Nigel Thomas

start ms-settings:display

Not sure if this has been suggested to you before? You could try enabling a "God Mode" shortcut on your desktop. This links (usually via the old, Control Panel way) to numerous settings, you might be able to find something useful in there to reset the main Settings app. https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-enable-god-mode-in-windows

Really? Here's the VirusTotal Sysinternals Sandbox report for network activity from a scan of the Windows 10 x64 C:\Windows\regedit.exe: (not an application you'd expect to be accessing external IP addresses) IP Traffic 23.216.147.64:443 (TCP) 23.216.147.76:443 (TCP) a83f:8110:0:0:100:0:1800:0:53 (UDP) a83f:8110:1800:0:0:0:0:0:53 (UDP) Perhaps rather more worrying for your "Advanced" Users, if they see those IP addresses from a seemingly benign Microsoft application? If your Advanced Users are paranoid enough to be concerned about the Sysinternals Sandbox report, point them to the other sandbox reports for your app which do not show any network connectivity. Nigel

Windows Defender. Or at least that's my guess, as those IPs are listed in the Microsoft Sysinternals sandbox running at V/T (not running on the OP's system).

Does this help? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14407759/delphi-xe3-mainform-hide

Which is more efficient - or doesn't it matter, is it just a case of readabilty: var Foo: Foo; Foo := GetFoo; DoSomethingWithFoo(Foo); Or: DoSomethingWithFoo(GetFoo);

Solution has been posted in another topic:: https://en.delphipraxis.net/topic/10435-script-errors-galore-when-launching-delphi/?tab=comments#comment-83104

I can duplicate this issue on Berlin 10.1 - and the fix posted by @instrumentally. CE 11.3 does not have this issue.

Hi, Is it possible to specify the directory in which to search for the OpenSSL Dlls, rather than having them in the same directory as the executable? Forgive me if this should have been easy to find out for myself; I'm an ICS virgin and it's taking me a while to find my way around the source. Nigel

https://en.delphipraxis.net/register/ But:

Worked fine for me, attached: NativeLayout.zip Edit to add: I registered on the German Praxis site back in 2013, so my login was recognised.

That would seem to indicate that it is indeed a third-party component that is causing the error. On the clean User install and test each component in turn until you hit the error again.

It transpires that if licences exist for earlier versions on the system, Delphi D11.3 CE doesn't like it. Neither the iOS nor the Android platforms were available. Marco Cantu suggested that as the cause, and I was able to confirm it quite quickly.

I have installed D11.3 CE from RADStudio_11_3_esd_28_13236.exe. There is no Android platform. The only selections I was provided with during the install (and subsequently when I select Platform Manager) were Delphi Windows Professional and Delphi macOS Professional. I installed on Windows 11. Can others confirm this is the case, or is my installation buggy? Nigel

Just to add, my experience is the same as @Vincent Parrett's.

I've just dug out the old K-Software "renewal" offer, appending it here just for info.

I "renewed" my code-signing certificate with K-Software a little (one month) earlier than it was due (I know from experience what a time-consuming hassle it can be to get verified each time by Sectigo) by simply purchasing a new certificate at what ever price their website was offering at the time. Two weeks later I received an email from K-Software to say my original code-signing certifcate was expiring and I should renew, containing a discount code. I think it was only 10%, and by then it was too late anyway.

My Updater process does the same thing - rename the original (running) instance to app.exe.old, copy (or download) the new instance as app.exe. The original instance continues running - as app.exe.old - until terminated. When the update process is completed and the original instance is terminated, it is only at this time that the original instance, app.exe.old, can be deleted, so I run a clean-up routine on the next program launch to remove any .old files. I seem to recall that this operation wasn't so reliable on XP, but it's some time since I tested it on that OS. I can confirm it works fine on 7 and above.

I reached out to Support to indicate I wasn't able to download the Berlin ISO or Web Installer, providing the above information and error messages. I received - in just a few hours - the direct altd.embarcadero.com link to the 10.1 Berlin ISO, which works fine, but there was no mention of "fixing" the Registered Products Portal. I suspect it never will be made functional again for those of us no longer on Update SubScription.

Cannot access any downloads. All show the same message: UPDATE SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRED REQUEST RENEWAL QUOTE (and yes, it is in ALL CAPS!) I thought I might still be able to download stuff from the old site - https://cc.embarcadero.com/reg/delphi - although it is cripplingly slow. However any download attempt from that site gives:

For the OP - here's a direct link to download the 10.3.1 ISO. Of course it will only be of use to you if you are registered for this version: http://altd.embarcadero.com/download/radstudio/10.3/delphicbuilder10_3_1_194899.iso

Well that's annoying.. I've just checked my Registered Products Portal, and I can no longer download the last version - Delphi Berlin 10.1 - that my Subscription Updates took me to before I ended my subscription. Like the OP, I maintain that I should be allowed to download the latest version which I had paid for, without having to renew my subscription.

DateUtils.IsValidDate checks if the Year is <= 9999. This means the test will fail in the year 10000 and forward. Shouldn't it be fixed now, to avoid a new "Millenium Bug" panic?

Don't believe the version number stated on Angus's website, the version downloadable from there is 5.1.8.360.

Every time I've tried asking ChatGPT how to do something using ICS components it answers with Indy samples. Has Remy paid for promoted listings on ChatGPT, so Indy results appear above ICS? <g>