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    Big release for Lazarus users!

    New lazarus for windows release
    Posted by Vincent on Saturday, November 27, 2004 - 01:49 PM (86 Reads) comments?
    Vincent writes "A new lazarus win32 binary release is available.

    You can download it from Source Forge: Click here

    Changes since the previous release:
    * Installation of components and rebuilding lazarus has been improved.
    * Lazarus doesn't need a console window anymore.
    * Applications built with lazarus can run without console window.

    This release also contains a debugger, so you can debug your applications from within the IDE. This feature is still under development.
    No longer need a console window open! This makes me dance and sing!
    Keep an eye out on the main site for more releases.

    http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php

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    Big release for Lazarus users!

    I will be downloading now!

    Does it use a newer version of FreePascal (it is the version of FreePascal that seems to make the big EXEs - When I command line compile my Apps using straight FreePascal I get smaller apps)
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    Big release for Lazarus users!

    The big app issue was due to a small bug in the IDE.
    If you strill get big apps after stripping, do the folowing:
    open a console
    make sure your path system variable includes FPC bin dir in Control Panel->System->[Advanced] [System Variables]
    or type in the console "SET PATH=C:\lazarus\pp\bin\win32\;%PATH%"
    then
    Code:
    strip --strip-all yourapp
    upx --best yourapp
    This will make your apps much smaller.
    The future must be... Fast and OpenSource so...
    <br />Think Open and Lightning Fast!

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    Big release for Lazarus users!

    Quote Originally Posted by Lightning
    The big app issue was due to a small bug in the IDE.
    If you strill get big apps after stripping, do the folowing:
    open a console
    make sure your path system variable includes FPC bin dir in Control Panel->System->[Advanced] [System Variables]
    or type in the console "SET PATH=C:\lazarus\pp\bin\win32\;%PATH%"
    then
    Code:
    strip --strip-all yourapp
    upx --best yourapp
    This will make your apps much smaller.
    Could this not be made into a toggle checkbox in the Linker/Compiler options for Lazarus? Or is that basically what it's trying to do in the first place?

    The need for a seperate console window was one of the major things that pushed me away from it. I'll have to have a look at the newer version. However anothing thing that bothered me was the fact that I could only install it to a location that had no spaces in the path. wth? :? I guess I could deal with that, but I seriously doubt that there can be a big enough reason that I can't put it in my 'Program Files' folder like all my other apps.

    How effective are design suggestions at Lazarus' project site?
    Jason McMillen
    Pascal Game Development
    Co-Founder





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    Big release for Lazarus users!

    It seems the setting was ignored, anyway this is the best way to do it, if you want i can make a batch file for you to automate this process as a single simple console command.
    The future must be... Fast and OpenSource so...
    <br />Think Open and Lightning Fast!

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