[Lazarus] Publishing TBufDataset

[Mattias Gärtner]

Zitat von Joost van der Sluis <joost at cnoc.nl>:

> On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 08:21 +0200, Zlatko Matić wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> Recently I replaced MemDataset with BufDataset, because it has Locate
>> and filters implemented.
>> So, I'm wondering why TBufDataset is not published as a component
>> under DataAccess pallette?
>
> It wasn't very stable for in-memory-use. I think it only works really ok
> with fpc 2.3.1 and higher.
>
>>  I think it would be good to do, since it is good component for
>> working with in-memory data, something like Client Dataset in Delphi.
>> Could someone do it for Lazarus 0.9.29?
>> Would it be hard to publish it for myself?
>
> Just open the lazarus-sqldb package and see how it's done for the other
> datasets like the TSQLQuery. It's a one-line fix.
>
>>  What should I do in order to be able to use it in design time,
>> similar to MemDataset? I have never created a component, so, please,
>> some tips...
>
> Look here:
> http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/How_To_Write_Lazarus_Component

The page contains bugs and makes things more complicated than needed.  
It does not even contain links to the older pages describing packages.
See here for creating and installing a new component:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_Packages#Quick_Start

I will try to fix a few things.

Mattias