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I'm trying to figure out if this is even possible. It seems that GitHub Copilot only works with a select few editors. Which external editor would work best with Delphi so that GitHub Copilot could be used? Any ideas?

So, sitting on Delphi 11.0 Enterprise because I missed too many renewal periods, so I have to buy a new license. $4,000 for a new license is too much. I saw the Rad Offer for Amnesty (direct copy paste from website) which is practically a lie: Terms and Conditions This offer ends on May 31, 2024. This offer is valid with the purchase of: C++Builder 12.1 Athens - All Editions Delphi 12.1 Athens - All Editions RAD Studio 12.1 Athens - All Editions Valid for customers with previous versions of C++Builder, Delphi & RAD Studio. License type: New Perpetual Licenses Only. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. This offer does not apply to terms, renewals, or academic licenses. Embarcadero reserves the right to change, cancel or amend the offer at any time. Promotional pricing does not apply to most public bids/tenders or license compliance settlements. This offer is void where prohibited by law. Some regions are not eligible for this promotion. Additional restrictions may apply. Even ChatGPT thought this would be priced at $999 for the new license for those with any previous version of Delphi Enterprise. I own Delphi 11.0 Enterprise. So, I email them. They Told me they can offer 35% off Delphi Enterprise with the amnesty offer @ $2599 instead of $3999. I’m thinking, that offer is anytime offer and not really a special deal. I sent back a decline to accept and will just wait until they come down on price. If never, I’ll stick with Delphi 11.0 Enterprise. It seems even Delphi 12.1 users are having bugs, so I’m not missing anything. I can still use any IDE with Delphi instead of the Delphi IDE to program it. I’ve started using Visual Code with co-pilot and Delphi for a better IDE with less bugs.

I’m curious on your answers, cause I might just downgrade to that version. 😊

Sorry about beating a old dead dog.

I'm just royalty pissed off at the "AMENSTY" pricing. I really thought it was going to be $999 to with the idea you'll continue to pay that every year. If they'd forgive my missing years and let me restart at the renewal pricing, I would continue to purchase it every year. I'm just waiting for them to give me that chance to jump back on that bandwagon. I really thought it was the "AMENSTY", but that hope was lost. If they want me to restart at $4000 or even $2599, well. I'll just continue to use Delphi 11.0 or 10.4. At least I still have access to all the previous versions, due to their license agreement. I'm curious to which version had the least amount of bugs... Hint hint.

With Visual Studio's perpetual license, you typically receive service packs and minor updates for the specific version you purchased. This includes bug fixes and security patches, ensuring the version remains stable and secure even without upgrading to a newer major version. Microsoft needs to pay bills too, yet they can continue to support the whole version you bought with bug fixes and security patches! EDIT: However, there's no financial penalty for missing years when you purchase a renewal license with Visual Studio, other than the need to catch up with any new pricing if it has increased. With Delphi, there's a accumulation of stacking increase per year until you need to buy a new license at regular price.

So, your basically saying the version of Delphi Enterprise I should really be using is version 10.4?

Too bad they don't let you buy just what you need. If you just prefer to create Android and Windows, you should be allowed to buy just those two as add-ons. If you want Linux, then buy it as a addon. If iOS apps, or Mac OS apps..etc.

I bought Enterprise to access the Linux stuff. I really don't need to stay Enterprise, but they kind of force you to stay Enterprise. If you buy the next version as professional, it'll turn all your Enterprise versions into professional! They forcibly keep you at the version that makes them more money.

Well, they do offer the professional version for free (kind of). If you do go that route with a different email address, etc. After a week or two, they'll start sending you harassment emails about you using thier product to make a certain amount of money they expect you to buy the professional version else they'll take you to court. Seriously!

Yes, that's correct. Instead of allowing me to have all the bugs fixed for version 11, they want me to buy version 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, etc, for the bug fixes. They are surely getting away with it because people are paying them. If those whom used thier service stopped paying them, they might change the way they do business. I was hoping to see a shining light at the end of the tunnel when I read the Amnesty deal, but it was a SCAM to get me to email them for a quote that I could get at any time of the year! They are clearly not sorry for thier business practices.

Delphi 11.0 Enterprise (I Can't afford to buy new version. Need workaround, please.) PROBLEM Delphi 11.0 crashes everytime I try to delete a TStringColumn from StringGrid in a FMX form in the IDE. This is not during runtime. I can't seem to figure out how to remove the ones I currently built using the IDE. Any work arounds? I've tried to right click on the StringGrid and select Items Editor and select a TStringColumn and click delete.... crashes Delphi 11.0 runtime. SOLUTION Right click on the design, then click View as Text. Delete the objects and save unit. close the unit and reopen the unit. Fixed. HISTORY in how I got Delphi Enterprise: I am hobbyist that happened to hit a big lottery winning one year and decided to buy Delphi Enterprise 10.4 with the money, during that year I upgraded to Delphi 11.0. So, I'm stuck with it. I'll never be able to ever afford getting another Enterprise again. So, I look for workarounds.

The official "DelphiLSP" Plugin for Visual Studio Code https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=EmbarcaderoTechnologies.delphilsp Every time I hover over a function, variable, procedure, etc.... I get "A valid license was not found. Please contact Embarcadero Support" . I have Delphi 11.0 Enterprise edition with a valid license! I'm using Visual Studio Code because it allows me to use GitHub Copilot. Any ideas? PS I've tried this: but the help does not help. I still have "A valid license was not found. Please contact Embarcadero Support"! Any help is much appreciated!

Thank you. I was able to get it working after I deleted my serial number and then registered it again.

Thank you. I was able to get it working after I deleted my serial number and then registered it again.

Thank y'all! I was able to get DelphiLSP working with VScode only after I deleted my serial numbers and registered them again.

Adding a path tells me that it can't load DelphiLSP.exe .... I've tried ``` C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\bin "C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\bin" C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\bin\ "C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\bin\" ``` But if I don't have a path, it loads DelphiLSP.exe, yet it still complains about " A valid license was not found. Please contact Embarcadero Support" . I also have Delphi 11.0 Enterprise edition with a valid license! Any ideas?

gtDelphiZXingQRCode is a fork of the out dated DelphiZXingQRCode https://github.com/War3Evo/gtDelphi/tree/master/gtDelphiZXingQRCode DelphiZXingQRCode has not been updated for 9 years and all the pull requests are being ignored. So, I downloaded the file and started adding new life to the project. I was going to fork it, but I wanted to rename it slightly. I still give credit where it's due. I have mainly been focusing on the FMX side of the source code. What's new? It now has a non-visual FMX component that is threaded for background work. I know if I want to get this library ready for Android usage, it needs to be threaded. It can create both SVG and BMP file data. You can change the pixel colors while it's creating the SVG / BMP file data. I changed the black to blue and the white to violet... My Google pixel was still able to recognize the QR code quickly! There's a option to not use "inner style" in order to be compatible with Skia4Delphi. Road Map: I plan to create another SampleFMX application just for incorporating Skia4Delphi. Skia4Delphi has a SVG viewer that I wish to integrate with the component for those whom also want to use Skia4Delphi. I need to add resizing capabilities. If I can figure out how to resize the SVG version, then I can create the SVG version...resize it to any size then save it as BMP. Resizing BMP makes the QR code unusable. I eventually want to incorporate the QR code reader from Delphi ZXing and also include a better third party camera into gtDelphiZXingQRCode. Any other ideas are welcome.

I'm either thinking Direct2D, TBitmap, etc ?? But not sure? I googled Delphi Graphics Dial, etc.. couldn't find any useful information. Nothing urgent. But if you know off hand a good direction to take, your help will be much appreciated!

For the replicable w/ source see This has been happening for every version of Delphi I've ever owned... it still happens in Delphi 11.0 Enterprise. The only solution is to restart Delphi for every single change made to the component! Why do I always get Access Violation every time I rebuild a component? I've tried to uninstall / install after every build to the component...save .. open up a project that uses that component ... access violation ... solution Restart Delphi I've tried to just clean.. build... component...save .. open up a project that uses that component ... access violation ... solution Restart Delphi Why do I need to always restart Delphi (close delphi... then double click delphi to load it again) ... every time I rebuild a component?? Is there something that I can do to stop having to Restart Delphi to fix this issue? Any ideas?

While searching my installed packages I found that Delphi 11 uses designide270.bpl instead of designide280.bpl and won't let me replace it! I tried to remove the package and replace it with the 280 package, but Delphi won't let me do it! Any ideas or solutions?

If there's no work around, maybe they'll let me get a free update?

Component -> Install Packages -> Embarcadero Designer IDE Package

I'm guessing by the version information... it has both loaded??

Do you mean RS as Rad Studio? This is what I have... see picture: