PeterPanettone

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?

What has DPI and screen resolution to do with these artifacts in the Uses Clause Manager? That looks like superimposed texts. No other IDE part shows these artifacts.

Does this mean that there will be no more Parnassus Bookmarks for Delphi 11 Alexandria?

This is a very FUNNY thread...

Delphi 11 Alexandria, Windows 10.

Has anyone stated that there is a NEED to write EMB? I answered David Schwartz's excellent comment where he talked about specific Delphi sufferings. So you should redirect your complaint to him.

Which question? I can't see any questions.

Please don't assume what you don't know: The source can be found here: https://github.com/ahausladen/DDevExtensions

Thanks for the extensive Delphi history. I do refactoring only with MMX. In my opinion, Delphi programs suffer mainly from the old-fashioned STATIC LAYOUT reminiscent of DOS programs: if you change the font size of the main form in a Delphi application, the layout of the entire program collapses and becomes unusable. What Delphi needs most are DYNAMIC UI layouts. Example: Responsive web design in HTML.

There seems to be a Delphi wrapper here: https://github.com/da-baranov/SciDe

Can you base your fanciful assumption on anything substantial?

This is very strange: There are TWO versions of the same topic page:

I believe they have a certain economic pressure to release a number of new features for each new version. But at the same time, maybe they don't have the resources to thoroughly test these new features. So I see a two-fold problem: First, the economic pressure is part of the general economic situation in the US which is characterized by impending hyperinflation. On the other hand, a better allocation and distribution of resources may help.

Thanks for googling, but this only reveals wrong Embarcadero design decisions: While the Floating Form Designer in previous IDE versions was PERSISTENT between sessions (meaning that the Floating Form Designer was saved as a part of the IDE Desktop and being restored after an IDE restart) this is not the case in Delphi 11 Alexandria and it still has bugs: Select a TButton control in the floating second editor showing the Form Designer, then focus the button in the Structure panel, then focus the embedded editor showing the Code Editor, then select the Button Event handler in the Object Inspector and double-click it and you get this error message: This means that the communication between the Editors does not work. This means that this whole feature of the "Second Editor" has not been tested and is HALF-BAKED and IMMATURE. Why do they release such half-baked features?

Thank you for WUPPDI! We are waiting with excitement.