The long awaited stable version Lazarus 1.2 has been released yesterday. It has FPC 2.6.2 like its previous versions. It has huge number of improvements. Plus, it can have multiple installations in Windows.
How to Open a Folder in Windows Explorer
We often need to open a directory/folder in a File Manager to show its contents. Today we learn how to run Windows Explorer to automatically show the content of a directory of our choice.
Links added to Sidebar which lets you Search as well!
As a Lazarus user we know how often some links we visit. And typing them again and again is a daunting task for lazy programmers like us! ;-) So LazPlanet introduced a new Links section in the sidebar so that necessary links stay always on the homepage and you can click them and enjoy the ride.
How to make your form Fullscreen & Restore
Fullscreen is a common option in many of the popular programs we use. Today we learn the simple trick of making our program fullscreen.
How to Show / Hide the Windows Taskbar with Lazarus
If you want to build some uncommon software which needs hiding the taskbar then check out this article.
Run Free Pascal programs without installing compiler (online)
Today we explore a painless online solution for running your Free Pascal programs online, without installing and configuring a compiler yourself! Neat!
How to make your form Always on Top
We learn how to make our forms stay Always on Top so that it always stays shown on screen. It is good for projects where live information is shown or sometimes just for fun!
Create a Digital Clock that Talks!
We are going to make a digital clock that has LCD Screen looking digits. Not only that. It can also speak the time!
Create a Rich Text Editor for Yourself this Christmas!
In this holiday, gift yourself a nice little word processor that you can use yourself! You can further develop it. It happily supports Unicode and lets you learn the use of Toolbar, RichMemo, ImageLists, File Save Management and more.
How to list all the Fonts easily
Fonts are a very attractive customization option. It is essential in text editing programs. Changing the font by code is easy, but listing them? Today we’ll see how to list all the fonts in a TListBox.