10.4.2 Released today - available to download

[Darian Miller 361]

Download available from my.embarcadero.com

 

[Darian Miller 361]

http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Sydney/en/10.4_Sydney_-_Release_2

[Lars Fosdal 1792]

Lots of good stuff to be discovered here.

[Steve Maughan 26]

I made the mistake of updating as soon as it was released. After installing (all default option) I found it had scrubbed my Win64 component path. The Win32 path is in tact but it'll be a right old pain to manually copy between the two. Also had to re-install OnGuard and Konopka components via GetIt (a modest pain).

 

Be warned,

 

Steve

[c0d3r 17]

1 hour ago, Steve Maughan said:

I made the mistake of updating as soon as it was released. After installing (all default option) I found it had scrubbed my Win64 component path. The Win32 path is in tact but it'll be a right old pain to manually copy between the two. Also had to re-install OnGuard and Konopka components via GetIt (a modest pain).

 

Be warned,

 

Steve

 

Yeah,  all my win64 component paths were wiped out.  Luckily, I had backup the registry before upgrade, so re-import the registry solves.

Edited February 24, 2021 by c0d3r

[Daniel 417]

Interesting. I have updated two separate installations from 10.4.1 to 10.4.2 and the Win64-paths are still present.

[Darian Miller 361]

Also note - it was stated in the 10.4.2 release webinar that the online help wasn't completely updated for 10.4.2.  The online wiki was updated, but the help is not completely up to date with 10.4.2.

 

One nice improvement with help is that you click on a compiler error and hit F1 to bring up the help for that error.  (Used to work back that way in Delphi 7)

 

[pyscripter 689]

I think a (the) highlight of this release is fixing [RSP-27375] Compiler generates disadvantageous code for try/finally - Embarcadero Technologies.   Thanks to @Mahdi Safsafifor coming up with a great suggestion and @Stefan Glienkefor creating the issue and pushing hard for its resolution.

[pyscripter 689]

4 hours ago, Steve Maughan said:

I made the mistake of updating as soon as it was released. After installing (all default option) I found it had scrubbed my Win64 component path. The Win32 path is in tact but it'll be a right old pain to manually copy between the two. Also had to re-install OnGuard and Konopka components via GetIt (a modest pain).

I was bitten by this a few times in previous upgrades.  This time I knew better...

Edited February 24, 2021 by pyscripter

[Stefan Glienke 2005]

9 hours ago, pyscripter said:

I think a (the) highlight of this release is fixing [RSP-27375] Compiler generates disadvantageous code for try/finally - Embarcadero Technologies.   Thanks to @Mahdi Safsafifor coming up with a great suggestion and @Stefan Glienkefor creating the issue and pushing hard for its resolution.

I am also glad we could find a solution - fyi the actual fix was done a bit different as suggested in the comments of that issue. Also thanks to @jbg who gave some input on the subject and @Bruneau who we worked with to get this solved.

[mvanrijnen 123]

Why not a simple update process instead of every time a full uninstall and install ?

 

[mvanrijnen 123]

This is a little odd in the installation notes:

You must install the Adobe Flash Player ......

 

because: Adobe Flash Player End of Life

Since Adobe no longer supports Flash Player after December 31, 2020 and blocked Flash content from running in Flash Player beginning January 12, 2021, Adobe strongly recommends all users immediately uninstall Flash Player to help protect their systems.  

[Fr0sT.Brutal 900]

I'm already glad they dropped dependency on that odd Visual J++ 😄

[Dalija Prasnikar 1396]

1 hour ago, mvanrijnen said:

This is a little odd in the installation notes:

 

You must install the Adobe Flash Player ......

 

 

because: Adobe Flash Player End of Life

 

Since Adobe no longer supports Flash Player after December 31, 2020 and blocked Flash content from running in Flash Player beginning January 12, 2021, Adobe strongly recommends all users immediately uninstall Flash Player to help protect their systems.  

 

Flash is not absolute requirement, but it is necessary for viewing interactive content when you generate modeling documentation.

Still, it is obsolete technology and should be removed.

 

https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-32771

[Jud 1]

On 2/24/2021 at 11:33 AM, Darian Miller said:

Download available from my.embarcadero.com

 

Where can I download it?  I'm a user of 10.4.1 and I had problems downloading the free trial.

[Darian Miller 361]

58 minutes ago, Jud said:

Where can I download it?  I'm a user of 10.4.1 and I had problems downloading the free trial.

 

Goto https://my.embarcadero.com and login and click the download link in the left panel.

 

 

[Darian Miller 361]

Note:  If you install 10.4.2 with the offline ISO you still have to put GetIt into online mode which can be done from the command prompt after installing:

 

GetItCmd.exe -c=useonline

 

Edited February 27, 2021 by Darian Miller

[Jud 1]

Thanks, I got it.

 

I read that 10.4.2 retains your old settings.  I also read that it requires a complete uninstall, and it defaults to saving your settings.  So I did an uninstall first, but it didn't retain my settings.

[Darian Miller 361]

46 minutes ago, Jud said:

Thanks, I got it.

 

I read that 10.4.2 retains your old settings.  I also read that it requires a complete uninstall, and it defaults to saving your settings.  So I did an uninstall first, but it didn't retain my settings.

 

You should not do a seperate manual uninstall.  If you manually uninstall, then you should manually save your settings first.  If you use the installer to install 10.4.2 and let it uninstall the prior version then you will be prompted to save your settings.