April 2005 patch to 12.3

[Jud 1]

I just ran the installation for this patch.  The help/about page doesn't say anything about the patch.  It shows  Version 29.0.55362.2017 - does that indicate whether or not the patch was applied?

[Patrick PREMARTIN 121]

Did you installed it from GetIt or as a standalone program downloaded from https://my.embarcadero.com ?

 

In the first case it should say the patch has been installed. In the second not.

 

https://blogs.embarcadero.com/rad-studio-12-3-april-patch-available/

 

If you have FireMonkey projects on Mac/iOs, try to connect the IDE to PAServer. The patched version needs an update (the file is in the catalog repository folder of the patch).

Edited Wednesday at 05:58 AM by Patrick PREMARTIN

[Jud 1]

I couldn't install it from GetIt - the install button was disabled.  I downloaded the zip file and it seemed to run, I just can't tell if it actually installed.  I don't have any FireMonkey apps and I'm on Windows.

[haentschman 92]

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[MichaelT 9]

Run into the same issue with the downloaded patch. Maybe installing the PA Server is required. Wasn't there something similar in the past too? Honestly, I don't remember anymore but I have such a feeling.

 

After installing the April Patch from the Welcome Page the installer finished and April Patch could be found in the About Box too.

[ToddFrankson 9]

4 hours ago, MichaelT said:

Run into the same issue with the downloaded patch. Maybe installing the PA Server is required. Wasn't there something similar in the past too? Honestly, I don't remember anymore but I have such a feeling.

 

After installing the April Patch from the Welcome Page the installer finished and April Patch could be found in the About Box too.

I ran the installer from Getit.  My PAServer on the Mac worked fine without any changes.  I looked in the PAServer Directory and the "new" PAServer for the mac had the date of the 12.3 upgrade.

 

[MichaelT 9]

On 5/7/2025 at 5:40 PM, ToddFrankson said:

I ran the installer from Getit.  My PAServer on the Mac worked fine without any changes.  I looked in the PAServer Directory and the "new" PAServer for the mac had the date of the 12.3 upgrade.

 

EMB mentioned that the installer for the PA Server has to be executed as far as a manual install is concerned.

 

I installed from 12.3 from the ISO image and switched to GetIt to the online repository from the command-line.

 

I applied this patch and April patch was not displayed in the About box. Honestly I did have the impression that the installer applied new files after backup up the existing. I didn't check. GetIt itself didn't display an update but the I talked about was available on the Welcome Screen and that one worked and finished presenting a dialog with a message about successful installation. That's the difference to the manual install from the ZIP file.

 

In case of the offline installer the PA Server is deployed into a separate directory (ZIP File). Cannot tell you more and I have no idea if there is a difference between 12.3 and 12.3 with April patch., Simply because I installed 12.x for the first time in particular 12.3 together with the April patch. I gave up bothering with new RAD Studio versions. I simply take the last known working combination of version installed plus patches an that's it. I just use VCL and most of the time in already spend in Lazarus/FPC anyway. Programming is one of my hobbies but not the only one.