Lars Fosdal

That is about as relevant as commenting "Buy a Volkswagen" on a "How do I fix my Mercedes" post.

/off-topic I am an Android user. I like apps that work the way Android works. The contact list in Android 13 f.x. shows the current letter group and lets you scroll faster or slower within the current group or to the next or previous group. My suggestion would be that you let the OS "playbook" decide how to navigate in the "native" way, rather to have one solution for all platforms? /on-topic I don't know what kind of component you would use for the letter list, but I assume it is a panel. You have the list of letters - BFTZ - i.e. you have the sizes you need? ch = Client window height n = number of letters ih = character height + spacing height TopOffset = (ch - (n * ih)) div 2; CharPos = 1 .. n CharOffset = TopOffset + ((CharPos - 1) * ih) From this you should be able to create the boxes that you need to do rendering and hit testing on?

Less duplicated code -> less work to fix a duplicated error Less duplicated code -> less work to modify a duplicated behaviour Less code -> less chance for errors Less code -> easier to maintain Easier to maintain -> easier to add new features Modern quality code -> shorter time to market

I assume you want to "stretch" the alphabet to vertically fill the available space. Is this a touch interface or a desktop UI? Is it possible that you could need to scroll the Alphabet list as well? I.e. make the vertical list longer than the height of the screen? It could become awfully fiddly on a mobile display otherwise.

The more "fancy" you go, the more unusual challenges you'll meet. I like vanilla. It goes with everything, and the problems I get, have already been solved by others. I think the real question is - Do I need actual SQL abilities or do I just need a basic keystore (key = value(s)). If you need SQL, you need to know - How scalable does it need to be - Do I want to go free/self-hosted or paid/hosted (or the variations in between) - Usually, you get what you pay for. If you just need a keystore, someone else needs to chip in, as I've only done SQL DBs. MongoDB was all the rage for a while in the web store world. Not sure if it has been superceeded by something newer and more shiny? This is true - but even so, enterprise solutions are swinging heavily towards cloud hosting and third party services. That is worth noticing.

The next Y2K like problem is already in 2038, when the 32-bit int that holds a Unix timestamp wraps to a negative number. Aka The Epochalypse.

Is it possible to do a divide and conquer - split up the problem into multiple revisions - modernize bit by bit, or is it a house of cards...

I have a MBP M1 Pro, but I don't have a proxy service to try it on, otherwise I would.

h:=THTTPClient.Create; h.ProxySettings.Create(<IP>,<PORT>,<USER>,<PASS>); h.Get(<URL>); h.Free; The AV problem is that line two should have read: h:=THTTPClient.Create; h.ProxySettings := TProxySettings.Create(<IP>,<PORT>,<USER>,<PASS>); h.Get(<URL>); h.Free; but, as the documentation says - it would not have made a difference, as the OS settings always take effect on MacOS (and iOS).

But, it looks like you are correct. MacOS and iOS doesn't allow the app to override the settings in the OS. Platform Behavior Windows The HTTP Client uses the system proxy settings. You can bypass the system proxy settings and you can also provide alternative proxy settings for the HTTP Client. To bypass the system proxy settings, create proxy settings for the HTTP Client and specify http://direct as the URL. macOS The HTTP Client always uses the system proxy settings. Even if you provide alternative proxy settings for the HTTP Client, the HTTP Client uses the system proxy settings. iOS The HTTP Client always uses the system proxy settings. Even if you provide alternative proxy settings for the HTTP Client, the HTTP Client uses the system proxy settings. Android The HTTP Client uses the system proxy settings. You cannot bypass those settings, but you can provide alternative proxy settings for the HTTP Client. Linux The HTTP Client uses the system proxy settings. You cannot bypass those settings, but you can provide alternative proxy settings for the HTTP Client.

I found this issue: https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-40392 which appears to be the same, and it is in status Open. The example code looks a bit weird, though.

@softtouch- ref. THttpClient on Mac - Access Violation - did you register an issue on the Quality portal?

But... so much shit to clean up, and no time allocated to doing it... I'd go nuts.

Find out where that attribute is declared and include the file? or... is this relevant: https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Sydney/en/Workaround_for_C%2B%2B11_Attributes_(Clang-enhanced_C%2B%2B_Compilers)

I'd be looking for a new job with a competent manager. This sounds like an ulcer-inducing task.

The iOS sizes are weird, and needs manual rescaling - so I get the sarcasm from @Anders Melander There was a thread with another Delphi tool that made icons, but I can't recall which post.

Wow, that IS weird.

I recently bought https://www.charlesproxy.com/ for debugging some https header issues. Easy to use and invaluable insights. It has a somewhat annoying trial version that may help you spot the difference between the Firefox and Delphi headers.

Are there any special attributes on the files not listed?

That depends somewhat on the platform you want your FMX to run on. The newer IcoFX versions has explicit support for Mac recommended sizes at least. I haven't checked if it has native icns support, but you can use another tool to convert the format. Delphi wants .png files in the various sizes for Android and iOS, so that is something that can be exported - but appear to accept both .ico and .icns for MacOS and Linux.

IcoFX is my goto tool for Icons. But, I have to admit I use the last free version: 1.6.4

I am at a loss for words... How old is this codebase?

Having an AI that can point out bugs or suggest improvements in MY code, is far more interesting than having purely AI generated code, IMO. On the other hand, I use the ISO8601 methods in System.DateUtils 😛

Another good read is https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/framework-design-guidelines/9780135896457/ It is not Delphi specific, but the advice is sound and actively applied to C#/.NET code by Microsoft. Also - the book I wish I had read during my education days. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/code-complete-2nd/0735619670/

Have you excluded the output folder from AntiVirus software? Also, have a look at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer which can reveal what process that is holding the file.