[lazarus] MWEDIT TODO's needed

[Gertjan Schouten]

Handle can point to the name of the QT object.
Instead of passing the name of the LCL component to the QT engine, you
simply cast the Handle to a string or pchar and pass that to the QT engine.


Gertjan


----- Original Message -----
From: Cliff Baeseman <vbman at pcpros.net>
To: <lazarus at miraclec.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 4:05 AM
Subject: Re: [lazarus] MWEDIT TODO's needed


> For my input here handle means absolutley nothing to the QT engine. If you
> need to manipulate a component it has to be called by component instance
> name such as form1 or button1.
>
> Cliff
> -----Original Message-----
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> To: lazarus at miraclec.com <lazarus at miraclec.com>
> Date: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 7:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [lazarus] MWEDIT TODO's needed
>
>
> >Isn't the handle is specificity of the WindowsXX environment ?
> >
> >I beleive so, and therfore, components shouldn't have access to this
> >property.
> >
> >(give me an example of a Lazarus user doing development that would need
> >the .Handle property ?)
> >
> >the windows.pp can have it and use it internally, but i don't think that
> >it should go through the layers and appear in the LCL.
> >
> >(am i just shouting garbage ?)
> >
> >On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Shane Miller wrote:
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Marc Weustink <weus at quicknet.nl>
> >> To: lazarus at miraclec.com <lazarus at miraclec.com>
> >> Date: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 1:56 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [lazarus] MWEDIT TODO's needed
> >>
> >>
> >> >At 15:03 27-10-99 -0500, Shane wrote:
> >> >>Well, it looks like there are quite a few things that need to be done
> to
> >> >make this project a success.
> >> >>I have a few points:
> >> >>
> >> >>1) One thing we need to determine is what we are going to use the
> property
> >> >>HANDLE for in Linux.  Can we use it for something that will allow us
to
> >> FIND
> >> >>the correct gtkwidget or QTWidget by using this handle?  All the
winapi
> >> calls
> >> >>pass this handle so it seems that we are going to need to start using
> this
> >> to
> >> >>be compatable.
> >> >
> >> >A typecast for a pointer to the object we're talking about ?
> >> >In most cases in windows the handle is just a pointer to something.
> >> >
> >> >So Canvas.Handle will be a pointer to the GTK_Canvas object. Is should
> only
> >> >be adressed as a pointer in the interface objects. (If feel the same
for
> >> >fcomponent being a handle)
> >> >
> >> Yes, that was what I was thinking.  What I will do, is remove all
> references
> >> to fComponent and replace them with a reference to Handle.  That way in
> >> GTKInterface we can access handle instead of fcomponent.  I think
that'll
> >> work just fine.....
> >>
> >> >>2) One of the major things is the FONT stuff.
> >> >>
> >> >>GetObject, CreateFontIndirect, etc all gather font information in
> >> >different ways.  Would anyone be willing to tackle this?
> >> >>It seems that it would be best to create these functions in LCLLINUX
> (or
> >> >LCLWIN, depending on if I rename it) and have them either call into
> >> >gtkinterface to get this info.
> >> >>
> >> >>Could someone take control of this?  This would really help.
> >> >
> >> >Hmm... As far as I can see it could be done with the info in the
> interface
> >> >object. I didn't find much more info about fonts in GTK.
> >> >I'll give it a try (without a font no editor, menus can wait) as soon
as
> I
> >> >can reach CVS.
> >>
> >> Excellent.  I am going to look into getting everything working off the
> >> WNDPROC now.  TControl has a WNDPROC and I'm in the middle of writing
> >> TWinControl's so hopefully I can get the GTK callback's to call the
> WNDPROC.
> >>
> >> Shane Miller
> >>
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