PeterPanettone

By using MSAA (Microsoft Active Accessibility), I can get the MenuHandle of a menu when the menu is displayed. How can I get the boundaries of the displayed menu from the MenuHandle?

Thank you very much; I am now able to find the menu rectangle: function PAGetDisplayedMenuRectangle: TRect; var MenuWnd: HWND; begin // Initialize the result rectangle to zero FillChar(Result, SizeOf(Result), 0); // Find the window handle of the active menu MenuWnd := FindWindowEx(0, 0, MAKEINTATOM($8000), nil); if MenuWnd <> 0 then begin // If the menu window is found, get its rectangle if not GetWindowRect(MenuWnd, Result) then begin // If GetWindowRect fails, reset the result to zero FillChar(Result, SizeOf(Result), 0); end; end; end;

How do you set DPI Unaware mode?

Have you really asked an AI for a bike rental? Are you serious?

The irony was implicit.

In a large project, I always have to wait for code insight.

Low-quality AI answers often are the result of poor prompts. However, I agree with the last statement.

Strongly agree.

I have found the Expert and Package Manager for multiple RAD Studio IDEs by David Hoyle one of the most helpful tools for Delphi: https://github.com/DGH2112/Expert-Manager I think it's a pity that it hasn't been developed any further since 2019.

You don't believe in AI?

An IDE with AI capabilities could easily accomplish such things.

The best refactoring feature for Delphi I have found so far is in MMX. But new refactoring tools could certainly implement even better and smarter refactoring features, e.g.: 1. Search the entire project for identical or similar code fragments and automatically replace them with a common procedure. 2. Automatically insert selected code into a (new) class. Etc.

David Hoyle has made a 3rd Party IDE Help Delphi plugin: https://github.com/DGH2112/3rd-Party-IDE-Help The Readme says: "This is a RAD Studio wizard/expert/plug-in that allows you to easily configure 3rd-party HTML files for use with the IDE to get context-sensitive help for 3rd party code. It also provides quick access to these files." The ReadMe also says: "To configure the 3rd party help, open the IDE's Options dialogue and look under the 3rd Party node for an options page entitled "3rd Party Help"." I have compiled the project in Delphi 12, and it created TPIDEHelpRS120.dll. I copied TPIDEHelpRS120.dll to C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\23.0\bin\ and restarted the Delphi 12 IDE. However, this 3rd Party node cannot be found in the Delphi 12 IDE Options: How do you install this plugin in Delphi 12?

Yes, it could be done in RegEdit. However, I find it more comfortable to do it in one of the tools mentioned by Thomas: GExperts expert manager or Expert and Package Manager for multiple RAD Studio IDEs from David Hoyle. This is the entry in the Registry:

I have added the ImageEn CHM help file. Unfortunately, the F1 context-sensitive help does not work with ImageEn. It always opens the help for Vcl.Controls.TCustomControl instead: Perhaps a specific index file for the ImageEn CHM help file is missing?

It worked:

Good idea! I will try it.

In fact, it does work "out of the box" for Delphi 12, although it's from 2019: Obviously, David has created a flexible architecture for this tool, so it works for all future Delphi versions.

After having installed R120.patch1-20240131 in DElphi 12: Delphi 12 Update 1 is not displayed in the IDE About dialog: This log file was created: patch.log Can anyone confirm this?

I suppose ProgressBarMigration.Visible = False or not Assigned(ProgressBarMigration).

Is there already any news about the new QP?

That's where the error occurred. Another GetIt installation (which did not include a UAC prompt) worked flawlessly.

Is this a joke by Embarcadero? Is there a justifiable reason for this distinction?

I, too, have tried the GetIt installation with Patch 1. Same error as before.

The Delphi 12 Install file is missing in icsv9w (snapshot from today): The readme file says: But the file D120InstallVcl.groupproj is missing from: \icsv9w\Install There are no 'D120...' files.