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v3.3.0 Added HeightMultiplier property to TSkLabel to change the default line height; Added tag properties to TCustomWordsItem of TSkLabel; Added TItemClickedMessage to intercept the OnClick of all TCustomWordsItem of TSkLabel controls; Improvements in the OnClick triggering of TSkLabel items; Fixed many issues in Windows when using Skia4Delphi Canvas (including combobox dropdown); Fixed wrong colors in iOS with services when using Skia4Delphi Canvas: IFMXTakenImageService, IFMXCameraService, IFMXPhotoLibrary and IFMXShareSheetActionsService; Fixed effects and filters issue in Metal when using Skia4Delphi Canvas; Fixed wrong text size when using Skia4Delphi Canvas (fixing problems with TMemo and TTMSFMXHTMLText); Fixed AV in TSkLabel when the text of a TWordsItem starts with a sLineBreak; Fixed case-insensitive of image formats when saving images; Fixed wrong draws with stroke thickness zero when using Skia4Delphi Canvas; Fixed black screen startup on iOS in simple forms with only shapes when using Skia4Delphi Canvas; Fixed specific cases of performance issues in Windows when using Skia4Delphi Canvas; Fixed projects of RAD Studio 11; Fixed popup menu exception in rasterization mode when using Skia4Delphi Canvas; Fixed modulate color problem before RAD Studio 11.1 (which involves TintColor and TintIconColor properties on mobile); Minor improvements and fixes. Github: github.com/skia4delphi/skia4delphi Website: skia4delphi.org

Why would you continue to use Windows 7, which has absolutely no support since more than two years? I understand that you may not be interested in the newest features, etc. But security updates in those days is something I would not want to miss out on...

Thanks to a colleague who is successfully using 11.1 with Win7 we think we know what the issue is. I'm using the web installer while my colleague is using the ISO installer. I get the issue when the web installer first goes to download its files, while for him of course they're already there on the ISO. Based on the error code from above (12175) we're theorising that the 11.1 web installer requires TLS 1.3. There is Windows 7 support for TLS 1.2, but not TLS 1.3.

I created a plugin to terminate orphaned processes left behind by the IDE during development. You can see the demo here: Source and a release build are available here: https://github.com/SwiftExpat/Deputy Install it manually using these instructions: https://swiftexpat.com/docs/doku.php?id=rttk:deputy:install There is a gentle nag for you to download my compiled demo, which you can decline. The expert is built using TOTAL as a framework: https://github.com/DelphiWorlds/TOTAL If you want to build your own, a step by step to setup your project is here: https://github.com/SwiftExpat/Deputy/wiki/Step-by-Step---Create-Total-plugin-project Enjoy, SwiftExpat

No, as 1, TZipFile is clearly abandoned (ZIP64 was introduced over 20 years ago) 2, There is a workaround for most of these 3, I could not wait until Delphi 25 Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch when it will be officially fixed 🙂 Anyway. let's not hijack the topic.

Hey, that's cheating 🙂

Maybe so. But my point about how to deal with getting a pointer from a string that may be zero length stands. So long as the use of the pointer respects the zero length and doesn't try to de-reference it.

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2022/03/29/zlib-data-compressor-fixes-17-year-old-security-bug-patch-errr-now/ -Tee-

As far as I've been able to evaluate this bug isn't much of a problem for Delphi desktop applications. Server applications could have a problem if they do compression of user supplied data (the bug only exists in the zlib compressor) but since it's only a buffer overrun (as far as I can tell) it's not that bad.

It makes for a much more lightweight VM than one based on Windows 10. If you have a multitude of VMs that makes a difference both in terms of memory and disk consumption (particularly since we took a backwards step in capacity terms with SSDs). I use them purely for writing code in, I don't go browsing random websites with an outdated Win7.

Completely offtopic. I'm using an upped version of Delphi's TZipFile and always had enough of it's limitations so I went on and searched for VCLZip. Never seen a project this old before 😮

Perhaps "terse" can be understood as rudeness. But for me personally, the words "keep your advice to yourself" mean unambiguously rudeness. I don't know, maybe I was brought up wrong.

Here's what to do. First of all you need to understand the R code. You need to know what it's purpose is, and how it achieves it. You will need a clear understanding of what data types are expected to be passed to, and returned from the function. You may need to talk to the author of the code, or learn enough R to work it out yourself. Once you have a clear understanding then you will be in a good place to write an equivalent function in Delphi. Good luck.