Roger Cigol

I can see a sample .gitignore file for Delphi at https://github.com/Embarcadero/RADStudio11Demos. But I can't find an equivalent for Embarcadero C++ projects. Does anyone know of one up there (or anywhere else) (and is it up to date to include ignoring the _astcache folder contents)?

RAD Studio, C++Builder 11.1.5 is released today (15th July 2022). Can anyone find installation instructions for this ? ie do I need to uninstall RAD Studio 11.1 first and then do a complete reinstall or does the install need to go "on top" of my existing installation? I am sure this must be on the Embarcadero wwww site somewhere but I can't find it ! Send us a URL if you know better than me, please....

I did read David's blog : I am not sure that the line you emphasise should be interpreted to mean uninstall the old version and then install the new one. I thought it means only that you don't have to worry about if you have got the other hot fixes in or not. Actually I tried to install it "over the top" of 11.1 and the installer detected the existence of 11.1 and uninstalled it (keeping registry settings) and then installed 11.1.5 - The installation went smoothly.

If you have RAD Studio (ie you also have C++ Builder) then the C++ FMX header files may be useful here.... Not sure about copyright / license restrictions on their use though....

I have a C++ Builder (10.4.2) Windows 64 bit VCL application (clang64). Whilst it is running I want to start an external (third party) windows 64 bit exe console application and whilst this runs to completion I want my VCL application to capture (and I will write code to process) the) text output that the third party exe file sends to "standard output". Ideally I want to do this without the user being aware that it is happening. It's easy to run an external console application in it's own shell, but how do I redirect the output from this external console application into my (already running) VCL application?

Thanks Remy - as you rightly say, it's not too difficult to get the console interface working. Slightly harder to write a unit test to prove that unicode chars are handled ok. But I got there in the end. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

If you want to compile Delphi you have to get RAD Studio 11.1

or is the TEdit bound to the data source by LiveBindings ? (Right click on the TEdit and select BindVisually....)

Frost.Brutal : Thanks for this instant manual on "how to configure tools" ! I had never really looked into this feature of the IDE and I can immediately see how it can be useful !

Has anyone else compared compile times for Embarcadero clang C++ 17 vs other C++ 17 compilers? The compile times between clang and GNU C++ are supposed to be roughly the same (some say clang is often slightly faster) but if you compile a single C++ 17 unit using Clang 64 (Windows 64 bit, VCL) in Rad studio IDE (Alexandria 11.1) it still seems to take a lot longer than a similar length unit in other systems. It's almost as if it is recompiling the VCL headers every time....

Frost.Brutal : how do you get this to work ? I don't have any tortoise git in my Tools menu (RAD Studio 11.1 patch 1 Enterprise)

I use Tortoise Git outside of the IDE. I work with private repositories on GitLab using SSL communications and found that the IDE support for Git would not support this transfer. I reported this https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-26560 So I now work on the cycle. 1) develop code using the IDE 2) Close project in the IDE 3) Commit and push using TortoiseGit (or do other actions - create merge request, check out different branch etc) 4) Reopen the project in the IDE 5) go back to item 1.... I find this works well for me. To some extent I can't see the point of Embarcadero trying to replicate the Git interface (in effect all the convenient things that TortoiseGit allows you to do) within the IDE. Unless they do a lot of work (ie handle all that TortoiseGit does) there are still going to be instances where you need to come out of the IDE to do Git related actions. So you might as well always use the cycle I have described.....

It is entirely possible (and maybe advantageous) to write your main (typically legacy) project using the Classic compiler but to write your unit tests using clang32 and the Google Tests framework. See https://wordpress.com/post/cigolblog.wordpress.com/409

I think doing a benchmark test(s) and then taking an informed decision is always a wise approach. Letting other forum users see your results is always helpful.....

Anyone else find that Classic compiler auto complete doesn't work AFTER installation of patch 1 ? https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-37665

C++ programmers are always in demand - that's why there is no one replying to this post !

But I also remind everyone about the valid points raised in this discussion a while back....

something like this https://doodle.com/poll/d9hd42sisyemqbyu

Did it compile ok (all files) and then give this message when trying to link ? Can you state with version of C++ Builder you are using (hopefully Alexandria 11.1). ?

Has anyone got Google Tests (unit testing framework) working with Embarcadero C++ clang compiler? if so, using clang32 or clang64 bit? [or, ideally, both?] I can't find any web documentation that tells me if this is currently possible (Embarcadero 10.4.1) or not. (If there is a helpful URL then I would be grateful if anyone can oblige).

GoogleTests has lots of ASSERT_xxxx type functions to cover most common (and indeed uncommon) C++ types. But it doesn’t know about the Embarcadero String type. To make it easy and consistent to do Embarcadero String types I have made a simple C++ unit which I have called ASSERT_STRING_EQ. I simply include ASSERT_STRING_EQ.h at the top of googletest files that require comparisons of String types and make sure ASSERT_STRING_EQ.cpp is added to the project file. The contents of ASSERT_STRING_EQ.cpp is as follows: void ASSERT_STRING_EQ(String A, String B) { ASSERT_STREQ(A.c_str(), B.c_str()); } void ASSERT_STRING_NE(String A, String B) { ASSERT_STRNE(A.c_str(), B.c_str()); }

Your first point may be to read the posting on Delphipraxis below. Around July 2021 there is a link to my blog about using google tests with 10.4.2. (and later a link to my blog about using it with 11.1). I did get it to work ok with 10.4.2 - be aware that the packages as downloaded by getit come with some of the projects set to clang32 and some set to clang64 (a mess - might have been fixed by now, but unlikely) so before you try to build all the packages downloaded by getit you need to manually set them all to clang32 or clang64 according to which you want to use. I have a licensed version of RAD Studio but I don't see any reason why you can't get it to work with 10.4.2 community edition. Be aware also that it never did work with 11.0 ! - but all is good with 11.1 It's always wise to search DelphiPraxis before posting as you may find (as in this case) that your question has already been answered. Also it's best to post C++ related questions in the C++ section of DelphiPraxis. Hope this helps....

In your unit test project you also need to include the *.cpp "modules" that you are going to test. As soon as you add these to the unit test project the compiler will know where to find the corresponding header file.

OK - For the sake of other forum users <ie so the DUnit discussion is not here under a google test heading> I suggest you post a new posting in Praxis C++ Builder section with a title "can't get DUnit Tests to run with Classic Compiler" or something similar (better!) and then post details of your problem. I will try to help (but make no promises !)

I should add that the DUnit test framework comes as part of C++ Builder