[fpc-pascal] Using the LCL without Lazarus

[BobJ]

Terrific response, many thanks!

I'll see what I can do...

Bob



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From: "Mattias Gaertner" <nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 3:45 AM
To: <fpc-pascal at lists.freepascal.org>
Subject: Re: [fpc-pascal] Using the LCL without Lazarus

> On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 20:42:36 -0500
> "BobJ" <rjustice004 at woh.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>[...]
>> -------- Begin web-site excerpt --------
>>
>> Using the LCL without Lazarus
>>
>> 1How to use the LCL without the Lazarus IDE?
>> 1.1Requirements
>> 1.2Introduction
>> 1.3The installation process
>> 1.4The settings
>> 1.5The code
>> 1.6Lazarus 1.2.6
>> 2Alternatives
>> How to use the LCL without the Lazarus IDE?
>>
>> Requirements
>> Things you'll need:
>> .  Free Pascal 2.4.4
>> .  Lazarus 0.9.30
>
> That's very old.
> Current is FPC 3.0.0 and Lazarus 1.6.2.
>
>> Tested on Microsoft Windows XP SP3.
>>
>> Introduction
>>
>> You are not forced to use the Lazarus IDE if you want to develop with the 
>> LCL. You can use it directly from the Free Pascal Compiler.
>
> True.
>
>
>>[...]
>> 1. I have FPC ver 3.0.0 and Lazarus ver 1.6
>> Should the instructions given in the excerpt be applicable with these 
>> versions, as well?
>
> Pretty much. Although this setup adds source paths so every program
> will compile the LCL, creating many copies and may result in a mess.
> Where did you find this?
>
> I recommend to simply install using the Lazarus installer.
> If you don't want to install the IDE you can do alternatively:
> Download and install FPC.
> Then download the Lazarus sources (e.g. to C:\lazarus) and build them:
> Make sure FPC 'bin' is in PATH environment variable, cd C:\lazarus, and
> execute 'make clean all'. This will build the LCL for win32, lazbuild
> and the IDE.
>
> Whatever you chose, next do:
>
> Add to your fpc.cfg:
> -FuC:\lazarus\component\lazutils\lib\i386-win32
> -FuC:\lazarus\lcl\units\i386-win32
> -FuC:\lazarus\lcl\units\i386-win32\win32
>
> Do not add source or include paths - it can create a mess and strange
> errors.
>
> Now you can use the LCL in your programs.
>
>
>> 2. Is it safe to assume that when they say
>> "You are not forced to use the Lazarus IDE if you want to develop with 
>> the LCL. You can use it directly from the Free Pascal Compiler."
>> that they mean that the source code can be submitted to FPC at the 
>> command line?
>
> Yes. Lazarus calls FPC itself.
> If you use some Lazarus packages, you can build them using lazbuild.
> Then add the directories containing the ppu files to your fpc.cfg, and
> *only* those directories.
>
>
>> 3. As I stated somewhere above, the FP IDE is not accessable at a 
>> practical level so, is there some other way that I can satisfy the 
>> requirements to do the following?
>>
>> Start the FP IDE (included with FPC).
>>[...]
>
> I leave this open for others.
>
> Mattias
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