ICS for RAD Studio 12.3

[Angus Robertson 625]

ICS V9.4 is ready for RAD Studio 12 Update 3, aka RAD Studio 12.3, and specifically the new 64-bit IDE.  The ICS Delphi V9.4 design packages already have Windows 64-bit as a target, allowing them to be installed into the 64-bit IDE.  The 32-bit IDE allows design packages to be built with target Windows 64-bit, but not installed.

 

Note the 64-bit IDE does not support Windows 32-bit targets, only Windows 64-bit.  If you use the IcsInstallVclFmx.groupproj Build Group, all design packages will be built for Windows 64-bit.

 

All the main samples build OK in the 64-bit IDE, with a Windows 64-bit target being automatically added, unfortunately even when deliberately missing such as the OverbyteIcsNetMon sample that does work in Windows 64-bit.

 

Currently, GetIt only works in read-only mode in the 64-bit IDE, so you will need to install ICS using GetIt from the 32-bit IDE, then start the 64-bit IDE and manually install the three design packages.

 

The ICS V9.4 C++ Builder packages can be currently be installed successfully into C++ Builder 12.3 32-bit IDE for the Windows 32-bit target only.  The 32-bit IDE should be able to build for Windows 64-bit and Win64x (Modern) as well, all the package paths are correct, but both targets currently give compiler errors.

 

The C++ Windows 64-bit errors are four unresolved external, and the same error happens in Delphi 11, so should be fixable by someone with C++ knowledge.  Building for Win64x (Modern) gives lots of undefined symbol errors due to RAD Studio being unable to import other packages compiled built with C++ Win64x, this error was reported six months ago for C++ 12.2 but is not fixed in 12.3.  So ICS can not be used in the C++ 64-bit IDE that only supports Win64x (Modern), not Windows 64-bit.

 

Separately, there is a new version of the DD Service Application Framework used by two of the ICS samples, adding support for 64-bit IDE Wizards.  Available shortly from https://www.magsys.co.uk/delphi/ddservice.asp

 

 

Angus