PeterPanettone

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.

When programming, I have often found that "thinking outside the box" sometimes leads to an unexpected and accurate solution.

Maybe the story is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT - and what we assume may be a misdirection by forces above our pay grade. Maybe we can't see the true circumstances from our perspective, and maybe there is more to it than we know.

Perhaps the damage was greater than reported - and maybe the damage also occurred at a different level.

Is it worth renewing my Delphi subscription?

This error occurs in Delphi 12 with MMX 15_1_8_2580 each time when trying to SAVE in the IDE. (The error does not happen when MMX is not loaded). The error occurs only in a specific project. This makes it impossible to use MMX in that specific project. This project is quite large. How can I find out what causes this error? This is the text from the Error dialog: [593EE537]{mmx_bds23.dll} CustomPascalExplorers.TCustomPascalModuleExplorer.ReadToken (Line 1584, "CustomPascalExplorers.pas" + 114) + $11 [633EA4CE]{rtl290.bpl } System.ErrorAt (Line 5907, "System.pas" + 3) + $4 [633F03B3]{rtl290.bpl } System.@AsClass (Line 18904, "System.pas" + 3) + $5 [593EE537]{mmx_bds23.dll} CustomPascalExplorers.TCustomPascalModuleExplorer.ReadToken (Line 1584, "CustomPascalExplorers.pas" + 114) + $11 [593F0575]{mmx_bds23.dll} DelphiExplorers.TDelphiModuleExplorer.InternalRefresh (Line 409, "DelphiExplorers.pas" + 12) + $3 [593EBD6B]{mmx_bds23.dll} CustomPascalExplorers.TCustomPascalModuleExplorer.DoRefresh (Line 548, "CustomPascalExplorers.pas" + 63) + $8 [593DCB91]{mmx_bds23.dll} ModuleExplorers.TModuleExplorer.DoRefresh (Line 406, "ModuleExplorers.pas" + 4) + $9 [593DCE4A]{mmx_bds23.dll} ModuleExplorers.TModuleExplorer.Refresh (Line 548, "ModuleExplorers.pas" + 0) + $2 [593F7DF8]{mmx_bds23.dll} ModCache.TModuleCache.ImmediateRefresh (Line 1187, "ModCache.PAS" + 5) + $17 [593F66E4]{mmx_bds23.dll} ModCache.TModuleInfo.ForceSynchronization (Line 439, "ModCache.PAS" + 6) + $7 [594C1CC5]{mmx_bds23.dll} MMXModLinks.TMMXModuleLink.ForceSynchronization (Line 270, "MMXModLinks.pas" + 1) + $9 [595714A6]{mmx_bds23.dll} DelphiTopModTrackers.TDelphiTopModuleTracker.IDEModuleSaved (Line 112, "DelphiTopModTrackers.pas" + 😎 + $5 [594ED04F]{mmx_bds23.dll} OTANotifiers.TOTANotifications.ModuleSaved (Line 677, "OTANotifiers.PAS" + 6) + $6 [594EC14F]{mmx_bds23.dll} OTANotifiers.TOTANotifier.AfterSave (Line 230, "OTANotifiers.PAS" + 2) + $E [62BA5F98]{coreide290.bpl} DocModul.TCodeIDocModule.NotifyAfterSaveEvent (Line 2471, "DocModul.pas" + 4) + $5 [649B02AC]{designide290.bpl} ToolUtils.ForEach (Line 116, "ToolUtils.pas" + 9) + $F [62BA600E]{coreide290.bpl} DocModul.TCodeIDocModule.NotifyAfterSave (Line 2478, "DocModul.pas" + 1) + $B [62BA3E1B]{coreide290.bpl} DocModul.TDocModule.TheMalteseFalcon (Line 1522, "DocModul.pas" + 66) + $9 [634A79AD]{rtl290.bpl } System.Rtti.RawInvoke (Line 8622, "System.Rtti.pas" + 46) + $0 [634A7D90]{rtl290.bpl } System.Rtti.Invoke (Line 8867, "System.Rtti.pas" + 84) + $6 [633FA023]{rtl290.bpl } System.TInterfacedObject.QueryInterface (Line 40187, "System.pas" + 1) + $8 [63437E3F]{rtl290.bpl } System.SysUtils.Supports (Line 28493, "System.SysUtils.pas" + 1) + $D [633F8B6C]{rtl290.bpl } System.@IntfClear (Line 39066, "System.pas" + 10) + $0 [62BCE14F]{coreide290.bpl} CodeMgr.EventInfoToTypeData (Line 1895, "CodeMgr.pas" + 35) + $20 [5B4DB9D5]{boreditu.dll} EK_FLBUF.OBJ.@C7_0 + $495 [634BA8F5]{rtl290.bpl } System.Rtti.{System.Generics.Collections}TObjectDictionary<System.Pointer,System.Rtti.TRttiObject>.ValueNotify (Line 8698, "System.Generics.Collections.pas" + 1) + $7 [633F0779]{rtl290.bpl } System.@AfterConstruction (Line 19703, "System.pas" + 2) + $5 [633F4A5C]{rtl290.bpl } System.@FinalizeRecord (Line 33248, "System.pas" + 81) + $2 [633F0A28]{rtl290.bpl } System.TMonitor.Destroy (Line 19930, "System.pas" + 0) + $0 [633F015D]{rtl290.bpl } System.TObject.CleanupInstance (Line 18632, "System.pas" + 23) + $0 [633EA294]{rtl290.bpl } System.@FreeMem (Line 5008, "System.pas" + 20) + $0 [633EFF8C]{rtl290.bpl } System.TObject.FreeInstance (Line 18333, "System.pas" + 2) + $2 [633F0756]{rtl290.bpl } System.@ClassDestroy (Line 19697, "System.pas" + 0) + $2 [633F0075]{rtl290.bpl } System.TObject.Destroy (Line 18388, "System.pas" + 1) + $4 [633F0779]{rtl290.bpl } System.@AfterConstruction (Line 19703, "System.pas" + 2) + $5 [6347A4B7]{rtl290.bpl } System.SyncObjs.TCriticalSection.Release (Line 1140, "System.SyncObjs.pas" + 1) + $A [6347A4E2]{rtl290.bpl } System.SyncObjs.TCriticalSection.Leave (Line 1155, "System.SyncObjs.pas" + 0) + $2 [6349BCFD]{rtl290.bpl } System.Rtti.TRttiPackage.ReadObject (Line 5741, "System.Rtti.pas" + 14) + $6 [633F1800]{rtl290.bpl } System.@TryFinallyExit (Line 23776, "System.pas" + 😎 + $0 [633EA278]{rtl290.bpl } System.@GetMem (Line 4960, "System.pas" + 20) + $0 [633F227E]{rtl290.bpl } System.@NewUnicodeString (Line 26024, "System.pas" + 10) + $0 [633F390F]{rtl290.bpl } System.@UStrSetLength (Line 31341, "System.pas" + 74) + $0 [633EFD1E]{rtl290.bpl } System.UTF8IdentToString (Line 18053, "System.pas" + 2) + $4 [633F0779]{rtl290.bpl } System.@AfterConstruction (Line 19703, "System.pas" + 2) + $5 [634A8748]{rtl290.bpl } System.Rtti.TRttiInstMethParameter.Create (Line 10249, "System.Rtti.pas" + 7) + $2F [6347A4B7]{rtl290.bpl } System.SyncObjs.TCriticalSection.Release (Line 1140, "System.SyncObjs.pas" + 1) + $A [6347A4E2]{rtl290.bpl } System.SyncObjs.TCriticalSection.Leave (Line 1155, "System.SyncObjs.pas" + 0) + $2 [6349BCFD]{rtl290.bpl } System.Rtti.TRttiPackage.ReadObject (Line 5741, "System.Rtti.pas" + 14) + $6 [633F037A]{rtl290.bpl } System.@IsClass (Line 18897, "System.pas" + 1) + $8 [6349D989]{rtl290.bpl } System.Rtti.TRttiInstanceMethodEx.DispatchInvoke (Line 6622, "System.Rtti.pas" + 103) + $1A [634A8130]{rtl290.bpl } System.Rtti.TRttiMethod.Invoke (Line 10154, "System.Rtti.pas" + 1) + $11 [634A814A]{rtl290.bpl } System.Rtti.TRttiMethod.Invoke (Line 10155, "System.Rtti.pas" + 2) + $17 [00F19340]{bds.exe } SanctuaryChecker.TLicenseManager.TryAction + $11C [633F47FB]{rtl290.bpl } System.@InitializeArray (Line 32926, "System.pas" + 26) + $D [62BA3A17]{coreide290.bpl} DocModul.TDocModule.Save (Line 1434, "DocModul.pas" + 7) + $34 [6299E7D1]{coreide290.bpl} SourceModule.TSourceModule.Save (Line 1021, "SourceModule.pas" + 17) + $B [62BA8BA5]{coreide290.bpl} DocModul.SaveModifiedModules (Line 3697, "DocModul.pas" + 57) + $13 [62BA8CBA]{coreide290.bpl} DocModul.SaveModifiedModules (Line 3717, "DocModul.pas" + 77) + $4 [00EE8F19]{bds.exe } AppMain.TAppBuilder.FileSaveAll + $5 [63513943]{rtl290.bpl } System.Classes.TBasicAction.Execute (Line 18563, "System.Classes.pas" + 3) + $7 [621233B2]{vcl290.bpl } Vcl.ActnList.TCustomAction.Execute (Line 284, 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Good idea!

BTW - when I ever get a living from the apps I create, I will donate to MMX, GExperts ... and all the other real benefactors of humanity.