Floating Panel

[Bazzao]

A component I created in Delphi5 years ago does not want to convert to Lazarus. The error list is very long. And looking up leads to blind alleys.

The component was a floating panel that could mb moved around the screen. Any other sources for such component?

TIA

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[taazz]

A component I created in Delphi5 years ago does not want to convert to Lazarus. The error list is very long. And looking up leads to blind alleys.

The component was a floating panel that could mb moved around the screen. Any other sources for such component?

TIA

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There is a panel like that in the lazreport designer. You can see by placing an frreport in a form double click to open the designer and selecting the menu tools\toolbars\object inspector. I think is a component. Now having said that you can always post the component here for us to help port it. If that is not appropriate I can take a look privately for you. (I'm really curious to see that code now ).

PS:
Can I ask why don't you use the popupMode/PopupParent properties of the form to build a floating toolbar/window and require an floating panel? (Personally I dislike them mainly because they look and behave strangely I prefer the floating toolbar metaphor much better.

[jc99]

There is a panel like that in the lazreport designer. You can see by placing an frreport in a form double click to open the designer and selecting the menu tools\toolbars\object inspector. I think is a component. Now having said that you can always post the component here for us to help port it. If that is not appropriate I can take a look privately for you. (I'm really curious to see that code now ).

PS:
Can I ask why don't you use the popupMode/PopupParent properties of the form to build a floating toolbar/window and require an floating panel? (Personally I dislike them mainly because they look and behave strangely I prefer the floating toolbar metaphor much better.

For me too (pretty PLZ with extra sugar)
And post, what you find ...
... there was a floating (transparent) panel thread some where here (floating also in the LMDI-test-Prog)

[Ñuño_Martínez]

My Burdjia Components have two components that allow to do what you say.  Please test it and tell me what do you think.

[Bazzao]

For me too (pretty PLZ with extra sugar)
And post, what you find ...
... there was a floating (transparent) panel thread some where here (floating also in the LMDI-test-Prog)

I've given taazzz the code. Let's see what he can do with it.

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[Bazzao]

My Burdjia Components have two components that allow to do what you say.  Please test it and tell me what do you think.

Thanks, I'll look at that.

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[Bazzao]

taazz has brought the floating panel into Lazarus. Many thanks to taazz. 

Gives me a chance to work on it (I no longer have Delphi).

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