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petrusvb

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mdi equivalent
« on: November 30, 2015, 12:57:36 pm »
Hi

I have not used Delphi for quiet a while and this is my first usage of Lazarus. I am busy converting an application from Delphi that used MDI Forms. I find that MDIChild will go behind the main form and by doing further investigation I discovered that Lazarus don't used MDI as Delphi and the suggestion is not to use MDI.

My challenge is I need to understand what I can use in place of MDI, but will give the same feeling as MDI.

Thanks
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Cyrax

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Re: mdi equivalent
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2015, 01:14:30 pm »
Use Qt widgeset, it does have full support for MDI.
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petrusvb

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Re: mdi equivalent
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2015, 01:26:27 pm »
Where do I get hold of Qt widgeset?

Will it work on Windows?

Are there examples?
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Groffy

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Re: mdi equivalent
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2015, 02:31:17 pm »
Quote from: petrusvb on November 30, 2015, 01:26:27 pm
Where do I get hold of Qt widgeset?

The QT widgets are part of Lazarus installation, you just need to install the QT 4.x files

Quote from: petrusvb on November 30, 2015, 01:26:27 pm
Will it work on Windows?

Yes, it will work on every OS which Lazarus runs on and which is supported by QT.

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petrusvb

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Re: mdi equivalent
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2015, 02:34:30 pm »
Thank you for your help.

I am just lost on how to install this and use it. Struggle to get information form the web.
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Groffy

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Re: mdi equivalent
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2015, 02:44:58 pm »
Quote from: petrusvb on November 30, 2015, 02:34:30 pm
I am just lost on how to install this and use it. Struggle to get information form the web.

Reading

http://wiki.freepascal.org/Qt_Interface

is a good start :-)
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Re: mdi equivalent
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2015, 03:21:13 pm »
Afaik it should work with windows widgetset too?
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Cyrax

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Re: mdi equivalent
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2015, 05:12:52 am »
Nope. There is no support for it in Win32 widgeset yet.
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zeljko

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Re: mdi equivalent
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2015, 09:12:29 am »
Quote from: marcov on November 30, 2015, 03:21:13 pm
Afaik it should work with windows widgetset too?

Not implemented yet :(
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