Delphi 12 IDE: unchecking a component is NOT SAVED

[alogrep 0]

HI

I installed nexusdb into Delphi 12, and I got the error shown in the jpg attached.

Nexusdb asked me to uncheck the package in Install Packages and see what happens.

I guess that was to decide if the error was a Nexus one or a Delphi one.

But when I uncheck the package, the check mark disappears alright, I press OK, restart the 

IDE , I get the same error and the package is still CHECKED.

Somebody can help with this? Is there a  manual way to ensure the unchecked package 

remains unchecked? 

 

[Remy Lebeau 1493]

11 minutes ago, alogrep said:

Is there a manual way to ensure the unchecked package remains unchecked?

You can update the "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Embarcadero\BDS\23.0\Known Packages" Registry key.  Find the entry for the package, and either:

• modify the entry's Data value to prefix it with an underscore ("_").
• remove the entry (optionally move it to the "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Embarcadero\BDS\23.0\Disabled Packages" key)

 

Edited January 9, 2024 by Remy Lebeau

[Uwe Raabe 2090]

This is already known: https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-14289

[Dave Nottage 577]

21 minutes ago, alogrep said:

Somebody can help with this?

 

3 minutes ago, Uwe Raabe said:

This is already known: https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-14289

It's a case of poor or missing documentation. If you have a project open and uncheck a package, the package will not be loaded again for that project. If you uncheck a package with no project open then you should see the package unchecked if you reload the IDE.

[Uwe Raabe 2090]

Interestingly it works the other way round: When you check one of the Microsoft Office Automation Server packages it will stay checked when the IDE is restarted. Now you just can't get rid of it again by just unchecking...

[Dave Nottage 577]

2 minutes ago, Uwe Raabe said:

Now you just can't get rid of it again by just unchecking...

Even when no project is loaded? Then that is a bug.

[Uwe Raabe 2090]

When a project is loaded all changes are local to the project. 

When no project is loaded all changes should be permanent.

 

This has been the behavior since the beginning of Delphi, but that volatile unchecking bug crept in some time ago. Versions up to Delphi 7 even had a checkbox to make it permanent while a project is open (sorry, I only have a German D7 at hand)

[alogrep 0]

Thanks Remy Lebeau. Your suggestion worked.