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Specs: Delphi XE7, FMX, Win7, Win10, - Creating an App Tethering app for each platform (windows/android/tablet/laptop) I've had my share of problems in this app tethering endeavor but over-come most, if not all of them. In this latest issue I appear to have found a slight bug in the differences between Delphi XE7 and Delphi 12 (and I'm sure in previous version as well). Let me explain. 1. I have several demo app tethering that I created in Delphi XE7 for a windows 7 laptop and android 12 phone, and they work fine. I can send/receive text. 2. I have also create demo apps for app tethering in Delphi 11.2/12.0 for a windows 10 tablet and laptop, and they work fine. I can send/receive text. 3. The problem arrises when I create the same project in XE7, and using the same setup I would in the other app tethering (Password, Resource->Kind=value, Resource->Name=text, ResType=data) but that the send and receive app(s) do not find each other. So, the XE7 app tether cannot find that D11 or D12 app tethering and vise-versa. I need to create certain apps under XE7 for my daily windows 7 laptop because this is my main working computer. My other win10 tablet and laptop(s) are my secondary work devices. My question is, is there a work-around for this?

I have installed PowerPDF in Delphi 12 via GitHub. The master package in Git seems to be made ready for Delphi12 (there is an 11AndAbove subdir). In previous Delphi versions I used to install PowerPDF via GetIt, but the package still is not available. After about 3 months I can no longer wait. Anyway, it looks like the installation was a success: all controls are in place, and I can drop a TPrReport component on a form. However, the next step, i.e. to drop a TPrPage, fails, showing the "Class Arial not found" message. Since a TPrPage is the container for all other PowerPDF controls, the package is unusable. I have no idea how to get it to work. Do you? I very much appreciate your help or hints.

I've run into a D12 issue: The GetIt FastReports installer now installs to a user owned path! C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\23.0\CatalogRepository\FastReport-2023.3\ It used to be: C:\Program Files (x86)\FastReports\ This is a problem because our build server doesn't see that path as it runs with a different AD user than the user that installed Delphi, and hence barfs when trying compile units that contain Fast Reports units. Has anyone found a good solution to this?