[Lazarus] Serial communication??

[Lukasz Sokol]

On 01/10/2010 16:28, Bo Berglund wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:10:52 +0100, Paulo Costa <paco at fe.up.pt> wrote:
> 
>>> En/na Bo Berglund ha escrit:
>>>
>>>> So far most of what has been shown builds on Synaser or similar, which
>>>> are blocking systems....
>>>
>>> Yes, so you put it in a TThread and, when the data is ready, use
>>> synchronize to signal the main thread.
>>
>>
>> That is how it is done on the 5dpo component.
>> I has been working very nicely for us.
>>
> When you say "component" do you mean a component in the Delphi way
> where you drop a component on to a form etc?
> 
> I don't like that way because I want to have better control and I also
> want to use the functions in form-less application (console) so I
> usually try to use classes that implement stuff by instantiating
> objects when needed for this purpose.
> Is that possible with 5dpo?
> 

Most if not all 'components' can be used that way  - Create the instance 
of its object (make sure you Free it upon shutdown), assign appropriate procedures
to On[] events and set properties by hand/in code. 

(GLScene can be made running that way, i don't see why others would not)

> 
> Bo Berglund
> 
L.