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We have just released an open-source Delphi implementation for a HTML-based cross-platform application help system. Information page: Ziphelp - an open cross-platform help format Direct download link: https://www.helpandmanual.com/download/delphi-ziphelp-demo-source.zip About Ziphelp On the surface, Ziphelp is basically HTML in a compressed zip archive, hence the name. Pack any folder with HTML files into a zip archive and you are good to go. But Ziphelp is more than that, it is a protocol based on the standard sitemap protocol, designed to give a help viewer (here: the Delphi implementation) extended information about the content of the help system. That is help context numbers, help keywords, associative keywords, page titles. This information is missing in a standard sitemap.xml. Ziphelp extends the sitemap protocol and enables direct communication of an app with the help system. The Ziphelp protocol is not just for zip archives. It works inside an archive, with uncompressed folders or with HTML content loaded directly from a website. A Delphi desktop app may be deployed with local application help, uncompressed, zipped or embedded. A mobile or web application might not ship with local HTML content, but refer to an online version instead. The mechanism is the same in both cases and the TZiphelp component implements this for Delphi. Demo Application A demo app for VCL and FMX (Win/MacOS) is included. The demo builds on standard Delphi components (TWebBrowser) to display the help system.

This seems extremely optimistic

Hm, looks like I actually finished that work I was talking about, and had forgotten 😉

That's easy. The only reason is that they can say that finally managed to copy it from other languages. Lately that's the only driving force behind the R&D.

The In-App purchase issue might have been occurring only on earlier betas. Chris has extreme users 😉

I know it! All the SQL queries go there. Nobody else needs this.

I would really like to see a list of problems that a 64 bit IDE could solve.

I always liked the concept of splines a lot, and here is now the reason why https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvPPXbo87ds This beautifully unveils all hidden secrets about it ( Ok, not all, hopefully more to come ).

Stunning ! Thx for the post ! Fellowed Freya on Twitter/X for a while, she wrote "shapes" (if I remember well) which is an outstanding lib on Unity. Her video on algebra for game is very cool too.

Find a tutorial on how yo use a debugger

Never mind - it seems debugging from Delphi is not possible for iOS 17 devices at the moment. I confirm that apps built against iOS 17 SDK crash on start. For now, you'll need to use an older SDK (e.g. iOS 16.4 SDK), if you had imported that earlier.

Sorry, but that wont do to run the simulator. It is ARM only - meaning you'll need Apple Silicone to run it.

That issue basically just says "Give me a 64-bit version because I say so - or else". I would just close it if I were Embarcadero. But I'm sure that migrating to Lazarus will ensure that you don't have to worry about memory limitations anymore. You will have a whole slew of other problems to keep you busy instead. Good luck with that.

OpenSSL has released new versions of the three active branches. These releases fix a low severity issue with the Win64 POLY1305 MAC implementation corrupting XMM registers ([CVE-2023-4807]) which applies only to processors released in the last two or three years supporting AVX512-IFMA instructions. Windows binaries are available in SVN and the overnight zip file (tomorrow) and separately from https://wiki.overbyte.eu/wiki/index.php/ICS_Download or https://www.magsys.co.uk/delphi/magics.asp Separately, YuOpenSSL has released 3.0.11 and 1.1.1w as commercial DCUs allowing applications to be used with OpenSSL without needing separate DLLs. Note that 1.1.1w is the last release of that version, it is now out of support unless you have an OpenSSL Premium Level Support contract for $50,000/year. Angus

Slow your horses folks. Let's keep it clean and neutral.

They can start by getting rid of the Refactor menu - and that might also improve the stability of the IDE.