[Lazarus] user information of failure during initialization phase

[waldo kitty]

On 8/31/2010 02:49, Maik Wojcieszak wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am working with
>
> Lazarus IDE v0.9.28.2 Beta
> MS Windows XP Prof DE sp3
> FPC Version 2.2.4
>
> I try do dynmaically load a dll during initialization phase. This can cause
> exceptions if the dll is not available or
> the interface is not matching. Raising an exception at this point causes my
> application to terminate without any message.
>
> Using "ShowMessage" is not possible. How can I inform the user about the problem
> before terminating ?

isn't there a way to check that the dll is available before attempting to load it?

i don't know what to possibly do or suggest about the interface not matching...