Sherlock

Peer pressure FTW!

The blessings of DRM. What has been true for gamers turns out to become reality for business software as well: You may have paid for something, but it sure isn't the right to use our software anytime or anywhere you like.

I'd like to mention Parallels as a very good VM host as well.

@David HeffernanThank you for that great start into an otherwise dark day! @Sue King Try to create a simple example using that component which still produces the error. Surely this will convince the vendor of their mistake.

I too am working on an MBPro (2016 model though). I would not notice the touchbar because I use an external keyboard and mouse. I consider any notebook keyboard to be inferior to a regular external one. And a trackpad is an inadequate mouse replacement.

Thank you for finally describing your issue 😉 19 forms should definitely be condensed into less. Just consider the probability of some design fetishist becoming the person in charge and demanding the design of the software to be changed radically. Being able to adapt no more than 3 forms vs. 19 should be considered a win. And that is just one reason, why 19 forms for basically the same operation is not a good idea.

The really best thing is to have one cheap iMac somewhere in a shelf, running headless. Then a Windows computer of your choice and a fast connection between the two. PAServer is running on the Mac and for the times you need to see results you connect remotely via some remote protocol like VNC. This way you can scale to more developers without the cost of buying a mac for them. I too use a mac with a Windows VM via Parallels however. The VM has the advantage of taking snapshots, but a solid backup solution should do the same trick...

Why the extra hassle? What is keeping you from using frames?

Consider updating. They™ fixed quite a lot.

10.3.1?

KISS rules!

Sad to see you leave. Please reconsider. That said - should you stay, try seeing things from Davids POV. He is trying to help but that is kind of hard when he has to pull every tidbit of information out of you. David could have just stopped replying, which would have left you slightly more annoyed, I bet.

Perhaps the pull is long done, and the GUI is just having trouble building the tree... they can't all be using power tools like us now, can they?

Well, let's unite then!

At first glance, it is not a replacement for Firemonkey, so this question is moot. I consider this to be comparable to TMS Component pack. And for that, they are pretty thrifty. If I see this correctly the version with sourcecode costs 30€/year.

What seems to be the problem? ...perhaps in a new thread though.

@Andrea Raimondi"These people" is a term with quite a negative connotation. But I agree with you.

Ah...beauty. That comes at the very end of the process. Usability should be main concern which will result in an overall positive UX. Beauty is just glitter and bows and ribbons. Good usability, however, is measurable. Alas this process of measuring is time and resource consuming. Not many managers are willing or even capable of spending money on this, reckoning that usability will improve itself over time. Sadly, more often than not the opposite happens.

Ay, there's the rub: Please! Pretty please! Find me a good designer! When they are not even present in most of the leading UI manufacturers, surely there must be some kind of global shortage. I am painfully aware of the fact, that an engineer will fail at creating a good UI as well. So the best thing is to have them both talk with each other through the entire development process...a costly thing. *sigh*

So, is this considered a bug? If so, have you reported it?

Wishful thinking I can totally relate to.

Oh, I love a good guessing game! Please @Alexander Sviridenkov solve this mystery!

That is not in the Delphi IDE, is it?

There is one simple and effective way to follow through on that, which is to just stop responding.

Aw, come on Lars, it's a matter of taste...