Meyer
Guadagnini David wrote: > Boys, when the next official release should be anticipated (not beta)? Are you asking when the next _major_ release should be out? Minor versions get released on a regular basis. And not to be that much of a nitpicker since your English is better than my Italian, but I th

[lazarus] TSpinEdit problem (maybe a bug?)

2008-01-24 Thread John Stoneham
I have only tested this on Windows XP with 0.9.24 (fpc 2.2.0), so I don't know if it affects the other widget sets (gtk1/2, qt, etc) or not, or if it's even really a bug and not just standard (but bizarre) behavior. Here's the scenario. When manually editing a tspinedit control (i.e., by clicking i

[lazarus] Why do Delphi users hate Lazarus so much?

2008-01-27 Thread John Stoneham
#x27;s open source. I just hope the Lazarus community isn't discouraged by those negative comments. -- John [*] It was actually two bugs. The main one was integer math optimization. But when they fixed that bug they broke Cardinal multiplication. So I had a choice, to use optimized integer math

Re: [lazarus] Why do Delphi users hate Lazarus so much?

2008-01-27 Thread John Stoneham
On Jan 27, 2008 7:05 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BTW: > the cardinal mul/div overflow bug still exists in Delphi 2007 ;-) > Wow, that's weird! They fixed it in the 7.1 update, but that update broke the integer optimization, which in my opinion was just as serious a bug. I guess they re-bro

Re: [lazarus] Nokia acquires Trolltech

2008-01-28 Thread John Stoneham
On Jan 28, 2008 2:05 AM, willem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Trolltech gets acquired by Nokia. > > The key motivation of Nokia is CrossPlatform development. > That also a kyey interest of Lazarus. > So I think the Qt interface is becoming more important in the future. > > Regards Wim Well, it's no

Re: [lazarus] Nokia acquires Trolltech

2008-01-28 Thread John Stoneham
On Jan 28, 2008 5:25 AM, Ales Katona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Qt4 cannot be "closed". Development can be stopped from the > Trolltech/Nokia side, but the GPL v4 which was released will remain. > Moreover, the foundation has rights to continue Qt development "should > Trolltech be bought". Righ

Re: [lazarus] why do delphi users hate lazarus so much?

2008-01-28 Thread John Stoneham
On Jan 28, 2008 11:48 AM, Warren Postma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My reason for complaining about Lazarus, and calling it "unusable", is > that it suffers from worse usability defects (for what I want to use it for) > than even the worst-ever versions of Delphi such as Delphi 2005. And these ar

Re: [lazarus] why do delphi users hate lazarus so much?

2008-01-29 Thread John Stoneham
On Jan 29, 2008 2:57 AM, A.J. Venter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snipping well thoughtout, highly interesting background] > I run a highly successful business (profitable in it's first year - > almost unheard of) using lazarus Wow, this is a great success story! I hope you don't mind, but I've a

Re: [lazarus] Wider use case for gamepack ?

2008-01-30 Thread John Stoneham
On Jan 30, 2008 1:00 AM, A.J. Venter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > Anyway, I think I explained now what makes it special in depth. Either > the dev's will think it's cool, or they won't. I won't feel bad if they > don't - it's their prerogative, but at least let it be judged fairly. > Well,

Re: [lazarus] Wider use case for gamepack ?

2008-01-30 Thread John Stoneham
On Jan 30, 2008 9:05 AM, A.J. Venter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2) THIS is the tricky one so I would like some advice on how I should do > it. TDoubleBuffer needs to have OnKeyDown,OnKeyUp and OnKeypressed > events. Being a TCustomControl descendent, it doesn't have them - > TControl does - but i

Re: [lazarus] may I get a demo?

2008-01-31 Thread John Stoneham
On Jan 31, 2008 2:18 AM, Tanuwijaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I just join this list several days ago, because someone on > Delphindo mention about this. Welcome to the list, and Lazarus! > I really want to know the performance of this lazarus, > may be there is someone here willing to gi

Re: [lazarus] Wider use case for gamepack ?

2008-02-01 Thread John Stoneham
A.J., Don't worry about Beelzebub's negative comments, I've already noted that your gamepack has a valid place and that I have plans for using it exclusively in one of my projects. Who cares if it doesn't meet someone's expectations of what they want from a package that maximizes OpenGL-whatnots an

[lazarus] nice blog article: "Why I use (object) Pascal"

2008-02-01 Thread John Stoneham
Might be of interest to both mailing lists. He plugs FPC and Lazarus, and it's nicely written. CodeGear of course makes an appearance in the comments (which are a fun read :) http://www.screamingduck.com/Article.php?ArticleID=43&Show=ABCE -- _| () |-| |\|

[lazarus] Form icon in lazarus

2008-02-01 Thread John Johnson
Hello! I'm using fpc 2.3.1 with Lazarus 0.9.25 beta on Windows XP. When I insert a picture into property "icon" of form1, my app displays it not correctly (sometimes I can see icon of form1 and in the taskbar and sometimes not!)! But in Delphi this always works perfect. Help me please to fix thi

[lazarus] Analog Twebrowser in delphi?

2008-02-03 Thread John Johnson
How can I implement an html page into my lazarus app?? I need a component like TWebBrowser in delphi? _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.f

Re[2]: [lazarus] Analog Twebrowser in delphi?

2008-02-04 Thread John Johnson
-Original Message- From: "Graeme Geldenhuys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: lazarus@miraclec.com Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 10:33:47 +0200 Subject: Re: [lazarus] Analog Twebrowser in delphi? > > On 03/02/2008, John Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How ca

Re: Re: Re[2]: [lazarus] Analog Twebrowser in delphi?

2008-02-04 Thread John Johnson
Hmm, I should try it! Thanks for advise... _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives

[lazarus] DesignIntf and DesignEditors Units

2006-04-22 Thread John Mitson
I am porting a Kylix component that I created to Lazarus that used DesignIntf and DesignEditor units. Does Lazarus have the equivalent units and if so what are they named. Thank you, John _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL

Re: [lazarus] DesignIntf and DesignEditors Units

2006-04-22 Thread John Mitson
Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:49:30 -1000 John Mitson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am porting a Kylix component that I created to Lazarus that used DesignIntf and DesignEditor units. Does Lazarus have the equivalent units and if so what are they named. A

[lazarus] What's wrong with this code?

2006-05-23 Thread John Meyer
begin if btnTestMeClick.tag=0 then begin btnTestMeClick.Caption:='Click me Again'; btnTestMeClick.tag:=1; end else begin btnTestMeClick.Caption;='Click'; btnTestMeClick.tag:=0; end end; On the if line, I'm getting this error: unit1.

Re: [lazarus] What's wrong with this code?

2006-05-23 Thread John Meyer
Rob wrote: Op dinsdag 23 mei 2006 20:23, schreef John Meyer: begin if btnTestMeClick.tag=0 then begin btnTestMeClick.Caption:='Click me Again'; btnTestMeClick.tag:=1; end else begin btnTestMeClick.Capti

Re: [lazarus] What's wrong with this code?

2006-05-23 Thread John Meyer
Vincent Snijders wrote: What wiki tutorial, can you give a link? Then we have a complete compilable source. Vincent http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/Lazarus_Tutorial _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: [lazarus] What's wrong with this code?

2006-05-24 Thread John Meyer
Daniel Dugan wrote: btnTestMeClick.Caption;='Click'; The semicolon after Caption should be a colon. Daniel I've changed the semi-colons to colons and it still won't compile. Same error. _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PR

Re: [lazarus] What's wrong with this code?

2006-05-24 Thread John Meyer
Vincent Snijders wrote: John Meyer schreef: Daniel Dugan wrote: btnTestMeClick.Caption;='Click'; The semicolon after Caption should be a colon. Daniel I've changed the semi-colons to colons and it still won't compile. Same error. Other people suggested you us

[lazarus] Converting text strings to real numbers.

2006-05-27 Thread John Meyer
I'm trying to follow along in the tutorails, but where exactly would I locate this. _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailar

[lazarus] Not quite sure about if then construction

2006-05-27 Thread John Meyer
if i_Error <> 0 then begin d_SalesTax := 0; end; else <---line that is giving me the error if d_SalesTax > 0 then begin d_SalesTax := d_SalesTax / 100 end; it's giving me an error unit1.pas(49,6) Fatal: Syntax error, ";" expect

Re: [lazarus] Converting text strings to real numbers.

2006-05-27 Thread John Meyer
Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Sat, 27 May 2006 09:52:43 -0600 John Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm trying to follow along in the tutorails, but where exactly would I locate this. http://lazarus-ccr.sourceforge.net/docs/rtl/sysutils/strtofloat.html Thanks, but does val()

[lazarus] Converting strings to floats, and back again

2006-06-14 Thread John Meyer
var d_Total: Extended; d_SubTotal : Extended; d_SalesTax: Extended; s_TotalMessage: string; begin d_SubTotal := StrToFloat(edSubtotal.Text); d_SalesTax := StrToFloat(EdTax.Text); if d_SalesTax >= 1.0 then d_SalesTax := d_SalesTax / 100; d_Total := d_SubTotal + (d_SubTotal * d_SalesTax); s_To

Re: [lazarus] Converting strings to floats, and back again

2006-06-14 Thread John Meyer
Marien van Westen wrote: I cannot find any problem with that code on Win32 Marien Okay, I'm running Linux. BTW, Lazarus Editor v 0.9.10 -beta FPC 2.0.1 -- Online library -- http://pueblonative.110mb.com 126 books and counting. ___

Re: [lazarus] Converting strings to floats, and back again

2006-06-14 Thread John Meyer
Marien van Westen wrote: I cannot find any problem with that code on Win32 Marien One other note: I'm running the gdb. All the varaibles are set right. It's just that when it's displaying, it won't display the number. -- Online library -- http://pueblonative.110mb.com 126 books and coun

[lazarus] Lazarus and Suse 10.1

2006-07-12 Thread John Meyer
Hi, has anybody successfully installed Lazarus under SuSE 10.1. I try to, but it keeps complaining about gdk-pixbuf-devel and gtk+-devel. Where do I get those packages? _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: [lazarus] Lazarus and Suse 10.1

2006-07-12 Thread John Meyer
micahel schneider wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 12. Juli 2006 18:15 schrieb John Meyer: > >> Hi, has anybody successfully installed Lazarus under SuSE 10.1. I try >> to, but it keeps complaining about gdk-pixbuf-devel and gtk+-devel. >> Where do I get those packages? >>

Re: [lazarus] Lazarus and Suse 10.1

2006-07-13 Thread John Meyer
Chris Gordon-Smith wrote: > On Wednesday July 12 2006 19:41, micahel schneider wrote: > >> Am Mittwoch, 12. Juli 2006 18:15 schrieb John Meyer: >> >>> Hi, has anybody successfully installed Lazarus under SuSE 10.1. I try >>> to, but it keeps compla

[lazarus] To the guy that answered my SuSE question

2006-07-15 Thread John Meyer
I tried making those links, and they didn't seem to work in fixing lazarus to where it could link. _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freep

RE: [lazarus] Turbo explorer

2006-08-09 Thread John Meyer
You missed it: Did a search and it's there. http://www.borland.com/us/company/news/press_releases/2006/08_07_06_borlands _developer_tools_group_plans_to_rev_up_classic_turbo.html -Original Message- From: Mark Wrenn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:27 PM To:

[lazarus] KDE

2006-10-25 Thread John Meyer
Has anybody been able to run Lazarus under KDE (suse 10.1). I can't even get it up. _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mail

Re: [lazarus] KDE

2006-10-25 Thread John Meyer
Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote: > On 10/25/06, John Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Has anybody been able to run Lazarus under KDE (suse 10.1). I can't >> even get it up. > > Does it give any error message? What happens? How did you install it? > >

Re: [lazarus] KDE

2006-10-25 Thread John Meyer
John Meyer wrote: > Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote: >> On 10/25/06, John Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Has anybody been able to run Lazarus under KDE (suse 10.1). I can't >>> even get it up. >> Does it give any error message? What happens? How

Re: [lazarus] 0.9.20 released

2006-11-09 Thread John Meyer
I'm still getting the error that the kde/gnome lazarus icon fails to start lazarus and when I type lazarus in the alt+f2, it gives me an error. Incidentally, when I start it either from the command line or from an icon on the desktop there are no problems starting it. Mattias Gaertner wrote: > On

Re: [lazarus] 0.9.20 released

2006-11-10 Thread John Meyer
will Running OpenSuse 10.1 with KDE 3.5 (latest version). Also the version of KDE that was bundled with OS 10.1 had the same error. Mattias Gaertner wrote: > On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 05:14:40 -0700 > John Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> I'm still getting the error tha

Re: [lazarus] 0.9.20 released

2006-11-10 Thread John Meyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> which startlazarus /usr/bin/startlazarus [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> which lazarus /usr/bin/lazarus [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> Helps? Marc Santhoff wrote: > Am Freitag, den 10.11.2006, 05:32 -0700 schrieb John Meyer: > >> When I bring up the alt+f2 command and t

Re: [lazarus] 0.9.20 released

2006-11-10 Thread John Meyer
Good catch on that, I'll look at the menu item, now as far as what KDE searches for when I bring up the alt+f2 menu, how do I change that? Marc Santhoff wrote: > I don't know if this is a lazarus installation error or something in > your personal setup of the kde environment, but you as user (I'm s

Re: [lazarus] 0.9.20 released

2006-11-10 Thread John Meyer
Okay, changed that in the KDE environment and now pulls up like a charm. It's not that much of an obvious solution (namely, didn't know the alt+f2 didn't just go to that executable), but I should have checked there. Marc Santhoff wrote: > Am Freitag, den 10.11.2006, 17:10 -0700

[lazarus] Embedded Mozilla

2005-09-06 Thread John Jewitt
to use a GTK widget within Lazarus. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Regards John _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives

[lazarus] Forum registration Problems

2005-09-14 Thread John Holcomb
ss, but I never get it.  I read in the forums that I can email someone to get signed up, but it did not say to whom I should talk. Thanks, John

[lazarus] Testing new forum

2005-10-30 Thread John Samperi
seem to be a lot of bugs. It could be that I don't know what I'm doing and someone can enlighten me. Keep in mind that I am only a newbe and have only played with D6 PE and I'm impressed with what it can do. My apps are very simpl

Re: [lazarus] Testing new forum

2005-10-31 Thread John Samperi
t do I want for nothing? :-) Regards John Samperi Ampertronics Pty. Ltd. 11 Brokenwood Place Baulkham Hills, NSW 2153 AUSTRALIA Tel. (02) 9674-6495 Fax (02) 9674-8745 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website http://www.ampertronics.com

Re: [lazarus] Testing new forum

2005-10-31 Thread John Samperi
ds on button pushed) lazarus output Memo1 button1 button1 button2 button1 etc (text depends on button pushed) As you can see quite different results. Regards John Samperi Ampertronics Pty. Ltd. 11 Brokenwood Place Baulkham Hills, NSW

Re: [Lazarus] Testing new forum

2005-10-31 Thread John Samperi
At 08:01 PM 31/10/2005, you wrote: I just tested the behaviour: Lazarus 0.9.8 and Delphi 7 give exactly the same result See my previous post using Lazarus 0.9.10 beta. Regards John Samperi Ampertronics Pty. Ltd. 11 Brokenwood Place

Re: [lazarus] Re: Testing new forum

2005-10-31 Thread John Samperi
little above my head. I'm trying to learn but senility is setting in fast. Regards John Samperi Ampertronics Pty. Ltd. 11 Brokenwood Place Baulkham Hills, NSW 2153 AUSTRALIA Tel. (02) 9674-6495 Fax (02) 9674-8745 Email: [

[lazarus] Lotsa questions

2005-11-01 Thread John Samperi
if not (DeleteSettings) then WriteRegistry(); end; and last for now, F9 seems to stop working yet I can run the program from the menu, also how many of the Tools are supposed to be fully working? Some of them seem to do nothing. I really miss the Syntax check of D6 as I make lots of mistak

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