[lazarus] Patches to Shanes files

[Cliff Baeseman]

I got it to work under windows... I just had to make a call to
InterfaceObject.Init in TForm.Create();

Works slick....

Cliff

-----Original Message-----
From: Cliff Baeseman <vbman at pcpros.net>
To: lazarus at miraclec.com <lazarus at miraclec.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: [lazarus] Patches to Shanes files


>Compiles on windows also after I commented the gtk_signal_destroy in
>gtkint.pp..
>
>Does it do anything on your system. On windows it throws a ton of gtk
errors
>and unloads..
>
>Cliff
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael A. Hess <mhess at miraclec.com>
>To: Lazarus-List <lazarus at miraclec.com>
>Date: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 9:40 PM
>Subject: [lazarus] Patches to Shanes files
>
>
>>Greetings,
>>
>>OK Shane I patched the files so that they compile. You can get the files
>>patched at:
>>
>>   ftp://ftp.miraclec.com/lazarus/lazarus_patch.zip
>>
>>I have to say that I think the InterfaceObject is extra overhead for not
>>much gain. If you will notice I edited the file to remove the
>>superfluous code. Those extra create and destroy didn't do anything so
>>there is no reason to have them. So this InterfaceObject doesn't really
>>get you anything over my GUIAPI object. The only difference is the use
>>of the #ifdef. This means that the interfaces.pp file will have to be
>>rewritten anytime someone wants to add a new API. If you wanted it so
>>that you could have a radio button in Lazarus IDE that would be
>>interesting but that means you will have to edit the Lazarus IDE
>>interface just to add a new API. With my version all you would have to
>>do is indicate a different location for the guiapi unit that you wanted
>>to link to.
>>
>>I realize it is 6 of one half a dozen of the other but I think it will
>>get more complicated having to add additional #ifdefs for each API. But
>>hey that is just my choice.
>>
>>What I added was the InitProcedure sequence so that when the method
>>application.initialization is called in lazarus.pp it calls the code to
>>start up gtk or whatever API the InitProcedure is pointing to.
>>
>>I also made InterfaceObjects a self creating unit. It creates and
>>distroys the InterfaceObjects object itself. So I remove the code from
>>TControl that did this.
>>
>>Enough for me tonight. It is just tooooo dang hot out here on the east
>>coast.   8-|
>>
>>--
>>==== Programming my first best destiny! ====
>>
>>Michael A. Hess      Miracle Concepts, Inc.
>>mhess at miraclec.com   http://www.miraclec.com
>>
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