Converting from Delphi 7 to Lazarus
lazarus / 8-Other

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andre72 · 2013-11-23 19:06

The conversion tool changes all D7 calls to
fileexists, finffirst, findnext, deletefile .... into...
fileexistsUTF8, finffirstUTF8, findnextUTF8, deletefileUTF8

The Lazarus compiler  does not recognize the UTF8 functions,  nor does
the help.

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ajosifoski · 2013-11-23 19:26

Hi!

This my answer is not related to your question, but it's
phylosophical.

By answering on stackoverflow programmers get reputation (that is at
least something)

Here possiblle only bounty helps.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/delphi+or+lazarus+or+pascal+
or+freepascal

Also, why newer versions of Delphi don't compile for linux?
Interesting question.

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Leledumbo · 2013-11-23 21:47

QuoteThe Lazarus compiler  does not recognize the UTF8 functions,  nor
does the help.The converter should add FileUtil unit, which has all
those functions. If not, then add it yourself.

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andre72 · 2013-11-24 10:45

Quote from: Leledumbo on November 23, 2013, 10:47:17 pmThe converter
should add FileUtil unit, which has all those functions. If not, then
add it yourself.

Thank you. 

I must ask, however:
Is this something that I should post mentioned in the bugtracker?

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Bart · 2013-11-24 11:27

In Lazarus trunk it correctly adds FileUtil unit to uses clause.
So no need to report it.
I don't think any of this will be merged to the 1.0 fixes branch.

Bart