[Lazarus] fpGUI

[michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2011, Michael Schnell wrote:

> On 01/05/2011 11:27 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>> 
>> I fully agree. I think it will be great having a fully implemented
>> LCL-fpGUI, and many have mentioned that as well. I can list many
>> benefits. Unfortunately my plate is already very full with my family
>> responsibilities, my daytime job, fpGUI, tiOPF and DUnit2 development.
>
> Does this mean that _currently_ fpGUI projects' look and feel can't be 
> designed with Lazarus, but needs to be done separately with a dedicated 
> "fpGUI designer" software.

Yes.

> I suppose this will create a resource file that can be integrated in a 
> Lazarus project to create the pascal code and to do debugging. Correct ?

No. It creates code in a 'AfterCreate' procedure to create the layout of
your form. (Well, partially. Not all properties can be set).

>
> I suppose to do a full integration in Lazarus each FPGUI control would need 
> an additional  - say - qt-compatible design-time implementation. Seems like a 
> lot of work.

It is. Doubly so because fpGUI is very sensitive to the order in which you
do things.

Michael.