Where is the Welcomepage directory in Delphi 11 Alexandria?

[PeterPanettone 157]

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?

[Attila Kovacs 629]

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)

 

[Rollo62 536]

This has changed completely.

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

[Attila Kovacs 629]

"mainly to allow for better High DPI support"

 

ROTFL

[sakura 45]

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

[PeterPanettone 157]

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 October 14, 2021 by PeterPanettone

[sakura 45]

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

 

Changing HTM is no longer an option.

[PeterPanettone 157]

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 October 14, 2021 by PeterPanettone

[Rollo62 536]

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

[PeterPanettone 157]

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

[Lars Fosdal 1792]

At your own risk - Under 

Quote

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.

 

[PeterPanettone 157]

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

[Lars Fosdal 1792]

One per Package you disabled.  

[Rollo62 536]

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 October 14, 2021 by Rollo62

[FredS 138]

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 🙂

 

 

[PeterPanettone 157]

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

 

 

Is the GetIt functionality tied to the WelcomePage?

[Lars Fosdal 1792]

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

[PeterPanettone 157]

2 minutes ago, Lars Fosdal said:

GetIt is not loading data for me either

What could be the cause of GetIt not working?

[Lars Fosdal 1792]

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

[Stano 143]

Now server

[Uwe Raabe 2057]

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.

[PeterPanettone 157]

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?

[Lajos Juhász 293]

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.

[PeterPanettone 157]

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?

[Lajos Juhász 293]

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.