TService application

[mem]

Is it possible to create a service application with Lazarus?
Like Delphi does with TService from SvcMgr.

[Vincent Snijders]

Try using the lazdeamon package from lazarus\components\daemon.

For an example, see lazarus\examples\cleandir.

[mem]

Thanx. I will try that.

How about unicode? Even with the right font my button with caption ڔژڛۂ shows the caption as question marks.
I thought unicode was enabled by default?

[Vincent Snijders]

Unicode is not yet enabled by default on windows.

[mem]

Ah, I thought this was an advantage of Lazarus over Delphi.
When will unicode be enabled by default?

And how do I enable unicode in Lazarus now? I have a TMS Unicode Components subscription, but hope an extra component set will not be nessescary..

[Vincent Snijders]

How to enable: see http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/LCL_Unicode_Support#Compiling_LCL-Win32_with_Unicode

It will be enabled, when the components work correctly with unicode.

You are welcome to test and make bug reports for the missing gaps. I don't see them as easily as you, because English and my language doesn't use lot's of characters that need unicode.

[mem]

The editor doesn't support Unicode.

If I type the following code:

ShowMessage('ъюђйгф');

The editor shows question marks.

  ShowMessage('??????');

This is a basic problem that need to be fixed first.
http://www.freepascal.org/mantis/view.php?id=10399
(The bug reporting tool doesn't support unicode too) :-)

[Vincent Snijders]

Did you recompile the IDE for unicode support?

[mem]

w00t! No, I'm just a user..

[Vincent Snijders]

Sorry, I assumed you could read. ;-)

[mem]

Well, I think I rebuild the IDE, but the problem exists. Still the question marks:
  ShowMessage('???????');

[Vincent Snijders]

Did you clean and build the LCL and add the -dWindowsUnicodeSupport option?

[mem]

Yes. Is there a way to verify this (other than use unicode in the code editor)?

[antonio]

Strange, my language needs Unicode support and I don't need to do anything special for it. It simply works.