PeterPanettone

The text size in the configuration dialog is very small on my VeryHighResolution monitor, so I changed the layout manually from StoneAge®to make it look a little bit more like 21stCentury®: If somebody wants to use this layout, here is it: w_Delphi7HelpForBds.zip

This is a universal Expert and Package Manager for Multiple RAD Studio IDEs (works even with Delphi 11 Alexandria): https://www.davidghoyle.co.uk/WordPress/?page_id=1361 Dave is an Embarcadero MVP and has several other useful tools for Delphi developers on his site.

It is not possible neither desirable to look inside GExperts configuration from outside. But if you mean the standalone GExperts Expert Manager, Dave's Expert and Package Manager shows the same information as the standalone GExperts Expert Manager.

I need the GExperts GrepSearch Results to be persistent between IDE sessions. Unfortunately, they are not (r3592). These are the GrepSearch Options: How to make the GExperts GrepSearch Results persistent between IDE sessions?

I understand. Good luck. I wish everyone good luck. These are difficult times.

I assume you know whether Persistent Search Results is a feature of GExperts or not. So why are you asking ME?

Currently, I am using r3592 in Delphi 11. No AV when closing the IDE (some previous versions did). However, I get an AV with CnWizards when closing the IDE. What could be the cause?

Today I have loaded a large project written in Delphi 10.4.2, for the first time in Delphi 11 Alexandria. The project had been grown and compiled in Delphi 10.4.2 without problems. So I was very surprised to see 90+ errors in the main unit in Delphi 11. Looking at the errors, they were mostly type-mismatches in method parameters like TShiftState or TMouseButton. First I started to add explicit scope prefixes to the parameters. But that seemed to be lengthy work, so I suddenly had an idea: I moved System.UITypes from the start of the uses clause to the end of the uses clause. That action resolved the problem and all errors disappeared! So why this worked in Delphi 10.4.2, and works in Delphi 11 only after moving System.UITypes to the end of the uses clause?

Maybe that is an optimistic expression. As the main unit became larger and larger in Delphi 10.4.2 (16,500 lines), strange effects appeared: For example, when adding a new control to the main form (in Delphi 10.4.2), the control's field name was added in the wrong place by Delphi, so I had to move the control's field name manually to the correct place.

How can I ADD the snippets from the downloaded CodeLibrarian.fs database (344 KB) to my existing CodeLibrarian snippets (188 KB) without erasing my existing snippets? There seems to be no IMPORT feature in the CodeLibrarian?

In Delphi 10.X the Welcomepage directory was: C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\21.0\Welcomepage And in the previous Delphi version it was: C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\20.0\Welcomepage But in Delphi 11 there is no such Welcomepage folder. So, where is the WelcomePage in Delphi 11 Alexandria located?

Did you also have REDRAW failures, i.e. the IDE window not being redrawn?

After having deactivated the WelcomePage in the Delphi 11 IDE, (fortunately) an annoyance has gone: Previously, after loading a project in the IDE (even if that project was automatically restored by the IDE) the IDE often FROZE (!!) - i.e. menus and Editor/Designer toggling did not work anymore, etc. Has anybody else experienced such an IDE FREEZING in Delphi 11?

What could be the cause of GetIt not working?

Now, after deactivating the WelcomePage by renaming the WelcomePageIDE280.bpl, GetIt does not work anymore: Is the GetIt functionality tied to the WelcomePage?

When restarting Delphi 11, it asked me 5 questions: https://i.imgur.com/g5Ytbmh.png

You are right: It is now implemented in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\bin\WelcomePageIDE280.bpl

This article: https://www.ideasawakened.com/post/customize-the-rad-studio-11-welcome-page-for-single-click-activations ...discusses a Registry key for the Delphi 11 WelcomePage: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Embarcadero\BDS\22.0\WelcomePage Unfortunately, the Registry key does not have many options. For example Relative Text Size just for the WelcomePage. Or disabling the WelcomePage.

So it is no more possible to edit the WelcomePage *.HTM files? Or even to DEACTIVATE the WelcomePage altogether? Is that a new level of flexibility?

In the View menu, we have the New Edit Window command. This creates a new instance of the Edit window which can be toggled between Code Editor and Form Designer in the same way as the embedded Code Editor, allowing for example to have the form Designer in the new external Editor window and the Code Editor in the embedded Editor instance. Unfortunately, this is not well thought out. For example, it would be useful to: 1. DOCK the new external Editor window inside the IDE framework in the same way as the other dockable tool windows 2. HIDE & SHOW the new external Editor window with a simple keyboard command 3. Make the new external Editor window automatically a part of the DESKTOP LAYOUT of the PROJECT, so the new external Editor window is automatically restored when loading the project These 3 features would make the New Edit Window command really useful! (In the current form it is useless).

Hi Jim, Andreas Hausladen is a MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR of free essential software tools for the Delphi IDE, for example: https://www.idefixpack.de/blog/ide-tools/ Today, as an answer to a Delphi user's request to update his IDE tools for Delphi 11 Alexandria, he answered: "Sorry, I don't own Delphi 11. So I can't help you with that." I am sure that the whole Delphi community's wish is that Andreas Hausladen gets a free Delphi edition, so he can continue to support the Delphi Community. Can you make that possible? Thanks in advance!

What issue?

Coming Soon - CrossVcl 2.0 CrossVcl 2.0 will support iOS and Android. Pre-order now with good discount. The goal to release CrossVcl 2.0 in 2021. Can you give some more information on that "compatibility layer that simulates the Win32 API on OSX/Linux" - Is that layer per app or a system layer?

There are still these strange text artifacts in Uses Clause Manager: ???

However, what is good news in the Uses Clause Manager: When calling the Uses Clause Manager dialog, the list of identifiers now is shown VERY QUICKLY. In previous versions, that was very slow. What trick did you use, to get it faster?