Delphi 10.4 (.1) Welcome Page

[c0d3r 17]

I'm really frustrating with this dump "Welcome Page" implementation.  Is it too hard to these guys to implement a "Welcome Page"??,   Ever since 10.4 now 10.4.1, I have to disable this sh!t so that I could make Ctrl-Click works without crashing the Delphi with a fairly large project.  Is that so difficulty to have a working "Welcome Page"??

 

I can't imagine how a software company would provide us a good/reliable system and they can't even make a "Welcome Page" working properly?!

Edited September 8, 2020 by c0d3r

[Guest]

Strong wording but i agree it's a bit EMBArrassing.

[Vandrovnik 214]

Disabling Welcome Page is on my check list for Delphi installation 🙂

[Darian Miller 361]

56 minutes ago, Vandrovnik said:

Disabling Welcome Page is on my check list for Delphi installation 🙂

+1.

 

I use a manual batch file or an automated script.  Part of the batch file:

echo add LiveBinding set of packages to list of globally disabled packages as they slow down form editing and am currently not using
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0\Disabled Packages" /v "$(BDSBIN)\dclbindcomp270.bpl" /t REG_SZ /d "Embarcadero LiveBindings Components" /f
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0\Disabled Packages" /v "$(BDSBIN)\dclbindcompfmx270.bpl" /t REG_SZ /d "Embarcadero LiveBindings Components FireMonkey" /f
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0\Disabled Packages" /v "$(BDSBIN)\dclbindcompvcl270.bpl" /t REG_SZ /d "Embarcadero LiveBindings Components VCL" /f
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0\Disabled Packages" /v "$(BDSBIN)\dclbindcompdbx270.bpl" /t REG_SZ /d "LiveBindings Expression Components DbExpress" /f
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0\Disabled Packages" /v "$(BDSBIN)\dclbindcompfiredac270.bpl" /t REG_SZ /d "LiveBinding Expression Components FireDac" /f
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0\Disabled Packages" /v "$(BDSBIN)\dclbindcomp270.bpl" /t REG_SZ /d "Embarcadero LiveBindings Components" /f

echo Prefix description with an underscore to disable known IDE packages - added suffix signifying intentionally disabled
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0\Known IDE Packages" /v "$(BDS)\Bin\GuidedTour270.bpl" /t REG_SZ /d "_Embarcadero Guided Tour Package (Intentionally Disabled)" /f
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0\Known IDE Packages" /v "$(BDS)\Bin\startpageide270.bpl" /t REG_SZ /d "_Start Page IDE Package (Intentionally Disabled)" /f
reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0\Known IDE Packages" /v "$(BDS)\Bin\TrackingSystem270.bpl" /t REG_SZ /d "_Embarcadero Tracking System Package (Intentionally Disabled)" /f
pause

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0\Editor\Options" /v "Visible Right Margin" /t REG_SZ /d "False" /f

reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\21.0\Debugging\Embarcadero Debuggers" /v "Break On Language Exceptions" /t REG_SZ /d "0" /f

 

[haentschman 92]

Hi...

 

the solution ist here... https://www.danielwolf.eu/blog/2015/1668-meine-vorstellung-einer-willkommens-seite

 

...slim and effective

[MarkShark 27]

@Darian Miller  Thank you for posting that.  I forgot to do that when I moved to 10.4 and have been meaning to look it up. 

[corneliusdavid 214]

This is awesome!  Thank you for posting that.

I like it better than my solution.