[Lazarus] Undefined value in SdpoSerial

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:52:58 +0100
Bo Berglund <bo.berglund at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:45:23 +0000, Paulo Costa <paco at fe.up.pt> wrote:
> 
> >On 02/11/2010 19:19, Bo Berglund wrote:
> >
> >> After looking at the 5DPO WIKI page I downloaded and installed an SVN
> >> client in order to get the latest version from SVN.
> >>
> >> Now that I have received the newest files, what is the proper way to
> >> get them into Lazarus?
> >>
> >> Do I copy the files over to the C:\Programs\lazarus\components\sdpo
> >> folder and overwrite whatever is located there?
> >
> >That is possible, but not the best way.
> >
> >> Can I have a SVN checkout residing right inside the Lazarus program
> >> files?
> >
> >That is the best option.
> >
> >> Do I have to do something else or will Lazarus discover that the
> >> component files have changed and start using them immediately?
> >
> >Well, you should recompile the package.
> >
> >> Obviously I am a newbie with both SVN and Lazarus (old hand at Delphi
> >> and CVS though).
> >
> >Not for long (the newbie part)
> >
> 
> Can I use the SdpoSerial object without actually installing the
> package into the Lazarus IDE?

See here:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Lazarus_Packages#FAQ

 
> Right now it looks like my biggest headaches are centered around the
> rebuilding of Lazarus itself, which I really do not want to do.
> The serial comm component is not a visual one so I really just need to
> create it in code provided it is OK to do. But I want the tooltips
> showing what properties and methods are available still...


Mattias