IDE freezes on SelectDirectory

[Roman]

I created a program with:
 

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1. SelectDirectory('Select folder','D:\',folderName);

The compiled program works fine, but running it from IDE the IDE freezes. Is it a bug or I missed something?

I am using: Windows 10 home 22H2
Lazarus 2.2.4 (rev lazarus_2_2_4) FPC 3.2.2 x86_64-win64-win32/win64
installed from lazarus-2.2.4-fpc-3.2.2-win64.exe 

[Handoko]

Maybe that caused by antivirus, try to disable your antivirus or Microsoft Defender to see what happens.

[wp]

Use FPDebug rather than GDB ("Tools" > "Options" > "Debugger" > "Debugger Backend" > select "FpDebug internal Dwarf-Debugger" in the top comobox).

[Martin_fr]

There was a very similar thread recently (with open file or open dir dialog / though I believe Win11).

It turned out to be a bug in the FpDebug in 2.2.4.

If you are affected by the same issue, then you have 2 options:

1) Use Lazarus 2.3 (git main branch)
2) Use the gdb based debugger (Tools > Options > Debugger > Debugger Backend)
   If using gdb, ensure not to use "Dwarf 3", instead use "Dwarf with sets"

[Roman]

Thank you all. I have changed "Debugger Backend" from "FpDebug internal Dwarf-Debugger" to "GNU debugger" and it helped. It seems that SelectDirectory is now a bit slower than before, but it works.

[Martin_fr]

It seems that SelectDirectory is now a bit slower than before, but it works.

If you don't have any dll into which you need to debug:
Set the option "DisableLoadSymbolsForLibraries"

See "Lazarus 1.2.4 and higher" on https://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/GDB_Debugger_Tips#gdb.exe_has_stopped_working_.2F_SigSegv_with_Open.2FClose_Dlg