Nigel Thomas

Hi All, Is it still possible to access the GetIt server from Delphi D10.1 Berlin? With ServiceURL set to the installed default for D10.1 (https://getit.embarcadero.com) I just get the error message: The Embarcadero GetIt server could not be reached If I change the ServiceUrl to https://getit-olympus.embarcadero.com I connect to the GetIt server but I only get a small subset (11) of packages available to download. No filters are set. GetIt is configured to work online.

This is the Delphi 12.1 (and as far back as 10.1 at least, but not in D2007) definition of ShellExecuteInfoW (the A version has the same issue): _SHELLEXECUTEINFOW = record cbSize: DWORD; fMask: ULONG; Wnd: HWND; lpVerb: LPCWSTR; lpFile: LPCWSTR; lpParameters: LPCWSTR; lpDirectory: LPCWSTR; nShow: Integer; hInstApp: HINST; { Optional fields } lpIDList: Pointer; lpClass: LPCWSTR; hkeyClass: HKEY; dwHotKey: DWORD; case Integer of 0: ( hIcon: THandle); 1: ( hMonitor: THandle; hProcess: THandle;); end; According to the definition in MSDN, the hProcess Handle is not part of the union: typedef struct _SHELLEXECUTEINFOW { DWORD cbSize; ULONG fMask; HWND hwnd; LPCWSTR lpVerb; LPCWSTR lpFile; LPCWSTR lpParameters; LPCWSTR lpDirectory; int nShow; HINSTANCE hInstApp; void *lpIDList; LPCWSTR lpClass; HKEY hkeyClass; DWORD dwHotKey; union { HANDLE hIcon; HANDLE hMonitor; } DUMMYUNIONNAME; HANDLE hProcess; } SHELLEXECUTEINFOW, *LPSHELLEXECUTEINFOW; Does that mean that the Delphi translation is faulty?

@cupboy Reply back and threaten them with action from whatever comsumer rights legislation you have in your country. In the UK it's Trading Standards. Refer them to this blog from their General Manager, particularly the "Policy Update" section; https://blogs.embarcadero.com/from-the-gm-new-updates-and-changes-to-the-registration-bumps-policy/ It really irks me when Embarcadero try to weasel out of their contractual responsibilities. When we purchase their product the licence is "lifetime" - the subscription element is an add-on that can allow you to keep updated at a lower price than buying new licences, but it is in no way mandatory. What is mandatory is that the lifetime licence for the product you purchased is honoured. Registration limits are there to prevent you from installing more than x installations at any one time. They should not (and in most jurisdictions, cannot) be used to stop one from migrating an installation to a new system.

Contact Sales. They are obliged to provide a download link to the software you have purchased. They did for me when I needed to re-install D10.1 Berlin. Although I did make sure I stored a copy of that installer in a safe place for the next time I need it! Nigel

I have Delphi CE 11.3 and Delphi CE 12.1 installed and running on the same machine with no issues.

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My Microsoft account already uses 2FA (Microsoft Authenticator). I've been browsing Azure to see if I need to do anything else, but not found anything yet. Rather hope I'm covered and there are no additional costs. I've not received an email about this yet.

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Thanks. I've worked around it by declaring FileSig.arrSig as a fixed array, e.g: array [0..4] of byte, then I can set the const array using padding where necessary e.g. arrSig: ($00, $01, $02, $00, $00); By adding a SigLength to the FileSig type I will know what padded bytes I can remove when I come to using the array.

E2010 incompatible types: 'dynamic array' and 'Set'

Using Delphi D2007. I'm trying to do the following: type FileSig = record Offset: Integer; arrSig: array of byte; end; const sig1: FileSig = (Offset: 10; arrSig: array [0..2] of byte = ($00,$01,$02); ) But I can't: E2029 ')' expected but ',' found In D10+ I can do: const sig1: FileSig = (Offset: 10; arrSig: [$00,$01,$02]; ) Is there a way I can do similar in D2007?

Hi, The following access violation occurs when running the "HTTP Dowload List of Files" snippet with the program compiled as 64Bit: HTTP Error - Access violation at address 000000000090E55F in module 'OverbyteIcsSnippets.exe'. Read of address 0000000000000004 It works seamlessly with no errors when the program is compiled as 32Bit. Using latest svn version of ICS 9.1, compiled using D11.3 CE running on Windows 10 and on Windows 11. Full diagnostic attached. Is this issue duplicatable or just something to do with my setup? diag.txt

Don't get hooked up on just books. There is a lot of useful visual material on the Net that is targeted at Delphi beginners. Embarcadero's Helpful Resources for New Users has some good links to both books and visual resources.

Check where the GetIt server is pointing and try an alternative. In the registry key HKCU\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0\CatalogRepository look at the value for "ServiceUrl". If it isn't already, change this to https://getit.embarcadero.com and retry the installation. That's the url my copy of D10.4 (CE) is pointing at, and the GetIt Package Manager seems to connect fine.