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I too don't use the registry to store anything. I don't want to be part of the problem that created registry cleaners. And I don't trust uninstallers (or me) to completely free the registry from any thing I might have entered. It is easier to simply delete the %localappdata%\myProduct, for the user too, should I forget that 😉

The registry has become the same cluttered monster the win.ini was.

@Ian Branch As long as you have one user, I concur. After that you are on your own in a deep sea of...ummm... smelly...ummm... residue?

UI guidelines are there to get people used to the best common denominator. Any application that deviates might get some cheers by some users, but also some jeers by others. And it will cause the developer head aches to just keep up the "good" UI after adding new features, fixing bugs and so forth. And that is not counting what happens when the OS changes its own UI paradigm.

So leave the eye candy to the likes of Kai Krause and just make good applications, that benefit the users in a way that will make them overlook the lack of luster.

Nah... that's a bit over the top. And we could not say "Ah, there's the guy that cried Wolf to often" when we see you 😛

@C2H After reading this thread, you did create a snapshot or something comparable before starting the update, right? Just roll back, continue working and try again later.

39 minutes ago, ŁukaszDe said:

Of course, I first uninstalled delphi...

If Delphi users could learn from the past, Idera might have a problem. 😉

I'll edit the title to fit this new situation and to not mislead future generations who might dig this up.

@Ian Branch Just drop it here https://en.delphipraxis.net/forum/16-i-made-this/ and maybe reference this thread and add some words of clarification.

Yeah, just did that successfully. Or rather I had to delete it and reactivate it. Just updating it was not enough.

2 hours ago, Uwe Raabe said:

The concept of Delphi strings tends to stay a mystery for non-Delphi developers.

To me it makes most sense of all the languages I know. That includes Python, Java and C/C++

I can't wrap my brain around how people could stand handling Win32 API calls with those pesky PChar thingys where you have to know the length of returning strings of a function call...for more than a decade....ugh!

I guess it's just offline, because they are syncing the calls with the internal system.

@A.M. Hoornweg Well...your users have to cope with it, and you have want to give your users a product, that they can rely on. Win7 is practically dead, so your product has to offer best user experience on Win10 - like it or not.

So what is the official take on how to get the macOS 64Bit platform running? It (or something like it) was installed, I have a folder filled with stuff called binosx64. But no SDK is available and I can't add it.

15 minutes ago, A.M. Hoornweg said:

and I see no captcha)

But you should:

And btw, I can't log in either...this happens every few months. I blame it on the captcha.

How can't you log in? Problem with the captcha?

12 hours ago, PeterPanettone said:

During the migration, Delphi will be used mainly on the new system, but it could also be started a few times on the old system. Is this a problem?

That is no problem, as long as it is only you using that license.

12 hours ago, PeterPanettone said:

What are the best practices for such a migration, from your experiences?

Make sure all your data files are not on the windows boot partition and you are golden. Consider running your Delphi in a VM and you are platinum 😄

I can't see anything else to consider. In the end it is just a matter of look & feel migrating from Win7 to Win10.

On 7/19/2019 at 1:19 PM, David Hoyle said:

i.e. I can't read it

Have you tried squinting really hard? 😄

I'd love to have a monitor with that resolution.... sigh.

Can confirm: GetIt is back online!

7 minutes ago, ŁukaszDe said:

Were they not working at the weekend?

Where you? 😉

Seriously though, a down time of three days is unbecoming of a tech company.

Yes, we might have to consider changing the header of this thread to (un)available. 😄

The import part getit.embarcadero.com is still denying access and that is where all the fun is stored.

Yeah, got that too. Just rolled back my VM and will try again Monday or Tuesday.

@Dalija Prasnikar I would always add Delphi to the search query. But other than that, Ian should now be good to go.

Are there direct links to the web installers? CC is really slow...

They are not down...they are just bent by the overwhelming demand.

Oh, goody! Can't pinpoint the exact problems, but I'm guessing soon I might get a project for iOS running again.

9 hours ago, Mike Torrettinni said:

Ok, maybe I can make it work, will think about it. One concern is on first run, when they can (or not yet) enter license details. So, until they enter license detail, at this time there is no control available based on license. I don;t force the license to be entered, so until they do, I can't control the project features.

Sure you can. Give them the bare essentials, until a license is purchased. Or give them the maximum for 10 days, or whatever.