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Hmmm, can Lazarus be used to build a "GUI browser"? For example, can one send a "create button" command or tag to it and have it draw one dynamically? What abou

by tabtab 8y ago

Hmmm, can Lazarus be used to build a "GUI browser"? For example, can one send a "create button" command or tag to it and have it draw one dynamically? What about new panels and forms? How "meta" can its GUI engine be at run-time.

lmz 8y ago
Yes it can do that. That's how the IDE works and displays the GUI designer.
- tabtab 8y ago
  Can you recommend any documentation on the "meta" angle? Most documentation I find assumes the creation of "static" widgets that are activated or hidden at run-time (or at least act that way).
  - lmz 8y ago
    This is for Delphi however it should be very similar for Lazarus: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1005373/creating-components-at-runtime-delphi https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1005373/creating-compone... Nothing magic. Create it, set properties.
    - tabtab 8y ago
      Thanks!
vram22 8y ago
Yes, it may be able to. At least, Delphi, the idea (and language) of which Lazarus is based on, was written in itself, at least for v1, I've read. Probably for later versions too, because Object Pascal (although IIRC the language is now called Delphi, like the product), is a powerful general-purpose programming language, with OOP support, module (units) support, and even some sort of generics (IIRC) in later versions.