10.4.1 Released today

[Darian Miller 361]

Marco's announcement on the new blogs site: 

https://blogs.embarcadero.com/rad-studio-10-4-1-has-been-released/

 

 

Updated my wiki page with info on 10.4.1: https://github.com/ideasawakened/DelphiKB/wiki/D27.SYDNEY.10.4.1.0

 

RAD Studio 10.4.1 has a strong focus on quality improvements. Key quality focus areas include:

• IDE
• Delphi Code Insight (LSP)
• Parallel Library
• SOAP & XML
• C++ Toolchain
• FireMonkey
• VCL
• Delphi Compiler
• iOS Deployment

New Features

• Packages can now have an automatic version suffix (instead of manually updating and specifying the right version suffix with each new release)
• New reader-write lock implementation via the new TLightweightMREW record
  • Faster and more lightweight than the TMultiReadExclusiveWriteSynchronizer (TMREW)
  • Works across all platforms (TMEW was a simple critical section on some)
• Much improved support for multi-monitor desktop layouts and 4k monitors
• The floating form designer has been removed
• The Broadcast to devices option is now off by default
• Platform Support Deployment to Windows Server 2019 now supported
• The LSP based Code Insight much improved from its initial 10.4 release

[Daniel 417]

Just for completeness:

 

Customers on Update Subscription can download and install RAD Studio 10.4.1 today from

https://my.embarcadero.com

 

Release Notes:

http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Sydney/en/10.4_Sydney_-_Release_1

 

List of fixed Bugs:

http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Sydney/en/New_features_and_customer_reported_issues_fixed_in_RAD_Studio_10.4.1

 

 

As a side-note:

If you use the offline installer (ISO-image), RAD Studio will not be able to access the GetIt Package Manager until you manually switch to "online mode". To do this, you have to use the GetItCmd.exe tool: GetItCmd.exe -c=useonline

 

 

[David Heffernan 2345]

Lightweight MREW sounds useful. One does wonder if it works, having experienced the monitor debacle.

[pyscripter 689]

The fix to TMonitor discussed in 

 is in.

[pyscripter 689]

Wow!  And a fix for Threading - Incorrect calculation of IdleWorkerThreadCount.

 

See https://en.delphipraxis.net/topic/2428-threads-in-ppl-thread-pool-not-returning-to-idle-as-expected/

 

[ConstantGardener 31]

https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-30755

 

...and some new bugs/regressions. TSpeedButton dont show the correct font anymore. You can change it to any font/Size and so on, but the font stay's the same.

Edited September 2, 2020 by ConstantGardener

[Daniel 417]

Please be so kind and add a couple of words about a link to QP. Is that a fix that went in and makes you the happiest person on earth, is that a fix that did not went in or is that a new bug-report for 10.4.1 ?

[timfrost 78]

Since you ask, just some GUI issues:  

https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-30043  Nothing major, just simple and annoying; not included in the fix.

https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSB-3800    Equally annoying; included 

[Anders Melander 1782]

There's no need to post the issues that weren't fixed when we have a list of those that (allegedly) was.

[Anders Melander 1782]

2 hours ago, David Heffernan said:

Lightweight MREW sounds useful. One does wonder if it works

I just checked the source: On Windows it's just a wrapper around the Windows SRW lock.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sync/slim-reader-writer--srw--locks

[sjordi 39]

Full install from scratch or the promised upgrade path on top of 10.4 ?
Any idea?

 

[Wil van Antwerpen 25]

Full uninstall and reinstall as is noted here:

http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Sydney/en/10.4_Sydney_-_Release_1

[Ian Branch 127]

Updated via the Web installer with only one hiccup - It couldn't find the Patch 2 stuff to presumably delete it.  It flagged it twice then opened Windows Explorer at the apparent directory, I just closed Explorer, and the install continued successfully to the complete install.

The only comparability issue I have found so far is with CnPack/Wizards 1.2.0.1010, and that is an annoyance, not a deal breaker.

[Clément 148]

Just updated from 10.4 with Patch 1,2,3 applied. (WebInstall).
No problems so far

[bdw_nz20 11]

For C++ users its a real shame there is yet still no fix for Code Completion not working now for 3-4 years.

[Arnaud Bouchez 407]

We can report that a compiler regression about wrongly optimized result value was fixed with 10.4.1.

https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-30088

 

Even if it has been reported in JIRA as "Expected behavior". 😞

https://synopse.info/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=32966#p32966

[Sherlock 663]

4 hours ago, bdw_nz20 said:

For C++ users its a real shame there is yet still no fix for Code Completion not working now for 3-4 years.

I guess anyone who hasn't jumped ship by now just doesn't care anymore. 😞

[dummzeuch 1505]

Quote

Smaller but notable fixes

• "-showotamenunames" (used by ToolsAPI developers) has been re-enabled.

 

Interesting, I didn't even know this exists. Now that I do, I found that Steve Trefethen blogged about it in 2005: Command line option to display menu item names in Delphi 2006

 

Edited September 3, 2020 by dummzeuch

[dummzeuch 1505]

Not so impressed:

Installation worked fine and was fast, but ...

• The Web-Installer installed to c:\program files (x86) even though my 10.4 installation was somewhere else.
• When the IDE started with my custom layout (which is not a floating designer layout), I get an AV in rtl270.bpl. The same happens when I try to switch to that layout later.
• Trying to load any existing project crashes the IDE

I'll do an uninstall and try again, this time trying to not miss the option for a custom installation path. I seem to remember from other installations that there was one.

 

Edit2: Uninstalling, deleting the Registry entries and also deleting the old installation directory fixed both crashes.

Edit3: Missed the option to select a custom installation path three times. It's here:

Edited September 3, 2020 by dummzeuch

[mausmb 13]

Hi,

 

Problems :

 

1. with debuger (https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-30772?filter=-4) - object inspector not working after first selection.

2. ListView "onchange" not fired/working with mouse and/or navigation keys (https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-30771?filter=-4)

 

br,

m

[Cristian Peța 103]

7 minutes ago, dummzeuch said:

When the IDE started with my custom layout (which is not a floating designer layout), I get an AV in rtl270.bpl.

Something like this?

https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-30773

[dummzeuch 1505]

2 minutes ago, Cristian Peța said:

Something like this?

https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-30773

No, it doesn't say anything about the reason, just crashes and I get the Windows error dialog.

[KHJ 8]

21 minutes ago, dummzeuch said:

 

EDIT: Apparently the option to install to a custom path is gone. 😞

No, there was a button "Option" to select the custom path during the installation.

[Anders Melander 1782]

21 minutes ago, dummzeuch said:

EDIT: Apparently the option to install to a custom path is gone.

No. It's just very easy to miss. Bad installer UI.

 

23 minutes ago, dummzeuch said:

The Web-Installer installed to c:\program files (x86) even though my 10.4 installation was somewhere else.

The 10.4.1 release notes stated that there would be an option in the 10.4 uninstaller to keep the settings, but I didn't see any.

[Sherlock 663]

1 minute ago, Anders Melander said:

The 10.4.1 release notes stated that there would be an option in the 10.4 uninstaller to keep the settings, but I didn't see any.

It's on the very first dialogue.