[fpc-pascal] IDE problem

Marco van de Voort marcov at stack.nl
Sun May 31 12:27:50 CEST 2009


In our previous episode, Graham Benyon-Tinker said:
> I have recently installed version 2.2.4, and now I have a problem with the IDE.
> (Operating system Windows XP)
> If I launch fp directly, IDE opens in a window with 80x80 display, and I can open a previously created source file within this window, and it all works fine.
> BUT if I click on the source file directly to open it, IDE opens in full screen mode with 40x25 display, and this is horrid! This used not to happen with the previous version I had (version 1.something), when it would open in a window with 80x80 display, the same as when starting IDE directly.
> I can't find anything in the documentation to help me resolve this problem, can anyone suggest how I can get round this problem?

Probably the IDE can't find it files, which could mean that the fpc
directory is not in the path, or something is wrong with the working
directory when a .pp is selected.

I typically use the IDE from a cmd box, so I don't know exactly how this is
supposed to work.



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