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Good news: DEC V6.4.1 jsut got released. https://github.com/MHumm/DelphiEncryptionCompendium/releases/tag/V6.4.1 What is this? DEC, also known as Delphi Encryption Compendium is a cryptography library for Delphi and FPC. What's new in V6.4.1? This is mainly a bugfix release with these topics: fixed some regression which produced wrong output at least for the 2DES encryption algorithm when used with CBC block chaining kode improved layout and handling of GCM block chaining mode in Cipher_FMX demo application added a new Cipher_Console_KDF demo application fixed and improved the documentation, especially about wrongly written GCM properties What's the plan for the future? Have a short rest 😉 Require Delphi 10.1 Berlin instead of D2009 as minimum compatible version The rest of the plan (which exists) will not be disclosed yet. Cheers TurboMagic

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/com/activex-controls-registry-information You can add the 16x15 bitmap to your Delphi project using Project > Resources and Images. Searching the Delphi source for "ToolboxBitmap32" I can see that TActiveXControlFactory has a ToolboxBitmapID property which you can use to specify the resource ID of the bitmap. The value of this property is written to the registry when the ActiveX control is registered. A .dcr file usually just contains the Delphi design time glyph of a component - I.e. the glyph you see on the component palette in Delphi. It has nothing to do with ActiveX controls.

While the above is valid for record helpers, it is indeed possible to extend class helpers. (It es even documented: https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Alexandria/en/Class_and_Record_Helpers_(Delphi)#Helper_Syntax) In this example we extend the existing class helper TRESTRequestParameterHelper from REST.Client.pas (Delphi 11) with another method without hiding the ContentType member of TRESTRequestParameterHelper. type TMyRESTRequestParameterHelper = class helper (TRESTRequestParameterHelper) for TRESTRequestParameter procedure MyTest; end;

Delphi 11 Update 1 will support Firebird 4.

Thanks for not sharing how you solved it?

Just an observation. I've been on Windows 10 for a few years now, and I don't recognize this "Windows keeps downloading stuff". Once a month, there are patches - and staying patched is generally a good idea. As long as you are on Windows Pro or Enterprise, you have control over WHEN you want the patching to happen, unless your company has overriding policies - in which case you need to butt heads with the IT department to get them adapted to your needs. If you are using Windows Home, you need an upgrade. Disabling/Enabling your network connection on the PC to avoid patching seems like the wrong solution, because you really need that working connection to get work done. If you really need to block something, do it in a firewall rule. Most routers can do that.