KittoFAQ

Kitto Q&A

This page links to a growing collection of small articles about Kitto techniques, how-tos, tips & tricks. If you need an article covering a particular subject, or if you think you have something to contribute, let us know by posting in the forum.

Basic Questions

Does Kitto work with FreePascal/Lazarus?

Currently Kitto supports only Delphi from XE3 to latest version. We have no own interest in supporting earlier versions or Delphi nor Lazarus/FPC, but contributions in this regard are welcome.

Why are my Kitto applications (even the examples) not showing any GUI when launched?

They are probably trying to run as a service, which Kitto does when started under an administrative account. In such cases, you can force them to run in GUI mode by passing -a on the command line (or in Delphi's debugger parameters).

Models and Data Access

• How to define a one-to one relationship between tables
• Can I use more than one database at a time?
• How enable/disable inserting, editing, deleting for records
• How to selectively disable editing for single field
• How to upload files to the database

User Interface

• How to customize view labels and icons
• How to customize grid row colors
• How to display blob fields and external files as images
• Kitto demos are very desktop-like. How can you make it look and feel more webby?
• Can I style my applications through CSS?
• How do I configure an edit window?
• How do I localize the application?

Authentication and Access Control

• How to use a custom table for user names and passwords

Session

• How to set custom values for the session
• How to create a log file

Miscellaneous features

• How to set config and metadata values from external files
• Can I open a view in a new tab?