[Lazarus] Tprogressbar and positional info as ptrint.

[Andrew Brunner]

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On Dec 5, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Juha Manninen <juha.manninen62 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Andrew Brunner <atbrunner at aurawin.com> wrote:
>> I'm getting overflow exceptions on values greater than integer.  Can someone revise all values from integer to ptrint so on 64 bit systems it will be valid.
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> You can scale the value in your code before using it for ProgressBar's Position.
> Integer has 2^31 positive values which should be enough for all the
> positions shown in a graphical component.
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It is far more important to realize that on 64bit systems the GUI components can scale.  I have already tested ptrint on Ubuntu x64. It only took a few minor tweaks. 

I can provide diff if interested.  But changes to windows callback for comctrls will be needed as well. 

I assert that use of anything but ptrint in the factory with respect to tprogressbar is a flaw.  And it's a quick fix.  



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