Building the CLX with FPC

Introduction

There are some efforts to build the (Free)CLX with FPC, here is a short explanation how to build it.

Status

Current status is that not all units build yet, currently build:

BindHelp  QClipbrd   QGraphics  Qt
HelpIntfs QConsts    QImgList   QStdCtrls

Howto

• Build and install FPC from CVS sources: How_to_start
• copy the clx sources to a newly created directory as well as the
  • HelpIntfs.pas from Sources/Common
  • Win32 only: CommDlg.pas from Source/Rtl/Win
  • Win32 only: CommCtrl.pas from Source/Rtl/Win
  • Win32 only: ShlObj.pas from Source/Rtl/Win
  • Win32 only: RegStr.pas from Source/Rtl/Win
  • Win32 only: WinInet.pas from Source/Rtl/Win
  • Win32 only: UrlMon.pas from Source/Rtl/Win
  • Win32 only: ActiveX.pas from Source/Rtl/Win
• replace all RTLConsts with RTLConst (fix this!!)
• fix ShlObj.pas: the lines 3554 to 3557 miss a semicolon at the end; FPC won't emulate bugs in the Delphi parser
• create a dummy unit to build the clx:
  

unit buildclx;
  interface
    uses
      BindHelp,   QDBActns,   QFileCtrls, QPrinters.pas
      QActnList,  QDBConsts,  QFileDialog.pas  QSearch.pas
      QButtons,   QDBCtrls,   QForms,     QStdActns.pas
      QCheckLst,  QDBGrids,   QGraphics,  QStdCtrls.pas
      QClipbrd,   QDBLogDlg,  QGrids,     QStyle.pas
      QComCtrls,  QDBPWDlg,   QImgList,   QTypes.pas
      QConsts,    QDialogs,   QMask,      Qt.pas
      QControls,  QExtCtrls,  QMenus.pas;
  implementation
end.

• build the CLX with fpc -Sd buildclx