Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Reenen Laurie wrote: > > Just out of curiousity, > > What if a component developer were to put only the interface part of his > > units > > in the unit, and write a library that contains the implementation (much like > > Borland used to ship units like CRT back in the Turbo

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Reenen Laurie
> Just out of curiousity, > What if a component developer were to put only the interface part of his units > in the unit, and write a library that contains the implementation (much like > Borland used to ship units like CRT back in the Turbo Pascal days), then use > FP/Laz's ability to link to libr

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread zeljko
On Wednesday 17 September 2008 18:13, zeljko wrote: > On Wednesday 17 September 2008 13:58, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, zeljko wrote: > > > On Wednesday 17 September 2008 11:29, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > For those that know TMS Software: > > > >

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread zeljko
On Wednesday 17 September 2008 13:58, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, zeljko wrote: > > On Wednesday 17 September 2008 11:29, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > For those that know TMS Software: > > > > > > They have released their first component for FPC/Lazarus: Fl

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Bee
> They have released their first component for FPC/Lazarus: Flexcel. > http://www.tmssoftware.com/go/?flexcel Ah, finally! :) Actually FlexCel had supported FPC since a few years ago. I did purchased it and personally encourage Adrian (the main author of this component) to support FPC and Lazar

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread A.J. Venter
> Umm, does that also means that the commercial component writers would > have to *always* sell you the full source code? I guess this is not > so bad, we always bought delphi components that included full source > code. Just out of curiousity, What if a component developer were to put only the

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Mattias Gärtner
Zitat von Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [...] > > The IDE does not recompile the LCL when installing a package. > > That's why 'unit interfaces not found' is a FAQ. > > That may be so, but the 'Rebuild lazarus' is so prominently in the menu > that I think it's often used... And will

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread mitya boyarintsev
> Given my experience that all components I ever bought had bugs which > I had to fix myself, you can imagine that I would never in my life buy > components if I don't get the source code with it. So I don't see > this as a problem. This what Stallman had in his mind, introducing GNU and GPL. AFA

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Mattias Gärtner wrote: > Zitat von Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > > > > > On 9/17/08, Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > It will not work, and never will for Lazarus as long

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Mattias Gärtner
Zitat von Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > > > On 9/17/08, Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > It will not work, and never will for Lazarus as long as it works with > recompiling > > > the IDE. I told the TMS peo

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 9/17/08, Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I doubt it, since you must recompile lazarus, and chances that it recompiles > an LCL file are very close to 1... This makes it very hard for commercial component writers then. I guess all that remains for them, is to produce a bin

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 9/17/08, Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I doubt it, since you must recompile lazarus, and chances that it recompiles > > an LCL file are very close to 1... > > This makes it very hard for commercial component writer

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 9/17/08, Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It will not work, and never will for Lazarus as long as it works with > > recompiling > > the IDE. I told the TMS people so: there is currently no workable solution. > > As soon

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 9/17/08, Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It will not work, and never will for Lazarus as long as it works with > recompiling > the IDE. I told the TMS people so: there is currently no workable solution. > As soon as someone recompiles the LCL, it's broken. Even if the tria

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Paul Ishenin
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 9/17/08, Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> They have released their first component for FPC/Lazarus: Flexcel. >> >> http://www.tmssoftware.com/go/?flexcel >> >> Depending on the feedback they get on this (I assume direct inquiries, >> purchases

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, zeljko wrote: > On Wednesday 17 September 2008 11:29, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > For those that know TMS Software: > > > > They have released their first component for FPC/Lazarus: Flexcel. > > > > http://www.tmssoftware.com/go/?flexcel > > Depending on the f

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 9/17/08, Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > They have released their first component for FPC/Lazarus: Flexcel. > > > > http://www.tmssoftware.com/go/?flexcel > > > > Depending on the feedback they get on this (I assume dir

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 9/17/08, Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They have released their first component for FPC/Lazarus: Flexcel. > > http://www.tmssoftware.com/go/?flexcel > > Depending on the feedback they get on this (I assume direct inquiries, > purchases or requests to port other component

Re: [Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread zeljko
On Wednesday 17 September 2008 11:29, Michael Van Canneyt wrote: > Hi, > > For those that know TMS Software: > > They have released their first component for FPC/Lazarus: Flexcel. > > http://www.tmssoftware.com/go/?flexcel > Depending on the feedback they get on this (I assume direct inquiries, > p

[Lazarus] TMS component for lazarus released

2008-09-17 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
Hi, For those that know TMS Software: They have released their first component for FPC/Lazarus: Flexcel. http://www.tmssoftware.com/go/?flexcel Depending on the feedback they get on this (I assume direct inquiries, purchases or requests to port other components), they may decide to port other