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Where is the Welcomepage directory in Delphi 11 Alexandria?

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In Delphi 10.X the Welcomepage directory was:

 

C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\21.0\Welcomepage

 

And in the previous Delphi version it was:

 

C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\20.0\Welcomepage

 

But in Delphi 11 there is no such Welcomepage folder. So, where is the WelcomePage in Delphi 11 Alexandria located?

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Eventually, if it's still in files and not hidden for "some reason!?" you could do:

 

procmon

process name contains "bds"

path ends with "htm" (note there is no l"

and right click on welcome page and reload?refresh?(Aktualisieren)

 

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The welcome page is no longer HTML/CSS/JS, but a VCL solution now, so there is no such directory any longer.

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So it is no more possible to edit the WelcomePage *.HTM files? Or even to DEACTIVATE the WelcomePage altogether? Is that a new level of flexibility?

Edited by PeterPanettone

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For deactivation, just search the forum, that is possible.

 

Changing HTM is no longer an option.

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This article:

 

https://www.ideasawakened.com/post/customize-the-rad-studio-11-welcome-page-for-single-click-activations

 

...discusses a Registry key for the Delphi 11 WelcomePage:

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Embarcadero\BDS\22.0\WelcomePage

 

Unfortunately, the Registry key does not have many options. For example Relative Text Size just for the WelcomePage. Or disabling the WelcomePage.

Edited by PeterPanettone

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34 minutes ago, Attila Kovacs said:

"mainly to allow for better High DPI support"

 

ROTFL

Yeeees, HTML/CSS/JS has a really terrible High DPI support :classic_biggrin:

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49 minutes ago, sakura said:

The welcome page is no longer HTML/CSS/JS

You are right: It is now implemented in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Embarcadero\Studio\22.0\bin\WelcomePageIDE280.bpl

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At your own risk - Under 

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Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Embarcadero\BDS\22.0\Known IDE Packages

Rename $(BDS)\Bin\WelcomePageIDE280.bpl 

to f.x. XXX-$(BDS)\Bin\WelcomePageIDE280.bpl

 

When you start Delphi 11, it will state that the package can't be found and asks if you want to try to load it again on next start.

Voila - no welcome page.

 

You can do the same with the other WelcomePage packages as well since they then no longer are used.

 

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10 minutes ago, Lars Fosdal said:

At your own risk - Under 

Rename $(BDS)\Bin\WelcomePageIDE280.bpl 

to f.x. XXX-$(BDS)\Bin\WelcomePageIDE280.bpl

 

When you start Delphi 11, it will state that the package can't be found and asks if you want to try to load it again on next start.

Voila - no welcome page.

 

You can do the same with the other WelcomePage packages as well since they then no longer are used.

 

When restarting Delphi 11, it asked me 5 questions:

 

https://i.imgur.com/g5Ytbmh.png

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Why removing BPL parts which maybe cause unknown sideeffects,

and risking an unstable IDE as a newly installed tool,

while of course still complaining about any instabilities after installation,

when closing or ignoring of the Welcome page is just one click in the IDE ( so a no-brainer ) ?   🤔

 

I would keep IDE as "natural" as is, while exploring its behaviour and stability over a certain time, before I try to remove or install anything harmful with yet unknown results.

 

Edited by Rollo62

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18 minutes ago, Rollo62 said:

Welcome page is just one click in the IDE ( so a no-brainer )

I think you forgot the sarcasm tag 🙂

 

 

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Now, after deactivating the WelcomePage by renaming the WelcomePageIDE280.bpl, GetIt does not work anymore:

 

image.thumb.png.3d0742f72aef793c78f820a7ad7546fc.png

 

Is the GetIt functionality tied to the WelcomePage?

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I don't think so. I still have the welcome page, but GetIt is not loading data for me either.

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Servers down for maintenance or otherwise unreachable?
Cleaning lady pulled the plug?
Same old, same old...

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4 hours ago, PeterPanettone said:

Is that a new level of flexibility?

It is a different level of flexibility. At the bottom left of the new Welcome Page is a button that allows you to move, resize or even delete the available plugins. In the future this will be extended to add additional plugins and even write your own ones.

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After having deactivated the WelcomePage in the Delphi 11 IDE, (fortunately) an annoyance has gone: Previously, after loading a project in the IDE (even if that project was automatically restored by the IDE) the IDE often FROZE (!!) - i.e. menus and Editor/Designer toggling did not work anymore, etc.

 

Has anybody else experienced such an IDE FREEZING in Delphi 11?

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I experienced that the mouse stopped responding after compile. In those cases after that I was able to compile using keyboard shortcuts but it did required to restart the IDE.

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3 minutes ago, Lajos Juhász said:

I experienced that the mouse stopped responding after compile. In those cases after that I was able to compile using keyboard shortcuts but it did required to restart the IDE.

Did you also have REDRAW failures, i.e. the IDE window not being redrawn?

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So far I have spent only a couple of days using Delphi 11 and the project I am rewriting using it is a very small one. 

A couple of times LSP have had trouble to catch up with changes, I almost made a test case for Embarcadero, however magically after five minutes the LSP managed to process the code.

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