PeterPanettone

A StandAlone version of the ProcedureList expert would be very useful: It would allow us to quickly inspect the procedures of a source code file from File Explorer or from any other program! When double-clicking a procedure name in the ProcedureList it would load the source file either in the default IDE or in a custom editor. Additional parameter switch: -c (This does not show the list of procedures but only copies the list of procedures to the clipboard) What do you think? Here is the ticket: https://sourceforge.net/p/gexperts/feature-requests/96/

This relates to revision [r2877] Built it in Delphi 10.3.3 • Issue #1: First I cleared the cache: Then, always when opening the Uses Clause Manager, it took over 3 minutes (!) of hourglass background work where UCM was not usable. Then always, each time when opening UCM, it was unusable for over 3 minutes (!). This didn't happen before in previous versions. • Issue #2: It seems that all the font sizes of the controls in Uses Clause Manager have a value of 7 at DESIGNTIME. Then, at RUNTIME the font sizes are increased. (From the GExperts Configuration option "Use Custom UI font"?). EXCEPT for one control: The StatusBar sbUCM which keeps its font size of 7 even at RUNTIME: This makes the text on the status bar microscopically small, which is unusable. It should be increased in the same way as the other controls. • Issue #3: When setting the GExperts Configuration option "Use Custom UI font": ...and then later on (while still in the same IDE session) switch this option off again (uncheck the checkbox), then the configured bigger font size (e.g. 9) remains active!

Thomas, thanks.

I decided to give something back and to donate this professional icon exclusively for the standalone code formatter exe: (You can use it for the CodeFormatter Expert in GExperts too). If you like it you can use it: GExpertsFormatter_Icon.zip I have sent you the password for the ZIP archive in a PM.

Compiled newest [r2877] in 10.3.3: With the Enhance IDE dialogs option checked: ... the List of Library Paths in Options/Delphi/Library/Library path is FROZEN and cannot be moved or resized: When the same option is unchecked: ... then the list window can be moved and resized normally: BTW, wasn't there once an option to show the List of Library Paths either as a list control or as a memo control?

I'm not that serious.

Will do that.

Did you uninstall with the Windows Control Panel or with the Setup.exe from the ISO?

It depends on how you define "Library Path". I would argue that a "Library Path" is not a search path in the strict sense of the word.

Thomas, thank you for your fantastic work! Noticed the Favorite Search Paths dialog in the Memo view: Shouldn't this be rather "Favorite LIBRARY Paths"?

I believe the problem in GetIt not showing buttons entirely is not primarily caused by scaling settings and could be resolved by fixing programming bugs in GetIt. For this reason, I pledge to release GetIt as Open Source, so we can fix the problems ourselves.

Dalija, thanks for reporting!

Unfortunately the problem in GetIt with the buttons being only partially visible has still not been solved in 10.3.3:

As I suspected, the bug was in the InstallAware installer: When UNINSTALLING from the Windows Control Panel, the InstallAware UnInstaller was executed, but obviously did not work correctly, so consequently, the ISO installer did not work correctly either. But then, when uninstalling with the Setup.exe from the ISO (which also uses the same InstallAware product) with the Remove option (and in my case keeping the Registry settings): ... the uninstall process worked correctly (probably due to specific data from the ISO and/or in Setup.exe) and consequently also the installation from the ISO now succeeded. Now also the previous problem with the non-matching font sizes in some places of the IDE (e.g. the IDE title-bar dropdown) seems to be gone: I suspect this problem was caused due to a faulty uninstallation, as the uninstallation of my previous Rio IDE was also done from the Windows Control Panel. And this time, the INSTALLATION took a VERY MUCH LONGER TIME - which is also a sign it fully worked this time. (Although the Microsoft SDK was again NOT INSTALLED). I suspect they have simply FORGOTTEN to include the Microsoft SDK installer in the ISO. In such a case the installer should show an error message, which the buggy InstallAware product did not. So I don't understand why Emba still uses this STONE AGE InstallAware installer which obviously has a lot of bugs when there are very mature installers available (like e.g. Inno Setup).

After having uninstalled 10.3 (with the option to keep the registry settings), I started the ISO setup. But at the end of the ISO setup installation again no bds.exe has been created!!! Also, at the end of the ISO setup there was a promise to install the Microsoft SDK: But nothing happened after clicking the Finish button! What now?

One would expect to see this information in the Installation Notes. This creates the impression that the team or the person preparing the new version is rather confused.

Fortunately, I have exported the settings before starting this whole mess. I hope I will be able to clean up the mess by uninstalling 10.3 (hoping the settings have somehow been preserved), and then running the ISO setup again.

Also, this isn't mentioned in the documentation.

Emba's Installation Notes doesn't mention uninstall. So it is sad to learn once more that Emba's documentation is UNRELIABLE. But having an installer which isn't able to SIMPLY install an update over an existing version shows a magnitude of stupidity which is simply extraordinary.

These are the settings from the setup program: According to these settings, the setup program should install RAD Studio. What kind of "setup" program is this? PS: BTW, although I have selected English as the setup language, you can see that parts of the installer instructions are in German. What kind of installer is this? I am really pi**ed off!

GRRRRRR... What kind of JUNK is this? After having executed and finished the setup from the 10.3.3 ISO, NO BDS.EXE is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\20.0\bin!! Is Embarcadero not able to provide a working installer?

Uwe, thank you for your information. Why does Embarcadero use ambiguous terms (and possibly not explain them in the UI)? A user could easily believe that "Upgrade" means upgrading to the new version 10.3.3.

You mean you did not explicitly UNINSTALL the previous version (10.3.2) with the Windows Control Panel before doing the "clean install"?

Why did you not select "Upgrade"?

Do you mean the installer from the ISO?