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elmar69

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form inactive
« on: November 20, 2014, 05:28:49 pm »
I startet moving my Lazarus application to MacosX. Application works fine on Windows and Linux. But on MACOS op applications Main form does not react on mouseclicks or keyboard - even if the cursor is shown inside TEdit widget.

Any Idea what might go wrong?

I'm using current Lazarus 1.2.6 on Yosemite Macos 10.10.1
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jwdietrich

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Re: form inactive
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2014, 07:29:55 pm »
On Mac OS X, applications are bundles, i.e. special opaque folder structures that contain the executable and additional resources. If you double-click the bundle rather than the raw executable everything should work fine.

You can create a bundle easily with Project > Project Options... > Create Application Bundle.

See http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Carbon_interface_FAQ#When_I_execute_application_compiled_for_Carbon_interface.2C_it_can.27t_be_focused for details.
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elmar69

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Re: form inactive
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2014, 06:13:19 pm »
Quote from: jwdietrich on November 20, 2014, 07:29:55 pm
On Mac OS X, applications are bundles, i.e. special opaque folder structures that contain the executable and additional resources. If you double-click the bundle rather than the raw executable everything should work fine.

Ok, that helps.

Lazarus should warn user when debugging without App-folder.
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Re: form inactive
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2014, 09:21:13 pm »
Quote from: elmar69 on November 21, 2014, 06:13:19 pm
Lazarus should warn user when debugging without App-folder.

You are right, that would be a useful feature for the Mac version of Lazarus. You might want to submit this suggestion to the bug tracker.
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function GetRandomNumber: integer; // xkcd.com
begin
  GetRandomNumber := 4; // chosen by fair dice roll. Guaranteed to be random.
end;

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