Re: [lazarus] newbie to lazarus

2006-03-13 Thread Alain Michaud
Hi, this was a thought that I had too when I started: "bad documentation" but the reality is different: Lazarus/FPC, is a "multi-platform", "multi-IDE", "multi-anything" project that is constantly under development by a group of "wizz" who just do that for the fun! It seems that you will be abl

Re: [lazarus] newbie to lazarus

2006-03-11 Thread Matt Henley
One avenue that has worked in the past is go to a used/discount bookstore and grab a cheap book on delphi... I found a lot for next to nothing and they are mostly relavent. On 3/11/06, Adrian Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/11/06, Matthijs Willemstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat,

Re: [lazarus] newbie to lazarus

2006-03-11 Thread Adrian Maier
On 3/11/06, Matthijs Willemstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 15:34 +0200, Adrian Maier wrote: > > So, my question is how do you manage to actually write programs > > with lazarus with so little documentation? Do you know Delphi's classes > > already? Are you using some other

Re: [lazarus] newbie to lazarus

2006-03-11 Thread Adrian Maier
On 3/11/06, Graeme Geldenhuys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you are converting your application from Delphi, you can use the > Delphi help files. If you don't have Delphi, I think you can actually > down the help files from the net (sorry can't remember the link, but > Google should help). Nope

Re: [lazarus] newbie to lazarus

2006-03-11 Thread Matthijs Willemstein
On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 15:34 +0200, Adrian Maier wrote: > So, my question is how do you manage to actually write programs > with lazarus with so little documentation? Do you know Delphi's classes > already? Are you using some other reference manuals ? I can only speak for myself. But I'm using Delp

Re: [lazarus] newbie to lazarus

2006-03-11 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
If you are converting your application from Delphi, you can use the Delphi help files. If you don't have Delphi, I think you can actually down the help files from the net (sorry can't remember the link, but Google should help). Otherwise you can try the Delphi Basics website. It is an excellent

[lazarus] newbie to lazarus

2006-03-11 Thread Adrian Maier
Hello, I have an application that I plan to convert to lazarus. The application is quite simple: the user is presented a list of options. Based on the user's choice I need to be able to call other programs ( data-entry forms, reports, scripts, etc ). So far I find it quite hard to get up and run