Pat Foley

shouldn't cPhrases array be 0 based? 

Maybe a build all projects will surface them

I been having the same issues with some custom components added to a package.  I renamed the old BPLs to BPLxxs and seemed to have fixed it. //The IDE uses BPLs for showing components in design 

Have you used shift+ctrl+F to look for compxxx.    When it was happening the component disappeared taking its method assignments with it.  I would start second IDE and load back up copy to copy and paste aberrant component with property and method assignments. // When compiler detects unitsearchpath error I cancel loading fix the path first.  

If you sanitized your system could the problem be transported in the myProject.dproj?   Maybe compare with earlier dproj?   10.2.3 (is Stoic does not "leave the room" or disappear like 10.4) when using find class in search menu then control B to see paths in IDE code editor.  

Thanks.

would creating a new form be good solution for this case.    

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• There are the Explicit* properties in the dfm which are storing the design time positions and sizes. 

How to use Explicit properties to restore positions?  Iteration or Is there simple revert message undocumented somewhere.   

I been having the same issues with some custom components added to a package.  I renamed the old BPLs to BPLxxs and seemed to have fixed it.

Have you used shift+ctrl+F to look for compxxx.    When it was happening the component disappeared taking its method assignments with it.  I would start second IDE and load back up copy to copy and paste aberrant component with property and method assignments. 

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meanwhile the mouse is over an entity in the editor

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6255248/controlclick-on-function-is-not-working-in-delphi-xe    

Just hovering over a unpathed unit in an uses clause can cause a quick ending.  Issue with browsing path?

The form screen position button in Design just happens to be in Bermuda triangle hot zone lower right hand code scrollbar edge.  

Very Good.  I learned something too about default transparency being changed.  I am working on a component that sighs,  moans and grunts when Sydney gives up.

Here is a paper by Marco Microsoft Word - Delphi-and-Unicode_Marco-Cantu.doc (embarcadero.com)

What about editing your dfms in a memo.  search for object: TLabel and insert the additional properties with offset.  You just type the control type in one edit box and the offset to insert and property name value pair in additional edit boxes.  when saved makes new improved dfm file. should be able to assign methods  too.  You need to cook your own search and insert coding.       

An improvement over the years is the flow panel.  That may help in reducing number of views.     

Above is one way to make two way. You edit the dfms and change the objects types to TswLabels  switched when running D10 to set the transparent property.  and just TswLabel = class(TLabel) otherwise.  

Some clues are clienttoscreen, windows.DrawFocusRect and  .boundsrect.  the form's mouse X is different than the screen's X.

Could it be you wanting namespace?    mainunithelpers.helpme   in case you have other helpme procedures.

I put drawing procedures in a routines.pas by adding arguments to the procedure being moved.  The 

arguments use Timage, TPanel or TForm to reduce dependences.   You simply pass the form you are working 

in to procedure into your routines.pas 

Unit routines
uses forms;
interface

//  Procedure DrawBackGroundBMP(const aWidth, aHeight: Integer; anImage: TImage); // TImage is best passing canvas is tough 
//  procedure DrawthingsEX(athingList:Tstrings; aForm: TForm);     //need to add forms to routines.pas 
//  procedure DrawThings( aPanel:TPanel; Const FileandPathName:String;    
//                          aThingList:Tstrings; aForm: TForm);   // A runtime control parent is assigned to aPanel and the controls onmousedown is assigned Aform.onMousedown

  procedure ShowBalloonTip(Control: TwinControl; Icon: integer; Title: pchar; Text: PWideChar;
             BackCL, TextCL: TColor);
 Implementation
 
 procedure ShowBalloonTip(Control: TwinControl; Icon: integer; Title: pchar; Text: PWideChar;
BackCL, TextCL: TColor);
const
  TOOLTIPS_CLASS = 'tooltips_class32';
  TTS_ALWAYSTIP = $01;
  TTS_NOPREFIX = $02;
  TTS_BALLOON = $40;
  TTF_SUBCLASS = $0010;
  TTF_TRANSPARENT = $0100;
  TTF_CENTERTIP = $0002;
  TTM_ADDTOOL = $0400 + 50;
  WM_User = $01;
  TTM_SETTITLE = (WM_USER + 32);
  ICC_WIN95_CLASSES = $000000FF;
type
  TOOLINFO = packed record
    cbSize: Integer;
    uFlags: Integer;
    hwnd: THandle;
    uId: Integer;
    rect: TRect;
    hinst: THandle;
    lpszText: PWideChar;
    lParam: Integer;
  end;
var
  hWndTip: THandle;
  ti: TOOLINFO;
  hWnd: THandle;
begin
  hWnd    := Control.Handle;
  hWndTip := CreateWindow(TOOLTIPS_CLASS, nil,
    WS_POPUP or TTS_NOPREFIX or TTS_BALLOON or TTS_ALWAYSTIP,
    0, 0, 0, 0, hWnd, 0, HInstance, nil);
  if hWndTip <> 0 then
  begin
    SetWindowPos(hWndTip, HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0,
      SWP_NOACTIVATE or SWP_NOMOVE or SWP_NOSIZE);
    ti.cbSize := SizeOf(ti);
    ti.uFlags := TTF_CENTERTIP or TTF_TRANSPARENT or TTF_SUBCLASS;
    ti.hwnd := hWnd;
    ti.lpszText := Text;
    Windows.GetClientRect(hWnd, ti.rect);
    SendMessage(hWndTip, TTM_SETTIPBKCOLOR, BackCL, 0);
    SendMessage(hWndTip, TTM_SETTIPTEXTCOLOR, TextCL, 0);
    SendMessage(hWndTip, TTM_ADDTOOL, 1, Integer(@ti));
    SendMessage(hWndTip, TTM_SETTITLE, Icon mod 4, Integer(Title));
  end;
end;

Could 3D shutter glasses be rewired for your needs.  Just wire the shutters to shutter together to reduce brightness.   

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My claim is that, unless you link with run-time packages or share code between design-time packages, it's perfectly acceptable to put everything into a design-time package if you can. I.e. you don't need the run-time package.  This also makes creating and maintaining design-time packages so much easier.

Design package DX still makes a BPL.   Can the .dproj help switching the packages from 32 to 64 or hide them in mmx.       

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At the moment I can't even tell how to distinguish what is considered runtime and what is designtime 

Hopefully the experts will comment further.  Custom components need to have unique names and learning how packages work use a project group.     

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As see as an application, my software could be viewed as a "track editor".

Track editor yielded music "track" first

Trail Editor found following // did not try since not secure.  

Trail Tech's Ride Leader GPX Editing Software  

In the western mountains trails are called either, one track ~ one person wide or two track ~ wagon wide.

Often web pages have embedded additional terms for the search engine to find. Meaning use your terms for product naming and add terms so others can find your site.   

the US has various terms for what think you are searching for.

Sharing gps locations along a "trail"

Outdoors Mobile Apps | AllTrails

Example of "tracking" term.

https://community.fitbit.com/t5/iOS-App/Why-does-Fitbit-track-my-location/td-p/2808126

May help with terms  

https://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/

S:array[0..23] of ansichar

THeader = Record
    flags : integer;
    dummy  : integer;
    name: S;
    //padding: integer;
end;

That may be enough to get you started just determine the array size and the correct encoding.  If you wanting to do the easy way use component streaming or simply loadfromfile and value pairs. 

This example was "streamed" by copying from design and pasted here.   You can "stream" it by copying it and pasting in your design.      

object Memo1: TMemo
  Left = 56
  Top = 40
  Width = 185
  Height = 89
  Lines.Strings = (
    'Flag=true'
    'Dummy=" "'
    'name=Pete2005'
    '')
  TabOrder = 0
end

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  4 hours ago, vhanla said:

Another interesting thing is, that creating a FMX application (in this case 2D mutidevice application) it always creates a Unit2 /TForm2 as main initial form even though there is no Unit1, at least here on my Delphi 10.3 Update 3 Rio installation.

Is there a Unit1 already present in the source folder, if not in the Project? When creating a new unit, the IDE looks at existing units in the folder and chooses the highest unused sequential number.

Or in the Default folders under Tools either shared repository or Default project.  

Hey,  It must be same issue as before you need to force repaint.  The FMX.locationdemo updated location data when I changed from map view back to show location data. 

procedure TForm1.LocationSensor1LocationChanged( 
...
// Translate location to address
    if Assigned(FGeocoder) and not FGeocoder.Geocoding then
      FGeocoder.GeocodeReverse(NewLocation);

//As described earlier, after Reverse Geocoding is completed, an OnGeocodeReverseEvent is fired.

  

From sample.   I will bring out the win 7 machine with the FMX stuff on it but probably two days out.  I want to make two FMX programs this year Phone app that caches local data or least miles from North pole and miles West of home when cell towers down or out of range. A program to read topo map from Garmin 600t would nice too.      

I just tried the FMX.locationdemo on my android and the current address is working on that demo. So maybe try the location demo and try edit boxes on it to 

see what that demo does.        

Ok  from your sample is your likewise event happening and is then using cached data or simply not  getting new data since in background. 

procedure TForm1.LocationSensor1LocationChanged(Sender: TObject;
  const OldLocation, NewLocation: TLocationCoord2D);
var
  URLString: String;
begin
  // code for previous step goes here

  // Show Map using Google Maps
  URLString := Format

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On webbrowser side try a reload.  Or the equivalence of the F5 key in a webbrowser.   

C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\20.0\bin

what error(s) does clicking on bds.exe show in above directory.   I put a bds.exe on win 7  and its error message  "xxx.bpl missing...Try reinstalling the program"

Walk up the error messages displayed fixing the errors or simply reinstall. 

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So, after all the OnGeocodeReverse is triggered nicely but the labels themselves will only update if I, e.g. change to another tab, open close the multiviewer, something that force the redraw of the panel.

If that's all you need just try show or set focus event to get the windows attention.  I think it would work better without the thread your callback event would simply wait its turn behind mouse events.