Embarcadero Toaster - Notification Window Caption in Win10

[Shavkat PANDA 0]

When called for the first time (since OS started) the Notification Caption looks like this (see pic). All other times it's just like expected (program name).

 

How to fix that?

[Guest]

try TenForums about MSWindows system.

Notification Settings: What is "Embarcadero.Desktop.Toasts.CF4ADDBE" ?

https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/80933-notification-settings-what-embarcadero-desktop-toasts-cf4addbe.html

 

NOTE: See at Computador\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings some reference about the "app"-ghos

Edited December 21, 2020 by Guest

[Der schöne Günther 316]

Which Delphi version are you using? When I check in 10.0 Seattle, the following code from System.Win.Notification makes it pretty obvious:

 

constructor TNotificationCenterWinRT.Create;
var
  LWSAppID: TWindowsString;
begin
  inherited;
  FNotifications := TDictionary<string, IToastNotification>.Create;
  LWSAppID := TWindowsString.Create(AppId + THashBobJenkins.GetHashString(ParamStr(0)));
  FToastNotifier := TToastNotificationManager.Statics.CreateToastNotifier(LWSAppID);
end;

  private const
    AppId = 'Embarcadero.DesktopToasts.';

I would not expect it is still like this in current Delphi versions.

[Shavkat PANDA 0]

I've got 10.4.1 Enterprise

as I said, it only happens once within each Windows session. next notification is okay

 

[Der schöne Günther 316]

I don't have a full solution for you. The "Embarcadero.DesktopToasts." plus some hash value at the end is hardcoded into System.Win.Notification.pas

 

You need to take a look at the constructor above and probably

class function TNotificationCenterWinRT.CreateShortcut(): Boolean;

 

I would assume (not tested) that you can either

1. Create your own subclass of TNotificationCenterWinRT that does not have this weird behaviour
2. Modify System.Win.Notification.pas

 

Also, you might want to post this at quality.embarcadero.com

 

Altough the last time it was brought up (2016), it was closed as "Cannot reproduce"

https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-14776

Edited December 21, 2020 by Der schöne Günther

[Nasreddine 2]

On 12/21/2020 at 5:59 PM, emailx45 said:

try TenForums about MSWindows system.

Notification Settings: What is "Embarcadero.Desktop.Toasts.CF4ADDBE" ?

https://www.tenforums.com/general-support/80933-notification-settings-what-embarcadero-desktop-toasts-cf4addbe.html

 

NOTE: See at Computador\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Notifications\Settings some reference about the "app"-ghos

By the way It was really funny to see people trying to know what it is.

 

[Nasreddine 2]

On 12/21/2020 at 6:10 PM, Der schöne Günther said:

Which Delphi version are you using? When I check in 10.0 Seattle, the following code from System.Win.Notification makes it pretty obvious:

 

constructor TNotificationCenterWinRT.Create;
var
  LWSAppID: TWindowsString;
begin
  inherited;
  FNotifications := TDictionary<string, IToastNotification>.Create;
  LWSAppID := TWindowsString.Create(AppId + THashBobJenkins.GetHashString(ParamStr(0)));
  FToastNotifier := TToastNotificationManager.Statics.CreateToastNotifier(LWSAppID);
end;

  private const
    AppId = 'Embarcadero.DesktopToasts.';

I would not expect it is still like this in current Delphi versions.

It is still there just in a new refactored structure but the same logic.

[Nasreddine 2]

I have created an issue in quality portal, I hope you do not mind the picture.

https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-32375 

[Guest]

RAD Studio 10.4.1 + FMX project + TNotificationCenter

• message is showed in first click and none error for here!

hug

[Der schöne Günther 316]

I can reproduce it on Windows Build 19042 as well:

 

Windows Build	Windows 10 Name	Pass?
19042.804	20H2	❌
19041.804	2004	✅
18363.657	1909	✅

[Guest]

in time, I had serious problem with MSWindows 10 Enterprise build 20H2 ...19042.804 and my Kaspersky IS 2021!!! 

 

all was very well... then, one day "boooommmm"

crash all system whole.

later, when I try open any software not MS ... in ~3 seconds later load it and the app was cloded no error, no message, nothing.

solution: reformat disk and goback to buil 2004 with same softwares as before.

 

this remember me about Oct/2018 the infame release MSWindows  

 

for while,  no update for this new 20H2 build.

Until, ... before 746 was ok... but later... dont

Edited February 12, 2021 by Guest

[Patrick PREMARTIN 69]

Hi

 

For those how haven't seen it, the solution is to call PlatformInitialize on your TNotificationCenter component some times before sending any notification like in FormCreate event.

 

Windows will have time to see the shortcut file linked to the registry key and the notification and so not display the registry key name but the EXE file name instead.

 

This problem is just a simple delay in Windows between creating files and seeing them in other API... 

 

If you have previous Delphi releases, without PlatformInitialize method, you can create a shortcut to your program in the user startup menu program folder. It should work.