Vandrovnik

9 hours ago, A.M. Hoornweg said:

My preference would be to have the component packages in separate helper processes.

 

I hope they keep it the way it is - can you imagine how many broken versions we would have to suffer if they now moved .bpls to another process? 🙂 

53 minutes ago, Uwe Raabe said:

Seems to be a known issue: https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-23505

Reported 5 years ago 😞

Almost all my problems with JCL and JVCL installs were because of I had somewhere on the disk (on the path) another instance of JCL/JVCL, which was (partially) used instead of the new version.

4 minutes ago, gkobler said:

How can i use this without to connect to a specify database?

I guess you cannot.

11 minutes ago, gkobler said:

Thanks for that hint. Have change it, now all version runs a service

 

But unfortunately it still doesn't solve my problem

What about this:

SELECT rdb$get_context('SYSTEM', 'ENGINE_VERSION') as version from rdb$database;

1 hour ago, gkobler said:

I have installed FB3 as a service. FB2.5, 4.0 and 5.0 are also installed, but i run these version not as a service it runs as program with different port configuration. So i can run different FB-Server versions at the same time.

 

You can use instsvc.exe and run all of them as service simultaneously. When using instsvc.exe, use "-n" and create unique names for them.

24 minutes ago, David Heffernan said:

Not according to Embarcadero. According to Embarcadero Delphi is blazing fast because it uses native code.

 

We all know that to be absolute marketing BS and in fact Delphi compilers produce shitty code that often runs very slowly. 

 

Yes, my original post was sarcasm.

I was not sure about the sarcasm, but decided to reply, so that someone does not believe it blindly 🙂

32 minutes ago, David Heffernan said:

Delphi produces native code, and therefore is fast

Even native code may run slow, when compiler does not use registers efficiently, uses superfluous jumps etc.

3 hours ago, emileverh said:

forward declaration of records, just like a class

In forward declaration of a class, compiler immediatelly knows the size of that type. For records, their size would be unknown in forward declaration.

9 minutes ago, Cristian Peța said:

You have not posted a link and probably it's a stupid question but how to find a RSP by number?

https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-26436

When I already have a RSP open, I just overwrite the number at the end of the URL.

2 hours ago, ginnix said:

I have Rad Studio 12 with the new patch. When I try to install the Android runtime using Manage features it shows operation successful but nothing gets installed.

 

I also checked C++, same thing, operation successfully but nothing gets installed.

 

Any info would help.

https://blogs.embarcadero.com/getit-update-additional-rad-studio-12-getit-packages-are-now-available/

There is a note:

"Customers who have installed RAD Studio 12 using the online installation process won’t have the ability to add new platforms and core features to the product via the Manage Features dialog. In order to do this, they will need to uninstall and then reinstall using the new inline release."

Could this be the reason?

31 minutes ago, Lars Fosdal said:

List of QP issues addressed in the patch:

...

RSP-43274    Arithmetic operations on record fields return incorrect results in certain cases if the "Optimization" compiler option is enabled
...

Wow! I think I'll open a bottle of wine today 🙂

2 hours ago, Dalija Prasnikar said:

You mean the issue with division with $FFFFFFFF constant? That is nowhere near being a showstopper bug. As a workaround it is possible to use variable instead of constant. And this issue is fixed, but at the moment hotfix cannot be delivered due to outage.

I mean this one:

https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-43274 (Arithmetic operations on record fields return incorrect results in certain cases if the "Optimization" compiler option is enabled.)

This looks like a showstopper bug for me, because it can generate wrong result anywhere in the application. Turning off optimizations will "solve" the problem, but the result will be that all my customers will write to me about how the new version of the app is slow.

And as for distribution of the hotfix - is it really impossible to distribute the fix in year 2024 other than through a non-functioning Getit? Downloading files from my.embarcadero.com works normally, so why not put the patch there?

1 hour ago, Lars Fosdal said:

I have to agree. Their information - or rather, lack thereof - is really bad for their reputation.

 

Lack of information, inability to fix in a reasonable time and inability to fix the "integer division bug" that makes Delphi 12 unusable for Win32 applications 😞

53 minutes ago, Uwe Raabe said:

While things are being worked on it is somewhat expected that parts are going offline from time to time. Let's take it as a sign of people being busy getting everything in place again.

I just wouldn't expect them to work on it for more than 3 weeks...

2 minutes ago, corneliusdavid said:

For me, any open source package that I had previously installed via GetIt, I'm now pulling from GitHub. I suppose I should've done that from the beginning as it would always provide the latest version but this has certainly solidified that decision.

Same for me - in previous versions (do not know about Delphi 12 - not using it yet), it usually took several weeks to months before they prepared the packages for Getit, that is another reason why not to use Getit and install manually.

In Delphi 11.3, I have removed all other panels, so that only Component Palette is there - and then it does not move.

54 minutes ago, Lars Fosdal said:

I actually have a 300 baud modem in my vast archives of useless stuff.
I doubt I would attempt to download 7.5GB over that kind of dialup 😄 but BBSs worked, sort of.
Besides, I no longer have a landline.

Hmm, or use floppies to copy it from a friend... About 5300 pieces of 3,5"/1,44 MB needed 😉

2 hours ago, Ian Barker said:

Servers... plural. That's the problem. If it was a single server that had gone bang, I think it would have been considerably easier. I don't know the full details, but it was a cascade of events and multiple affected servers and hardware.

Several hardware problems at the same moment? My imagination offers me something like this:

(image found on the web, not from Emba!)

1 hour ago, David Heffernan said:

"This is caused by a hardware outage at one of our data centers. RAD Studio 12 download volume spikes tasked our infrastructure more than expected. " 

 

Why would it spike weeks after release of the software?? 

And how could spikes in download even destroy a server (hardware)...

1 hour ago, Dalija Prasnikar said:

Who said that it is server that failed?

Nobody - but they don't say anything.

And since they have outages (QC, Getit) frequently, I'm willing to believe they have a lot of room for improvement.

1 hour ago, Dalija Prasnikar said:

FWIW, you can forget about software jokes, it is piece of hardware that died.

They are able to write "How to create a real xxx App" on Facebook and send it in e-mails, why they are not able to write a short message about this outage?

16 hours ago, alogrep said:

Thanks Vandrovnik. No.

 But I repeat, the .~pas (and .~dfm) file was always created until now. Drom D5 through XE, 10,11. 

It was created automatically in the same folder where the .pas file is. (not in the __history)  

Suddenly this behaviour disappeared.

It seems the directory "__history" is hidden - in Windows Explorer, you will need to enable hidden files, or use another File Manager. May be it is still there...

1 hour ago, alogrep said:

BUt even this new version does not create the '~pas backup file. What I mean, since the beginning (D5) until a month ago every time I modified sayUnit2.pas, when I saved it, Delphi created Unit2.~pas . This feature stopped. Do you have any idea as to how can I reactivate it?

 

Do you have a folder named "__history" in the folder with your project?

I had similar problem with Firebird 3 using IBX components. Solved by using Firebird 4 🙂