Re: [Lazarus] MDI - working implementation !?

2014-10-25 Thread Kostas Michalopoulos
Very interesting, i was actually looking into implementing MDI (for Windows... AFAIK the Qt backend already has MDI support). Although from a quick look at the code, it doesn't seem to do that, does it? It looks like it only checks the form type, but still the forms are top level, not under an MDI

[Lazarus] Getting the last modified date of a directory

2014-10-25 Thread Richard Mace
Hi All, I can see that we have a "FileAge" function and also a "FileGetDate" however, I was wondering what the best way of getting the last modified date of a folder? Effectively, the last time that a file was created/changed within a folder? Thanks in advance Richard -- _

Re: [Lazarus] Find dialog too tight for translations

2014-10-25 Thread waldo kitty
On 10/24/2014 5:34 PM, Giuliano Colla wrote: Taking into account all suggestions, I came out with two possible layouts: Option 1 = Buttons at the bottom of the form (like in my previous version) Option 2 = Buttons at the right of the form (like in the original version) i forgot to ask in my p

Re: [Lazarus] Find dialog too tight for translations

2014-10-25 Thread waldo kitty
On 10/24/2014 5:34 PM, Giuliano Colla wrote: Taking into account all suggestions, I came out with two possible layouts: Option 1 = Buttons at the bottom of the form (like in my previous version) Option 2 = Buttons at the right of the form (like in the original version) i like them both... opt

Re: [Lazarus] PoHelper: a tool to assist translators

2014-10-25 Thread Péter Gábor
Hi! Tips (mostly for the GUI): - Setting up an external editor would be better to define the command line instead of a simple FileOpen form (or combined). In my case poedit is on the path (so it can run without path name) and someone may need to pass parameters too. - List of files (TMemo) is not

Re: [Lazarus] Find dialog too tight for translations

2014-10-25 Thread Jürgen Hestermann
Am 2014-10-25 um 13:26 schrieb Bart: I prefer buttons on right, especially in ReplaceDlg, otherwise there is a lot of empty space next to the checkboxes. With the buttons on the right the same empty space exists between the options on the left and the buttons which tears apart what should be

Re: [Lazarus] Find dialog too tight for translations

2014-10-25 Thread Bart
On 10/24/14, Giuliano Colla wrote: > > Option 1 = Buttons at the bottom of the form (like in my previous version) > > Option 2 = Buttons at the right of the form (like in the original version) I prefer buttons on right, especially in ReplaceDlg, otherwise there is a lot of empty space next to th

[Lazarus] Unused units clarification

2014-10-25 Thread Juha Manninen
This is related to the "Request feature" thread answer from Mattias at October 3. On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Mattias Gaertner wrote: > The units with initialization/finalization sections are shown with a > battery like icon, while those without are shown with a book icon. > > Feel free to i

Re: [Lazarus] Find dialog too tight for translations

2014-10-25 Thread Jürgen Hestermann
Am 2014-10-24 um 23:34 schrieb Giuliano Colla: Taking into account all suggestions, I came out with two possible layouts: Option 1 = Buttons at the bottom of the form (like in my previous version) Option 2 = Buttons at the right of the form (like in the original version) (there's also a help but

Re: [Lazarus] MDI - working implementation !?

2014-10-25 Thread zeljko
On 10/24/2014 02:03 PM, Herwig Niemeyer wrote: On transcribing an old Delphi-Program to a Lazarus-program i was in need do have working MDI-functions. I tried to implement them in customform.inc and they work fine with my program and in my environment. There are still some problematic spots in th