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For those interested, here is the very recent Secure by Design: Google's Perspective on Memory Safety (research.google) (March, 4th)

I'm used to using a different Indy version in some programs. I've left the official Indy of Delphi installation and I don't touch it. In a project I add a sources\Indyxx path with the desired Indy version source code. Usually this is a modified version of the current GitHub because I need to manage some base mechanism to adapt it to my embedded devices. In the program options I added this path to Search Path: Obviously I don't use IDE to place Indy components onto form but I've to create them programmatically. At now building exe Delphi uses .\sources\Indy10 version file instead of Delphi native Indy.

With the exception that ARC is one of the worst ways of doing that - here are some reasons.

I hate to be the one saying this... but ARC compiler was a step in that direction. You cannot have memory safety without automatic memory management.

Is using the Console app to view log statements not an option?

No, it's just begun. Okay, I'll stop now. I think I got my point across 🙂

Yeah but have you looked into install.bat (warning: have the suicide prevention hotline on speed dial if you do): :: compile installer echo. echo =================================================================== echo Compiling JediInstaller... build\dcc32ex.exe %INSTALL_VERBOSE% --runtime-package-rtl --runtime-package-vcl -q -dJCLINSTALL -E..\bin -I..\source\include -U..\source\common;..\source\windows JediInstaller.dpr if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto FailedCompile :: New Delphi versions output "This product doesn't support command line compiling" and then exit with ERRORLEVEL 0 if not exist ..\bin\JediInstaller.exe goto FailedCompile echo. echo =================================================================== echo Launching JCL installer... ::start ..\bin\JediInstaller.exe %* if not exist ..\bin\JCLCmdStarter.exe goto FailStart ..\bin\JCLCmdStarter.exe ..\bin\JediInstaller.exe %* if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto FailStart goto FINI

TStaticText ?

In this example, yes. Like strings, dynamic arrays are also reference-counted. When you nil a reference to a dynamic array, its refcount is decremented. When its refcount falls to 0, its contents are finalized as needed (to release their references, etc), and the array is freed from memory.

Wrong. Setting a dynamic array to nil is identical to setting length to 0 and identical to passing it to Finalize.

just drag and drop in the projects list of the group?

Wow. That's a nice resource!

That doesn't help if you have multiple variables that refer to the same instance which I guess is a more likely scenario for double free.

Or, if you prefer using the mouse: There are Build Sooner / Build Later entries in the popup menu.

Select a project in Project Manager, use Ctrl-Up or Ctrl-Down to move it up/down the list

TListItem does not have a MinWidth property, you meant TListColumn instead. In any case, what version of Delphi are you using? I can reproduce the problem in Delphi 12 w/ Patch 1 installed. When dragging a column divider in the header, the TListColumn.MinWidth and TListColumn.MaxWidth values get ignored when the TListView is processing an HDN_ITEMCHANGING notification from the header. TListView looks for HDN_ITEMCHANGING to trigger a redraw of the active TListItem, but there is an 'else' that skips the MinWidth/MaxWidth processing: if (Mask and HDI_WIDTH) <> 0 then begin if code = HDN_ITEMCHANGING then EnsureItemRedrawn(nil) else // <-- HERE!! begin Col := GetColumnFromTag(Item); if Col.MinWidth >= cxy then cxy := Col.MinWidth else if (Col.MaxWidth > 0) and (Col.MaxWidth <= cxy) then cxy := Col.MaxWidth; Col.Width := cxy; end; end; When I take that 'else' out, the MinWidth/MaxWidth values work properly as expected: if (Mask and HDI_WIDTH) <> 0 then begin if code = HDN_ITEMCHANGING then EnsureItemRedrawn(nil); //else // <-- HERE!!! begin Col := GetColumnFromTag(Item); if Col.MinWidth >= cxy then cxy := Col.MinWidth else if (Col.MaxWidth > 0) and (Col.MaxWidth <= cxy) then cxy := Col.MaxWidth; Col.Width := cxy; end; end; This bug does not exist in Delphi 10.3, so it was introduced sometime after that version: if (Mask and HDI_WIDTH) <> 0 then begin // NO redraw LOGIC HERE!!! Col := GetColumnFromTag(Item); if Col.MinWidth >= cxy then cxy := Col.MinWidth else if (Col.MaxWidth > 0) and (Col.MaxWidth <= cxy) then cxy := Col.MaxWidth; Col.Width := cxy; end; I would suggest filing a bug report with Embarcadero, but Quality Portal is still down. I'll report it privately.

In the menu open Tools - Manage Platforms, switch to the Options page, check TeeChart Standard and proceed.