Adding events to elements of a form

[rlamacraft]

I'm really new to programming and so need all the help I can get.

A recently started working on forms at my college and I am the only one who is using a mac and i am the only person who is getting an error message every time they try and add an event to any element i add to the form.
I click on the events tab in the object inspector, select an event and then press the ellipses which would normally create a procedure in windows just gives me an error

Here is a link to a screenshot of when this message arises: http://cl.ly/0x0o1E410u0s2N3E3n3Z

All help is much appreciated, thanks

[felipemdc]

Which Lazarus version are you using? (please always inform this when asking questions, and also how you installed Lazarus)

It is a codetools error, I remember getting this kind of error, but then it vanished ... but I don't remember what I did to solve the problem. I think that I just restarted Lazarus and it started working ... or maybe I simply rebuilt Lazarus from a newer revision and it started working.

[rlamacraft]

0.9.30.2 beta is my version of lazarus as for how I installed lazarus i installed the three disk images from sourceforge.net; i think it was these files:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/Lazarus%20Mac%20OS%20X%20i386/Old%20releases/Lazarus%200.9.28.2/

And what do u mean by rebuild lazarus from a newer version???

Thanks for all the help

[BlueIcaro]

I was this problem, but, like Felipe, I can't remembar how I work around. I think I had the problem when I  try to add a method of a control, but my code had a problem.

Try to build your lazarus again. I solved some strabge problems doing that.

/BlueIcaro

[BigChimp]

And what do u mean by rebuild lazarus from a newer version???

He means getting the source (e.g. via SVN) and recompiling it. See e.g. the wiki.

If that is too difficult, you might have better luck with the images from the snapshot page...

Good luck & let us know how it goes!

[rlamacraft]

Tried installing the fpc, fprscr and lazarus from here: http://www.hu.freepascal.org/lazarus/
And still got this error when trying to simply add an event to a TButton: http://cl.ly/3I3r2A1Y0A3K3Z2y0243
any ideas??
 Thanks for all the help

[felipemdc]

What is written in the messages window?

[rlamacraft]

sorry, i didnt realise the message window was covered: http://cl.ly/002Y3t1I313z1L2M3M11

[felipemdc]

Which DMGs exactly have you installed? Have you installed the one with the fpc source code? fpcsrc

[rlamacraft]

the names of the disk images that I have installed are:
   fpcsrc-2.4.4.intel-macosx.dmg
   lazarus-0.9.31.35029-20120130-i386-macosx.dmg
   fpc-2.4.4.intel-macosx.dmg

[rlamacraft]

How exactly do I 'rebuild lazarus'?
Thanks for all the help…

[Shebuka]

How exactly do I 'rebuild lazarus'?
Thanks for all the help…

Tools -> Configure "Build Lazarus" -> Select "Clean + Build" -> Build

[rlamacraft]

That didn't work - is it worth trying to un-install and re-install lazarus? And if so, how would I do that?

[rlamacraft]

I have tried deleting the whole developer folder (I had 2 for some reason) and installing xcode and the 3 disk images again - that didnt work

I tried rebuilding lazarus again - that didn't work, I just got loads of errors

Can I, and if so, would it be easier, to just run bootcamp and install windows and use the windows version of lazarus, as I will be working with people who are running it on windows anyway…

[BigChimp]

I guess you could try the bootcamp solution.

Another solution could be to run parallels or virtualbox (the latter is free) and run Windows inside a virtual image. That saves you from having to reboot all the time.

ludob and I are currently developing fpcup, an installer that goes from (almost) bare metal to a working FPC/Lazarus install by downloading and compiling the sources.
However, the OSX version is not stable yet, so I won't recommend it now to you - you already have enough trouble as it is...

GL,
BigChimp