installing fpspreadsheet

[erkka]

a newbie question:

I managed to download fpspreadsheet package files,
with lazarus I open package file laz_fpspreadsheet,
and try to install (or merely to compile it),
but in unit fpolestrorage it complains "Indetifier not found: OleCheck"

what am I missing?

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I'm using windows XP and lazarus 0.9.22 beta

[felipemdc]

Did you download it from subversion?

Are you sure that you are using lazarus 0.9.22?

[erkka]

I downloaded it from
http://lazarus-ccr.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lazarus-ccr/components/fpspreadsheet/

was that wrong? Are there other recommended possibilities?

and yes, it was 0.9.22 - I tried again with fresh install of 0.9.22, with same result.

[bobo]

That means you have a few years old version.  Like using windows 95 in the year 2010.

Of course, the latest fpspreadsheet is not working...

[Leledumbo]

Despite of its slowly increasing version number, between stable releases Lazarus still has A LOT of improvements (which maybe required by certain packages) and some changes that may drop backward compatibility.

[erkka]

OK. As a newbie I feel bit lost with versions; from where to download and how to upgrade.

If I got it right, this gives access to both the newest and the older versions of Lazarus:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/files/

In wiki it says that components are here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus-ccr/files/

But I fail to find fpspreadsheet there.
So where should I look, what should I do?

I know my questions are dumb and all-too-basic, but after reading wikis I'm still lost...

[Leledumbo]

If I got it right, this gives access to both the newest and the older versions of Lazarus

Latest release and older versions to be precise. The newest can be obtained through svn or from "Daily Snapshots" menu in the left pane of this forum.

But I fail to find fpspreadsheet there

It's in svn, along with some other 3rd party packages like GLScene.

[felipemdc]

If I got it right, this gives access to both the newest and the older versions of Lazarus:

Indeed, but you should use at least 0.9.28.2

In wiki it says that components are here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus-ccr/files/

But I fail to find fpspreadsheet there.
So where should I look, what should I do?

In this part of the wiki page:

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/FPSpreadsheet#Subversion

It says that you can download the file with this svn command:
 
svn co https://lazarus-ccr.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/lazarus-ccr/components/fpspreadsheet fpspreadsheet

Therefore it is located inside lazarus-ccr in the folder components/fpspreadsheet/

I recommend using the latest subversion fpspreadsheet instead of the latest packed release.

For Lazarus try either 0.9.28.2 or a snapshot.

[erkka]

Thank you very much!
After upgrading Lazarus to 0.9.28.2. and downloading svn for windows it begins to work.

Only that the laz_fpspreadsheet_visual.lpk fails to compile.

It complains
 C:\lazarus\components\fpspreadsheet\fpspreadsheetgrid.pas(134,29) Error: No property found to override

which is
  property OnValidateEntry;

Oh well,
but I think I can do without visual components, as a simple demo to write exel-file seems to work fine.

[Kiffi]

Only that the laz_fpspreadsheet_visual.lpk fails to compile.

It complains
 C:\lazarus\components\fpspreadsheet\fpspreadsheetgrid.pas(134,29) Error: No property found to override

which is
  property OnValidateEntry;

same here. And no idea how to solve it.

Greetings ... Kiffi

[felipemdc]

Only that the laz_fpspreadsheet_visual.lpk fails to compile.

It complains
 C:\lazarus\components\fpspreadsheet\fpspreadsheetgrid.pas(134,29) Error: No property found to override

which is
  property OnValidateEntry;

If you need the visual controls then install Lazarus 0.9.29+