Re: [lazarus] Database programming

2006-09-06 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Micha Nelissen wrote: Michael Van Canneyt wrote: Nevertheless, it would be better to use an engine such as Firebird, because it is scalable. Projects using DBase files or so are not scalable. Not scalable ? In what way ? It's not multi-user and network-capable. Michae

Re: [lazarus] looking for a xml class/component to play with opendocument

2006-09-06 Thread Michael Van Canneyt
On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Marc Santhoff wrote: Am Dienstag, den 05.09.2006, 15:38 +0200 schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys: On 9/5/06, Alexandre Leclerc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank you Graeme, I was thinking to use zLib in another project. So your simpler unit will be usefull. As for OOo fromat, it is

[lazarus] enhancement to Find

2006-09-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Hi, Is there a way to use 'Find' to search for text, but include all $INCLUDE files as well. If not, maybe it would be a good idea...? For example: I have a Model.pas file, but it has a lot of {$I } lines. I know what I am looking for is inside one of the include files inside Model.pas, but Fi

[lazarus] Possible memory leak or replication of object inspector's tooltip

2006-09-06 Thread Funky Beast
Hi, Not sure if its just me, but here goes. When the cursor moves past the properties of the object inspector a tooltip will show a short description of the property under the cursor (this is normal). But if the cursor is moved up and down a few more times, "tooltip trails" start to appear, see s

Re: [lazarus] enhancement to Find

2006-09-06 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 09:59:27 +0200 "Graeme Geldenhuys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to use 'Find' to search for text, but include all > $INCLUDE files as well. If not, maybe it would be a good idea...? > > For example: > I have a Model.pas file, but it has a lot of {$I }

Re: [lazarus] Possible memory leak or replication of object inspector's tooltip

2006-09-06 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:13:55 +0800 Funky Beast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Not sure if its just me, but here goes. > When the cursor moves past the properties of the > object inspector a tooltip will show a short description > of the property under the cursor (this is normal). But > if t

Re: [lazarus] enhancement to Find

2006-09-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 9/6/06, Mattias Gaertner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know I can use 'Find in Files', but that would search the whole > directory, which contains 200+ files, where 'Find' could have limited > that to 10 files only. Maybe add another CheckBox in the Options box > - 'Search Include files' Ye

[lazarus] Re: Possible memory leak or replication of object inspector's tooltip

2006-09-06 Thread Funky Beast
Mattias Gaertner wrote: On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:13:55 +0800 Funky Beast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, Not sure if its just me, but here goes. When the cursor moves past the properties of the object inspector a tooltip will show a short description of the property under the cursor (this is norm

Re: [lazarus] Database programming

2006-09-06 Thread Eduardo
At 01:08 05/09/2006, you wrote: Hello , I would like some advice on which type of database to use for a small database type of program which includes the database as part of the program. There would only be about 10 to 15 tables and most would only have about 50 records with a coupl

[lazarus] The spirit lost of Borland

2006-09-06 Thread Luis R. Hilario B.
Hello, Some comments about I Disturb Delphi in Spanish: http://barrapunto.com/journal.pl?op=display&uid=803&id=22622 And here in English: http://bdn.borland.com/article/33659 In conclusion can be told that Borland has not filled the expectation. -- http://luisdigital.com __

Re: [lazarus] The spirit lost of Borland

2006-09-06 Thread Ewald Horn
Hi Luis, you are quite correct. The company I knew as Borland (back in 1995 - 1997) has long ago ceased to exist. Since Delphi 6 I've given up on Borland, especially after they seemed to loose focus and got .Net crazy. I've had no intention of downloading the Turbo stuff (I still own a copy o

[lazarus] Utilities in Graphic.pp

2006-09-06 Thread Giuliano Colla
The attached patch adds a couple of useful procedure to the graphics library, i.e. InflateRect and OffsetRect. They are derived from the Delphi counterparts, and are useful to increase or decrease the size of a rectangle, or to move it. This happens frequently when drawing in the client area of

Re: [lazarus] Utilities in Graphic.pp

2006-09-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
I have already submitted a patch (25 July) for InflateRect to the FPC Developers. To be included in the types.pp unit. Not sure if anybody has applied it yet. Regards, - Graeme - On 9/6/06, Giuliano Colla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The attached patch adds a couple of useful procedure to the

Re: [lazarus] Utilities in Graphic.pp

2006-09-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
I just had a look at the latest types.pp file in FPC 2.1.1. InflateRect has not been applied yet, but OffsetRect already exits. Regards, - Graeme - On 9/6/06, Giuliano Colla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The attached patch adds a couple of useful procedure to the graphics library, i.e. InflateRe

Re: [lazarus] The spirit lost of Borland

2006-09-06 Thread Luis R. Hilario B.
Some errors of translation, like "I Disturb Dephi" (Turbo Delphi). But they can translate using http://www.freetranslation.com/ of Spanish-English, and is understood more or less. There is a review in PCMagazine: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2011448,00.asp according to the author, bad t

Re: [lazarus] Utilities in Graphic.pp

2006-09-06 Thread Mattias Gaertner
On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:13:49 +0200 Giuliano Colla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The attached patch adds a couple of useful procedure to the graphics > library, i.e. InflateRect and OffsetRect. They are derived from the > Delphi counterparts, and are useful to increase or decrease the size > of a

Re: [lazarus] Database programming

2006-09-06 Thread Micha Nelissen
Michael Van Canneyt wrote: >> Not scalable ? In what way ? > > It's not multi-user and network-capable. This is also simply not true. It is multi-user capable, and can use files from a network share, but it's all done in the client, using file locking. It does not support transactions, true; but

RE: [SPAM] - AW: [lazarus] cross compiling - Email found in subject

2006-09-06 Thread George Birbilis
> > it should be great if there were some instalers like > > lazarus-dev-win32-136-linux.exe lazarus-dev-win32-136-macos.exe > > > > that after being installed allow you to compile for those > platforms... > > Too much extra work. I think developers time is better spent > in more important things :

Re: [SPAM] - AW: [lazarus] cross compiling - Email found in subject

2006-09-06 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On 8/16/06, Christian Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Exactly, why spend work in usability if nobody use the program the developers dont have too mutch work ... Please, do not respond with sarcasm. Florian is a dedicated developer and we owe him a lot. The reality is that cross-compiling is

Re: [SPAM] - AW: [lazarus] cross compiling - Email found in subject

2006-09-06 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
Ah, I forgot to mention that if anyone wants to volunteer to create more cross-compiling packages they would be welcome =) -- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe"

Re: [lazarus] cross compiling

2006-09-06 Thread Oro06
Vincent Snijders wrote: Eduardo wrote: At 19:41 15/08/2006, you wrote: Wilder Gonzalez Diaz wrote: Does anyone know how to cofigure Lazarus in order to compile projects for different architectures i have checked the article in Lazarus Wiki documentation but it didn't work for me... i think

Re: [lazarus] Database programming

2006-09-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 9/6/06, Micha Nelissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Michael Van Canneyt wrote: >> Not scalable ? In what way ? > > It's not multi-user and network-capable. This is also simply not true. It is multi-user capable, and can use files from a network share, Network share is more of a hack than 'net

Re: [lazarus] Database programming

2006-09-06 Thread Micha Nelissen
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > This means a 1000 clients connecting and working on the same database > is going to wreck havoc. I think this is what is meant by it doesn't > scale. 10 clients might work fine, 30 might still work, but 100's or > 1000's on client connections in not going to cope. Does

Re: [lazarus] Database programming

2006-09-06 Thread Tony Pelton
On 9/5/06, Michael Van Canneyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nevertheless, it would be better to use an engine such as Firebird, because it is scalable. Projects using DBase files or so are not scalable. SQLite ? http://www.sqlite.org/ Michael. Tony

Re: [lazarus] Database programming

2006-09-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 9/6/06, Micha Nelissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does Firebird support 100s to 1000s of clients ? Yup! With our Delphi apps, we have done 100's but not yet 1000's. We don't have big enough clients to test 1000+ connections in our app. Regards, - Graeme - ___

Re: [lazarus] Database programming

2006-09-06 Thread Micha Nelissen
Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On 9/6/06, Micha Nelissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Does Firebird support 100s to 1000s of clients ? > > Yup! With our Delphi apps, we have done 100's but not yet 1000's. We > don't have big enough clients to test 1000+ connections in our app. Nice! With TDbf it's

[lazarus] Identifier not found "TQtListView"

2006-09-06 Thread Luis R. Hilario B.
Hello, Trying to implement TListBox, the error: qtwsstdctrls.pp(303,15) Error: Identifier not found "TQtListView" class function TQtWSCustomListBox.CreateHandle(const AWinControl: TWinControl; const AParams: TCreateParams): HWND; var QtListView: TQtListView; begin QtListView := TQtListView.Cr

Re: [lazarus] Database programming

2006-09-06 Thread bouquinique
One of the advantage off TDBF ( I 'm an user of it ): It dont't need other than himself. For me this pont is very important, firebird or SQL engines are not installed on all the computers. Créate fonctions to export dbf files in other formats like SQL, CSV, Or Firebird is not much difficult. O

Re: [lazarus] Database programming

2006-09-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
On 9/6/06, Micha Nelissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nice! :-) If everybody is writing the same record all the time it may get nasty, I think for any system this is nasty! ;-) Graeme. _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [lazarus] Identifier not found "TQtListView"

2006-09-06 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
On 9/6/06, Luis R. Hilario B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Trying to implement TListBox, the error: qtwsstdctrls.pp(303,15) Error: Identifier not found "TQtListView" Use the menu: Search -> Find in Files Search all files on the Qt widgetset directory for TQtListView Then add the unit where he i

Re: [lazarus] Identifier not found "TQtListView"

2006-09-06 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
Just to help you, here is the documentation of QListView: http://doc.trolltech.com/4.2/qlistview.html Oh, and that class doesn´t already exist. You will need to create a new one on qtprivate.pas The Qt functions to be used are located on the qt4.pas unit. -- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho __

[lazarus] “CheckBox” with the ReadOnly property?

2006-09-06 Thread Fabio H Souza
Hi,I need a component "TCheckBox" with the ReadOnly property. In Delphi I use the "TLMDCheckBox" component. Exists some similar component in the Lazarus? How I implement this? ThanksFabio

Re: [lazarus] The spirit lost of Borland

2006-09-06 Thread Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho
Look at the list of pre-requisites: Microsoft .NET Framework v1.1, Microsoft .NET SDK v1.1, Microsoft Visual J# v1.1, Microsoft XML Core Services v4.0 SP2. -- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho _ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [lazarus] “CheckBox” with the ReadOnly property?

2006-09-06 Thread ik
You can do the following: const cbxAllowedState = unchecked; procedure Tform1.mycbxonchange (Sender : TObject); begin mycbx.checked := cbxAllowedState; end; That's the easiest way ... now if you have more then one checkbox that you need to make it read only do the following: cbxStates : array

Re: [lazarus] The spirit lost of Borland

2006-09-06 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
Not to mention Delphi 7 with Help Files was a +-70Mb download. The latest edition of Delphi excluding help and excluding pre-requisites is 350Mb!!! Some serious bloat! Regards, - Graeme - On 9/6/06, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Look at the list of pre-requisites:

Re: [lazarus] The spirit lost of Borland

2006-09-06 Thread Luis R. Hilario B.
IE v6 SP1 2006/9/6, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Look at the list of pre-requisites: Microsoft .NET Framework v1.1, Microsoft .NET SDK v1.1, Microsoft Visual J# v1.1, Microsoft XML Core Services v4.0 SP2. -- Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho _

Re: [lazarus] looking for a xml class/component to play with opendocument

2006-09-06 Thread Marc Santhoff
Am Mittwoch, den 06.09.2006, 09:43 +0200 schrieb Michael Van Canneyt: > > On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Marc Santhoff wrote: > > > Am Dienstag, den 05.09.2006, 15:38 +0200 schrieb Graeme Geldenhuys: > >> On 9/5/06, Alexandre Leclerc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Thank you Graeme, I was thinking to use z

Re: [lazarus] Database programming

2006-09-06 Thread Adrian Maier
On 9/6/06, Micha Nelissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Michael Van Canneyt wrote: >> Not scalable ? In what way ? > > It's not multi-user and network-capable. This is also simply not true. It is multi-user capable, and can use files from a network share, but it's all done in the client, using file