RCrandall

I have a project that I'm trying to move from 10.4.2 to 11 and the very last library I need a new version for is Graphics32. As near as I can tell, it has not been brought up to Delphi 11 yet, but then I'm not very experienced with the nuts and bolts of this. I downloaded the latest from GitHub but it not seem to even cover Delphi 10.4, specifically is was missing the "RX4" folder in \Source\Packages that I needed for 10.4. My hazy recollection is that someone else contributed this at the time I got it. There were GitHub commits within the last two weeks do it clearly is not dead, but I'm at a loss to figure out what its present status is either. Is this project still being maintained? Just having the source is wonderful, of course, but I have no appetite or skill to try and do the conversion to Delphi 11 myself. Over the years, I've become very leary of trying to modify any third-party library in any way. I'm hoping to try out the improvements in Delphi 11 but I'm blocked. Can anyone point me to the right URL and tell me what the status of this library is? Thanks in advance, Rob Crandall

Yes, I believe I do have that info. The people at the server end are part of a related company and trying to help but are too busy to really do much. They pointed me to their internal dev wiki that has brief info, and then something called Swagger that I believe uses WSDL to show all the nitty-gritty details complete with CURL examples of usage. This took a while to parse out but I am able to get results in Swagger and the equivalent code, as near as I can make it, fails in Delphi. It could be something super simple or something super complex - I just cannot tell. The thing is, this is a commercial entity and I can't just share this info to the world. I'm using 10.4.2 under Windows 10 btw. This is a new experience for me. I'm wondering now if I should try out an online service-for-hire place for Delphi programmers. Does this sound like a good idea or is this a well-travelled route to the bad place? I just don't know. Thanks, Rob

Cool! While you were doing that I manned up and tried to find the problem myself. I updated the GR32_Compiler.inc file with some Delphi 11 info along the lines of the previous updated and darned if it didn't compile! I was astonished. Anyway, thank you Anders and I will very cheerfully use your package. My main hope was that Delphi 11 would not have the endless IDE problems with Code Insight and related, and so far it is working perfectly! More astonishment! Some days that start badly just end up being good days after all. Thanks everyone for your help. Cheers, Rob C

Yes, and it reported 80 erorrs on the RX3 package and then 74 errors when I copied over the newer RX4 package. One or two I might be able to handle, but not that many. If only I knew just the right thing to do perhaps I could finesse it (that remains plan C for me) with some code or other changes, but that is a very deep dive to do right. Plan B is to ask here to see if anyone else has run into this, and Plan A is to keep Googling to find the people and comments that helped me get it working for Delphi 10.4. Sincere thanks to everyone for looking at this and making suggestions! Rob C

Yes, I got Graphics32 and TImage32 mixed up but only because I have looked at TImage frequently over time too, and the demo graphics were instantly recognizable. It sucks getting old though. My unreserved apologies for the mistake. Rob Crandall

Very cool! I love Image32 and have been using it for many years. Rob Crandall

I find that 10.,4.1 needs three minutes to compile my project where 10.3.3 with IDE Fix Pack needs only 25 seconds. I've been lurking at the site but have seen no word yet on when an update with Sydney support will be out. I don't remember it ever taking this long before. Is anybody aware of any hold up in particular? The page I am monitoring is https://www.idefixpack.de/blog/ide-tools/ide-fix-pack/ I'd like to switch over to 10.4.1 but 3 minutes is just too long! Rob Crandall

ah, now i understand the situation. Thanks, Remy, for the very quick reply! I'll just wait patiently then and hope for the best. Rob Crandall

Apologies in advance if I posted this to the wrong place. I was just asked this question and a quick search showed there are multiple choices. I know nothing about Lua and have never tried to integrate an external scripting language before. If anyone has done such a thing and has some tips to share, I would be all ears. I know this is a very general question, but the whole thing has come up in a hurry and I'm struggling to get up to speed quickly! Regards, Rob C