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Just got an Answer from Microsoft: Now that's useful ... not!

Trying the same with Delphi 10.2.3 at least gives me a non-empty list but unfortunately the assembly I want to import is not there. Pressing "Add" and selecting the DLL dosn't show an error, but the assembly still isn't listed. I noticed that Delphi seems to look for assemblies in c:\windows\assembly\gac_32 which isn't visible in the explorer. Explorer shows only c:\windows\assembly with the assembly name, version, processor architecture etc. Delphi seems to list most of the entries where the processor architeture is x86 so I assume that's the way the exploer show the content of the subdirectory gac_32. The assembly I want to import isn't listed there. According to the documentation on the Global Assembly Cache it is stored in c:\windows\microsoft.net\assembly. If I look there, I find sub directories gac_32, gac_64 and gac_msil and in gac_32 I can see the assembly I am looking for. So, does that mean that Delphi only allows importing 32 bit assemblies? And is it looking in the wrong folder even for that? Can I simply copy the directory for the assembly I want from one folder to the other?

Kaspersky just started replying that these were false positives and will be corrected. There are stil about 10 replies outstanding.

OMG, Microsoft is even worse than BitDefender, it takes several minutes to provide all the "information" they want. I submitted the installers for 10.3 and 2007 there too but that's it. If anybody else wants to submit any others, go ahead.

I just submitted all installers to Kaspersky and the ones for 10.3 and 2007 to BitDefender (I won't submit the other 14 to Bitdefender because they make it too difficult). I guess I also need to submit them to Microsoft.

I just read about the special offer from code partners (for NZ, AUS and South East Asia only): https://www.code-partners.com/rad-studio-10-3-3-released-and-a-special-offer-to-celebrate/ I wonder wether a similar offer is forthcoming for the rest of the world.

I just looked for a reseller in Germany. The one I used to buy from several years ago is edv-buchversand and they currently offer Delphi (haven't checked RAD Studio) even a bit cheaper (€ 1.510,11 incl. taxes) than Embarcadero (€1,547.10 (probably also including taxes)). OK, I'll stop the promotion now. 😉

I let Windows Defender do a full scan of my computer (excluding the source directory which contains the installers in question). It found nothing. Unfortunately that has a very limited meaning because any good virus will be able to prevent detection while it is active. I'm still quite sure these are false positives. Yes this is an old version of InnoSetup, don't remember when I downloaded it, but it was at least a year ago. About digitally signing the installers (and probably the executables): I've never done that. As I understand it, it would require a certificate which 1. Costs money 2. Is valid for a limited time only 3. Then will cost money again to renew The only advantage for me would be to learn how this works.

Actually, unless you explicitly declare them otherwise, structure members will be 32 bit aligned. In my example I declared the record as packed, to turn that off.

Most variables are automatically aligned on a 32 bit boundary. That's the compiler default. So unless you explicitly make something not aligned, e.g. see my example above, or you access some data structure created by foreign code, there won't be any problem.

I just released GExperts 1.3.15 for all supported Delphi versions. There have again been various bug fixes and the following notable changes: Read on in the blog post.

Thanks.

Yes, you could argue. In that case I'd just ignore you. 😉 Seriously: I don't care. The user knows which path he is modifying. If you want to implement this, go ahead.

Have you filed a bug report yet? If yes, please post a link here so we can vote on it.

No, because it is available for every search path, not just for the library path.

Fixed it. If you recompile your DLL with the current sources the problem will be gone.

I can't believe it: https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-26979 Isn't anybody testing these dialogs nowadays? The whole "redesigned" configuration dialog is a mess. I'm tempted to fix this in GExperts but on the other hand, that would be a lot of work and nobody would even say a word of thanks for it. 😞

This is bug #86 which was fixed but apparently only if the other enhancement was also active (and nobody seems to have noticed this.) See workaround in GX_IdeSearchPathEnhancer around line 440.

Workaround: Turn on "Enable drag&drop and autocomplete for search paths" and the effect is gone.

This works fine here. I even get the memo / list view switching options and the button changes associated with it. I'll try to find out if I can reproduce this.

I'm certainly not going to host proprietary source code, support tickets etc. on the servers of a company situated abroad particularly not in the US of A. They are certain to give access to any so called security service who are known to share their information with any American company that might get an advantage from it. And that toddler in the White House doesn't exactly inspire confidence either. No, I don't think that my programs are of particular interest to the CIA, but the company I work for is part of TÜV Rheinland, who in it's own words "is a global leader in independent inspection services,". They might come under scrutiny by the US government at any time for whatever reason. I have to admit, that sounds paranoid coming from a Windows user. 😉 But: "Just that you are paranoid doesn't mean that they are not out to get you." (Whoever said that. Was it in Catch 22 ?)

dzBdsLauncher tries to solve the problem of accidentally opening a Delphi project with the wrong Delphi version. The latest version 1.0.2 now also detects .DPROJ file from Delphi 10.3.3. See the dzBdsLauncher page for details. https://blog.dummzeuch.de/2019/11/23/dzbdslauncher-1-0-2-released/

This just got me wondering what you'd use such a repository for? There are many free hosting sites for open source projects, several still providing svn (SourceForge being the best known, but there are more). 5 users also does not sound like open source, so is it for commercial use? But in that case why would I not host the repository myself? We are a company with only 3 developers and host our own svn server on a Linux box and I never even thought of doing this any differently.

Are you sure about that? What about a packed record which starts with a byte followed by an integer? Is access to that integer atomic? On all platforms?

No, i didn't (but I didn't ask Code Partners either). I'm also currently not interested in buying more licenses.