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Why would you be drawn to Embarcadero C++ tools? If you are going to consider C++ then you have a much wider range of options.

C++ Builder still has a long way to go to catch up with Delphi and probably even more to catch up with other C++ based tools. If you still feel like it would be better to use C++ Builder, go to QP and check all the bugs listed under C++ Compiler and C++ RTL to see if there are any serious showstoppers for you.

Lars understands that, I think, and wonders why the compiler doesn't take the same view and issue a warning.

It took me hours of research to find the tools & documentation and haven't found any up-to-date text describing a similar process, so I decided to post my findings here in case someone else has the same requirement. I wrote (in Delphi) a simple windows service that runs the FireSQL "nbackup.exe" command line tool to create a DB backup every [x] hours using this command line: "c:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_3_0\nbackup.exe" -U SYSDBA -P [password] -B 0 "c:\path\database.FDB" "[output_file]" The windows service keeps [x] number of backup files (erasing old files) and creates a new backup every [y] minutes. Personally, I used 1 full-db backup per hour, covering an entire week (168 files). I then use the open-source SyncThing P2P file sync tool (also running as a windows service) to securely & automatically sync the DB backups with every PC assigned as off-site backup. 100% automated, secure, zero cost.

In case you are taking your off-site backups on a Linux server, you might want to have a look at scp (Secure Copy). On Windows there is Putty which is free and has pscp.exe doing same job.

Well, while this feature isn't supported by compiler, you could resolve it by auto-generating. Create a file with error definitions and descriptions and a script that would generate pascal source out of it.

Found on Stack Overflow:

Well I found the bindings: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Tokyo/en/Code_Editor

These would be nice functions if I could find out where they are 😉

Phew, I was trying what you wrote. In the first place, I got a list index out of bounds (xx) in the "Differences view" :D, then "show in difference viewer" does nothing, the form flashes in then disappears and nothing changes. And when I go back to the normal "code" view, I can't save the unit anymore. Unable to rename bla.pas to bla.pas~1~ :DDDD It's just ridiculous.