On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 01:30:13 +0200 Markku Niskanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Maybe you can take a look at > >http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/RingChart_and_AnalogWatch > >to see how to create a analogue clock. ;-) > > Huh? Well, yes... I know there are lots of clocks available :) > > What I had in mind, really was to convert a simple Delphi > freeware component to see what needs to be done. Now I should > have at least a vague idea of it so I'll write down what I have done. > > After that, the next chapter is a bit more demanding: I will try to > convert a DXF reader/display class to Lazarus. It is a freeware > component and worked well in my commercial Delphi application > I wrote in 1997. > > As for the icon I did, again, run into a trouble. I used an icon editor > called "IconXP" that should export XPM. However, when linking the > resource, Lazarus fails to start, stating that the bitmap resource is > invalid. > > A look at the XPM file revealed that the icon editor produces: > static const unsigned char * tclock_xpm[] = { > instead of > static char * tclock_xpm[] = { > > After fixing that everything was ok. Any idea about a decent xpm > icon editor that would make valid Lazarus XPM? I imrpoved TestStreamIsXPM to recognize also 'static const unsigned char'. Now the LCL can load such .xpm files. Mattias _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
