[Lazarus] importing program into lazarus project

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:39:44 +0200
Marc Santhoff <M.Santhoff at t-online.de> wrote:

> Am Montag, den 21.07.2008, 22:33 +0200 schrieb Mattias Gaertner:
> > On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:45:36 +0200
> > "Graeme Geldenhuys" <graemeg.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:38 AM, Marc Santhoff
> > > <M.Santhoff at t-online.de> wrote:
> > > > I have a program written using fpc only that I'd like to import
> > > > into a lazarus project. How can this be done the easiest way?
> > > 
> > > Simply load Lazarus with a blank Lazarus project. Then open the
> > > main unit (program) of your fpc project using 'File | Open'...
> > > Lazarus will detect it's a 'program' and ask if it can manage it.
> > > Say yes. Lazarus would now have created a new .lpi file for your
> > > fpc program. Save the project and you are ready to go.
> > 
> > Or use directly Project / New Project from file.
> > 
> >  
> > > > And what is the difference between "custom program" and
> > > > "program" project types,
> > > 
> > > No idea what's the difference. All I know is that "program" is a
> > > Free Pascal program and Lazarus maintains the .lpi (Lazarus
> > > Project Information) file for that program.
> > 
> > It's a different start source and some more options (Project
> > Options / Miscellaneous) are off for custom program.
> > You can change all things at any time.
> 
> I found those options already. Very nice, although I still have to try
> them out to see what happens if switched in an existing project.
> 
> Since I left the Delphi world with version 2: are these options
> genuine Lazarus options or are they carried over from Delphi? Maybe
> some old books or docs can help me getting used to all possibilities
> hiding in Lazarus ...

If you are online, simply press F1 in any IDE dialog.
This will open a browser to
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/IDE_Window:_Project_Options

Mattias