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<TITLE>Status of Orpheus Port</TITLE>
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<META NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT="Phil Hess">
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<CENTER>
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<H1>Status of Orpheus Port</H1>
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<HR>
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<H3>Contents</H3>
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<A HREF="#Whats_New">What's New</A><BR>
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<A HREF="#Introduction">Introduction</A><BR>
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<A HREF="#Installation">Installation</A><BR>
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<A HREF="#Platforms_Tested">Platforms Tested</A><BR>
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<A HREF="#Examples">Examples</A><BR>
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<A HREF="#Porting_Philosophy">Porting Philosophy</A><BR>
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<A HREF="#Usage_Notes">Usage Notes</A><BR>
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<A HREF="#Limitations">Limitations</A><BR>
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<A HREF="#Status_Controls">Status of Individual Controls</A><BR>
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<A HREF="#To_Do">To Do</A><BR>
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<A HREF="#Other_Resources">Other Resources</A><P>
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<HR>
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<A name="Whats_New"></A><H3>What's New</H3>
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<LI>20070128 release:
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<UL>
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<LI>An example program that demos the TO32FlexEdit control has been added
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even though validation doesn't work with LCL (see "To Do" list below).
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If you have Delphi you can compile the example to see how validation
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is supposed to work.
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<LI>Recent changes in FPC 2.1.1 appear to have broken both the Columns
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and Rows design-time property editors for the TOvcTable control. The
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property editors still work with FPC 2.0.4. Stay tuned...
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<LI>Custom cursors are now visible when resizing table columns at runtime on
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Windows. However, cursor also disappears sometimes. Stay tuned on
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this one too...<P>
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</UL>
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<LI>20070127 note:
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<UL>
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<LI>Recent improvements in the Lazarus Qt widgetset make a couple of Orpheus controls
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work better with Qt.<P>
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</UL>
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<LI>20070115 note:
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<UL>
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<LI>In addition to downloading the .zip file (see link below), you can now
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also obtain the Orpheus ported source using Subversion:<P>
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svn co https://lazarus-ccr.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/lazarus-ccr/components/orpheus [local_dir]
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</UL>
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<LI>20070114 note:
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<UL>
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<LI>Controls have now been tested with GTK2 widgetset (see table below).<P>
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</UL>
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<LI>20070107 release:
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<UL>
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<LI>TOvcVirtualListBox control added.
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<LI>Installation no longer registers TOvcSimpleField and TOvcTCSimpleField
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controls (see myovcreg.pas) on non-Windows platforms since these two controls
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don't work on other platforms and crash Lazarus IDE if added to a form on
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those platforms.
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</UL>
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</UL>
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<HR>
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<A name="Introduction"></A><H3>Introduction</H3>
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These notes describe the status of the OrphPort Project, an attempt to
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port a subset of TurboPower's Orpheus controls to <A HREF="http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org">Lazarus</A>
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and <A HREF="http://www.freepascal.org">Free Pascal</A>. At this time,
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several <B>enhanced label controls</B> and most of the <B>table (grid) controls</B>
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have been ported. Some of the controls
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work quite well on multiple platforms; others need more work or
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await better support by the Lazarus LCL or by specific widgetsets before
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they are fully functional. The table below gives the status of individual
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controls. You are encouraged to work on improving these controls
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(see <A HREF="#To_Do">To Do list</A>). Please send your bug reports, suggestions
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and patches to:<P>
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MacPgmr (at) fastermac (dot) net<P>
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<I>Note:</I> You can also post to the "Ported from Delphi/Kylix" section of the Lazarus
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forum if you want your bug reports and suggestions to be seen by the entire
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Lazarus community.<P>
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The ported source code is here: <A HREF="http://web.fastermac.net/~MacPgmr/OrphPort/downloads">http://web.fastermac.net/~MacPgmr/OrphPort/downloads</A><P>
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The original Orpheus 4.06 source code that this port was based on is here:
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<A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/tporpheus">http://sourceforge.net/projects/tporpheus</A>
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(although you don't need this for Lazarus)<p>
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TurboPower's 1,392-page Orpheus User's Manual is also available from the Source Forge site.<P>
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Note that the ported source remains under the original MPL 1.1 license.
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<HR>
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<A name="Installation"></A><H3>Installation</H3>
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<OL>
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<LI>Unzip the ported source files into their own folder.
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<LI>Start Lazarus.
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<LI>Optionally, choose File | New | Application to make sure Lazarus doesn't
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mess up the currently open project.
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<LI>Choose Component | Open package file and select orpheus.lpk.
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<LI>Click Compile to make sure your version of Lazarus can compile the
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Orpheus units.
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<LI>Click Install and click Yes when prompted to rebuild the Lazarus IDE.
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<LI>After rebuilding is finished, restart Lazarus if it didn't restart
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automatically. The installed Orpheus controls will be on the Orpheus tab
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of the component palette.
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</OL>
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<I>Important!</I> If you don't have write access to the folder where Lazarus
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is installed, you may have problems rebuilding the Lazarus IDE with older
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versions of Lazarus. However, if you have a relatively new version of Lazarus,
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it will compile itself to the ~/.lazarus/bin folder if you don't have write
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access to the Lazarus install folder. After rebuilding, be sure to start
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~/.lazarus/bin/lazarus, not the installed Lazarus.<P>
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<HR>
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<A name="Platforms_Tested"></A><H3>Platforms Tested</H3>
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<TABLE BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=3>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TH>Platform</TH>
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<TH>OS Version</TH>
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<TH>Library Versions</TH>
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<TH>Widgetsets Tested</TH>
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<TH>Lazarus Version Tested</TH>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>Windows</TD>
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<TD>XP SP2</TD>
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<TD> </TD>
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<TD>win32</TD>
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<TD>20070126 snapshot of 0.9.21 with FPC 2.1.1</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>OS X</TD>
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<TD>10.3.9 (Panther) on PowerPC</TD>
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<TD>gtk: 1.2.0.9.1<BR>gtk2: 2.6.10<BR>qt: 4.2.2</TD>
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<TD>gtk, gtk2, carbon, qt</TD>
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<TD>20070126 snapshot of 0.9.21 with FPC 2.0.4</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>Linux</TD>
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<TD>SUSE 10.1</TD>
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<TD>gtk: 1.2.10-907</TD>
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<TD>gtk</TD>
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<TD>Stable 0.9.20 with FPC 2.0.4</TD>
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</TR>
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</TABLE><BR>
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<HR>
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<A name="Examples"></A><H3>Examples</H3>
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The source for several small test applications is included which demonstrates
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most of the ported controls. Open each test app's .lpi file and compile it once
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Orpheus has been installed in Lazarus. Folders for the test apps are located
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in the <I>tests</I> folder in your Orpheus folder, as follows:
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<UL>
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<LI>TestTable - demos TOvcTable and various table cell controls (column
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headers, row labels, string, memo, check box, combo box, bitmap).
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<LI>TestURL - demos TOvcURL
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<LI>TestRLbl - demos TOvcRotatedLabel
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<LI>TestLabel - demos TOvcLabel
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<LI>TestVLB - demos TOvcVirtualListBox
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</UL>
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To see the TOvcSpinner control in action, try out the table's Rows and Columns
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property editors with the TestTable app.<P>
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<I>Note:</I> The TestTable app uses the included .bmp files to demo the
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TOvcTCBitMap control. These bitmap files are not needed to rebuild the Lazarus
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IDE since they're in the ovcreg.lrs resource file, but they are
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included for completeness.<p>
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<I>Tip:</I> The necessary files for compiling the test apps with Delphi are
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also included (.dof, .dfm, .bdsproj). If you have Delphi you can compile
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the apps to see exactly how the Orpheus controls are supposed to look and
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behave. Note that with the free Turbo Delphi Explorer you can't install
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Orpheus (a limitation of the free version). However, you can still compile
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the test apps, as follows:
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<UL>
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<LI>Start Turbo Delphi Explorer and open the test app's .bdsproj file.
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<LI>Click Ignore All to proceed when Delphi encounters the unrecognized
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Orpheus controls.
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<LI>Choose File | Close and click Cancel to close the main form.
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<LI>Choose Project | Options and make sure the Search path in
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Directories/Conditionals points to your Orpheus folder.
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<LI>Choose Project | Compile to compile the test app.
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</UL>
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<HR>
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<A name="Porting_Philosophy"></A><H3>Porting Philosophy</H3>
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<UL>
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<LI>All changes to the original source code were made via conditional
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compiling (IFDEF's). Thus the ported source retains full Delphi compatibility.
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An added benefit is that you can see what the original code was, something
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that is often lost with ported code.
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<LI>A compatibility unit, <I>MyMisc</I>, was added to fill in gaps in the
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Lazarus LCL and provide other compatibility routines.
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<LI>Orpheus functions written in assembly were "Pascal-ized" so the ported code could
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be compiled on non-Intel platforms.
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<LI>For now, the Lazarus package (orpheus.lpk) compiles the source with range,
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overflow and stack checking turned on. This revealed several apparently harmless
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bugs in the TurboPower code, which have been fixed. To find these and other
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minor bugs, grep the source for "TurboPower bug".
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<LI>In general, no other significant changes or "improvements" were made to
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the source. An exception is the o32tcflx unit, where a few additions were
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made to correct apparent omissions or inconsistencies.
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<LI>A note on comments: Comments added to the ported source are generally
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marked with "//". However, the "o32" units (developed later than other units
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by TurboPower) already included some "//" comments. With these units, you can
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tell the added comments by their context (near IFDEF's, for example).
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</UL>
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<HR>
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<A name="Usage_Notes"></A><H3>Usage Notes</H3>
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<OL>
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<LI>When you first add an Orpheus control to a form, Lazarus will add
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the Orpheus unit to the uses section of your main source file (.lpr).
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This pulls in a great deal of code that you don't need. Delete the Orpheus unit
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from the uses section to reduce the size of your executable file.<P>
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<LI>Several of the ported controls are not supported by the GTK widgetset
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(see table below). Don't use these controls in cross-platform applications.
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Just opening a form that has a TOvcSimpleField or TOvcTCSimpleField control
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on it will likely crash the Lazarus IDE with GTK. Use the
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TO32FlexEdit and TO32TCFlexEdit controls in place of TOvcSimpleField and
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TOvcTCSimpleField controls in cross-platform applications.<P>
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<LI>To display the TOvcLabel's Style Manager property editor in the Lazarus
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IDE, right-click on the TOvcLabel control (Apple key+click on Mac). You can
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also change Style Manager properties via the CustomSettings in the
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Object Inspector. Also, with GTK, the default clNone Color displays a black
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background, so be sure to set ParentColor to True or select a different
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Color.<P>
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<LI>An added benefit of the Orpheus TOvcSpinner control is that it is
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available for Delphi too, unlike the LCL TSpinEdit, which has no equivalent
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in the Delphi VCL.
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</OL>
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<HR>
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<A name="Limitations"></A><H3>Limitations</H3>
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<OL>
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<LI>The TO32FlexEdit and TO32TCFlexEdit controls include code for displaying
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an optional button within the text editing area. However, this TBitBtn-within-
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a-TEdit is not supported by the LCL, so the code has been IFDEF'd out for now.
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If this is ever supported by the LCL, defining ButtonOkay in o32flxed.pas
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is all that's needed to enable the button code.<P>
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<LI>Widgetsets generally implement LCL controls by creating native controls
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that correspond to the LCL controls (text edit, check box, etc.). However,
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Orpheus builds its TOvcSimpleField control from TCustomControl, rather than
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descending from an existing edit control such as TCustomEdit. This sort of
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edit control does not appear to be supported by the GTK widgetset.<P>
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<LI>The GTK and Carbon widgetsets do not support TOvcRotatedLabel, apparently
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because the GetTextMetrics function is not fully implemented on those
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widgetsets.
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</OL>
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<HR>
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<A name="Status_Controls"></A><H3>Status of Individual Controls</H3>
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<TABLE BORDER=1 CELLPADDING=3>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TH>Control</TH>
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<TH>VCL / LCL ancestor</TH>
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<TH>Description</TH>
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<TH>Issues / To-do</TH>
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<TH>win32</TH>
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<TH>gtk</TH>
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<TH>gtk2</TH>
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<TH>carbon</TH>
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<TH>qt</TH>
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</TR>
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<TD>TOvcRotatedLabel<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCROTATEDLABEL.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TGraphicControl</TD>
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<TD>Rotated text</TD>
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<TD>gtk and carbon don't support</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Not working</TD>
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<TD>Crashes</TD>
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<TD>Not working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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</TR>
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<TD>TOvcLabel<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCLABEL.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TGraphicControl</TD>
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<TD>Fancy shading, color and highlighting</TD>
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<TD>Property editor still needs work</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Not working</TD>
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<TD>Crashes</TD>
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</TR>
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<TD>TOvcURL<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCURL.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TCustomLabel</TD>
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<TD>Looks and acts like HTML hyperlink</TD>
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<TD>No TLabel yet on carbon</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Not working</TD>
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<TD>Partial</TD>
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</TR>
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<TD>TOvcSpinner<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCSPINNER.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TCustomControl</TD>
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<TD>Can associate with a TEdit; 8 different styles</TD>
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<TD> </TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Crashes</TD>
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<TD>Crashes</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>TOvcVirtualListBox<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCVIRTUALLISTBOX.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TCustomControl</TD>
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<TD>Tabs, header, huge number of rows</TD>
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<TD>Scrolling problems</TD>
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<TD>Partial</TD>
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<TD>Partial</TD>
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<TD>Partial</TD>
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<TD>Not working</TD>
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<TD>Partial</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>TOvcSimpleField<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCSIMPLEFIELD.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TCustomControl</TD>
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<TD>Edit control with validation</TD>
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<TD>gtk doesn't support</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Crashes</TD>
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<TD>Crashes</TD>
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<TD>Not working</TD>
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<TD>Not working</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>TO32FlexEdit<BR><IMG SRC="TO32FLEXEDIT.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TCustomEdit</TD>
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<TD>Edit control with validation</TD>
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<TD>See "To Do" list</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Crashes</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>TOvcTable<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCTABLE.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TCustomControl</TD>
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<TD>Full-featured grid control</TD>
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<TD>See "To Do" list</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Crashes</TD>
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<TD>Crashes</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>TOvcTCColHead<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCTCCOLHEAD.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TComponent</TD>
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<TD>Table column headings</TD>
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<TD> </TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>TOvcTCRowHead<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCTCROWHEAD.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TComponent</TD>
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<TD>Table row headings</TD>
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<TD> </TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>TOvcTCString<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCTCSTRING.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TComponent<BR>(edits with TEdit)</TD>
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<TD>Table cell for editing strings</TD>
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<TD> </TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>TOvcTCSimpleField<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCTCSIMPLEFIELD.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TComponent<BR>(edits with TOvcSimpleField)</TD>
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<TD>Table cell for editing strings, with validation</TD>
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<TD>gtk doesn't support</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Crashes</TD>
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<TD>Crashes</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>TOvcTCMemo<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCTCMEMO.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TComponent<BR>(edits with TMemo)</TD>
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<TD>Table cell for editing memo text</TD>
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<TD> </TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>TOvcTCCheckBox<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCTCCHECKBOX.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TComponent<BR>(edits with TCustomControl)</TD>
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<TD>Table cell for check box</TD>
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<TD> </TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>TOvcTCComboBox<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCTCCOMBOBOX.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TComponent<BR>(edits with TComboBox)</TD>
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<TD>Table cell for combo box</TD>
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<TD>Dropdown problem w/o XP manifest</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>TOvcTCBitmap<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCTCBITMAP.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TComponent</TD>
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<TD>Table cell for displaying bitmap</TD>
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<TD> </TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>TOvcTCGlyph<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCTCGLYPH.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TComponent</TD>
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<TD>Table cell for cycling thru glyphs</TD>
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<TD> </TD>
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<TD>Working?</TD>
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<TD>Working?</TD>
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<TD>Working?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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</TR>
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<TR VALIGN=TOP>
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<TD>TOvcTCIcon<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCTCICON.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TComponent</TD>
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<TD>Table cell for displaying icon</TD>
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<TD> </TD>
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<TD>Working?</TD>
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<TD>Working?</TD>
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<TD>Working?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>TO32TCFlexEdit<BR><IMG SRC="TO32TCFLEXEDIT.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TComponent<BR>(edits with TO32FlexEdit)</TD>
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<TD>Table cell for editing strings, with validation</TD>
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<TD> </TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>Working</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>TOvcController<BR><IMG SRC="TOVCCONTROLLER.bmp"></TD>
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<TD>TComponent</TD>
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<TD>Key-to-command translator</TD>
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<TD>Property editor uses TTabSet</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<TD>?</TD>
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<BR>
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Notes:<BR>
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(1) "Working" means control is basically functional. "Partial" means
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control compiles, installs in IDE and displays at run-time, but doesn't function
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correctly. "Not working" means control compiles and installs in IDE but
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doesn't display correctly. "Widgetset doesn't support" means the widgetset
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currently does not provide the support needed for the control.<BR>
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(2) TOvcSimpleField and TOvcTable require a TOvcController on form.
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However, TO32FlexEdit doesn't need TOvcController.<P>
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<HR>
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<A name="To_Do"></A><H3>To Do</H3>
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<UL>
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<LI>TOvcLabel
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<UL>
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<LI>Figure out why TOvcColorComboBox controls in Style Manager property editor
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don't work.
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<LI>Figure out why Color's default value (clNone) displays black
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background with GTK. Workaround for now is to set TOvcLabel's
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ParentColor to True in Object Inspector or select a different Color.
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</UL>
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<LI>TOvcVirtualListBox
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<UL>
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<LI>Fix scrolling problems on both Windows and GTK.
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<LI>Figure out why double-click doesn't work on GTK.
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</UL>
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<LI>TO32FlexEdit
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<UL>
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<LI>Figure out why, on Windows, presence of XP manifest prevents setting Text.
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<LI>Come up with workaround for LCL's lack of MakeObjectInstance for making
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callback function from method. Without this, control's validation is not
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performed. (See LclEditWindowProc in ovctccbx.pas for example
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of a workaround approach that currently doesn't work.)
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<LI>Can't tab out of control on Windows with win32 widgetset (tabbing works
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with qt widgetset on Windows though).
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</UL>
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<LI>TOvcTable
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<UL>
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<LI>Custom cursors not visible when sizing and moving columns and rows.
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Determine whether this is an LCL limitation.
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<LI>Sizing and moving columns and rows doesn't work at all with GTK.
|
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Determine whether this is a GTK limitation.
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<LI>Table scroll bar "thumb" extends entire length of scrollbar with GTK
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(same problem with TScrollBar on GTK). Determine if this is a GTK limitation.
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<LI>Figure out how to move edit cell to stay with its row when scrolling
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table (GTK only).
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</UL>
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<LI>TOvcTCComboBox
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<UL>
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<LI>Figure out why, on Windows, won't drop down without presence of
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XP manifest.
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</UL>
|
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<LI>TO32TCFlexEdit
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<UL>
|
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<LI>Need a way of setting OnValidationError handler (an apparent
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|
omission since TO32FlexEdit has it).
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</UL>
|
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<LI>TOvcController
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<UL>
|
|
<LI>Rewrite ovccmdp0.pas property editor to use TTabControl instead of
|
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TTabSet (not part of LCL).
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</UL>
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</UL>
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<HR>
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<A name="Other_Resources"></A><H3>Other Resources</H3>
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Qt widgetset status:<P>
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<A HREF="http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Qt_Interface">http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Qt_Interface</A><P>
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Carbon widgetset status:<P>
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<A HREF="http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Carbon_Interface">http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Carbon_Interface</A><P>
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OS X tips for Lazarus:<P>
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<A HREF="http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/OS_X_Programming_Tips">http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/OS_X_Programming_Tips</A><P>
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