PeterPanettone
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Strategies for minimizing app start time
PeterPanettone replied to PeterPanettone's topic in General Help
That's a good idea! -
Strategies for minimizing app start time
PeterPanettone replied to PeterPanettone's topic in General Help
These are really funny. -
Strategies for minimizing app start time
PeterPanettone replied to PeterPanettone's topic in General Help
I have already tried that. But users say it's not entertaining. -
Strategies for minimizing app start time
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Are you sure that would entertain the user? -
A great way to change things at run-time in Delphi applications is a RUN-TIME OBJECT-INSPECTOR.
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Strategies for minimizing app start time
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Although that is a good idea, I am unsure whether this could be categorized as a "strategy." -
Parnassus Bookmarks are still not available for Delphi 11 Alexandria. So the old-style Bookmarks have to be used: 1. Bookmarks provided by the IDE in the View menu: 2. CnWizards: 3. GExperts: Are there any other solutions?
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How to install TWM Delphi Help Expert in Delphi 11 Alexandria
PeterPanettone posted a topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
Thomas has engineered a helpful Delphi Help Expert that allows you to configure various options for different F1 key-combinations: https://blog.dummzeuch.de/delphi-help-expert/ But since there is no package for Delphi 11 Alexandria yet, I instead loaded the DelphiXx103 package in Delphi 11 Alexandria. And since this package is not configured for Delphi 11 Alexandria, I had to add this compiler configuration in \src\u_dzWelcomePageHandler.pas: {$IFDEF VER350} // Delphi/RAD Studio 11.0 Alexandria MajorVersionNumberChar = '28'; {$ENDIF VER350} After this, the package can be installed in Delphi 11 Alexandria. The configuration dialog is somewhat hidden in this submenu: https://i.imgur.com/o8OEIbA.png -
How to install TWM Delphi Help Expert in Delphi 11 Alexandria
PeterPanettone replied to PeterPanettone's topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
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 -
Expert and Package Manager for Multiple RAD Studio IDEs
PeterPanettone posted a topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
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. -
Expert and Package Manager for Multiple RAD Studio IDEs
PeterPanettone replied to PeterPanettone's topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
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?
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I understand. Good luck. I wish everyone good luck. These are difficult times.
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I assume you know whether Persistent Search Results is a feature of GExperts or not. So why are you asking ME?
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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?
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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?
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New Type ambiguity in Delphi 11?
PeterPanettone replied to PeterPanettone's topic in RTL and Delphi Object Pascal
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?
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Where is the Welcomepage directory in Delphi 11 Alexandria?
PeterPanettone posted a topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
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? -
Where is the Welcomepage directory in Delphi 11 Alexandria?
PeterPanettone replied to PeterPanettone's topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
Did you also have REDRAW failures, i.e. the IDE window not being redrawn? -
Where is the Welcomepage directory in Delphi 11 Alexandria?
PeterPanettone replied to PeterPanettone's topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
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? -
Where is the Welcomepage directory in Delphi 11 Alexandria?
PeterPanettone replied to PeterPanettone's topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
What could be the cause of GetIt not working? -
Where is the Welcomepage directory in Delphi 11 Alexandria?
PeterPanettone replied to PeterPanettone's topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
Now, after deactivating the WelcomePage by renaming the WelcomePageIDE280.bpl, GetIt does not work anymore: Is the GetIt functionality tied to the WelcomePage? -
Where is the Welcomepage directory in Delphi 11 Alexandria?
PeterPanettone replied to PeterPanettone's topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
When restarting Delphi 11, it asked me 5 questions: https://i.imgur.com/g5Ytbmh.png -
Where is the Welcomepage directory in Delphi 11 Alexandria?
PeterPanettone replied to PeterPanettone's topic in Delphi IDE and APIs
You are right: It is now implemented in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\bin\WelcomePageIDE280.bpl