PeterPanettone 157 Posted October 14, 2021 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? Share this post Link to post
Attila Kovacs 627 Posted October 14, 2021 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) Share this post Link to post
Rollo62 533 Posted October 14, 2021 This has changed completely. https://www.ideasawakened.com/post/customize-the-rad-studio-11-welcome-page-for-single-click-activations Share this post Link to post
Attila Kovacs 627 Posted October 14, 2021 "mainly to allow for better High DPI support" ROTFL 2 Share this post Link to post
sakura 45 Posted October 14, 2021 The welcome page is no longer HTML/CSS/JS, but a VCL solution now, so there is no such directory any longer. Share this post Link to post
PeterPanettone 157 Posted October 14, 2021 (edited) 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 Share this post Link to post
sakura 45 Posted October 14, 2021 For deactivation, just search the forum, that is possible. Changing HTM is no longer an option. Share this post Link to post
PeterPanettone 157 Posted October 14, 2021 (edited) 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 Share this post Link to post
Rollo62 533 Posted October 14, 2021 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 1 Share this post Link to post
PeterPanettone 157 Posted October 14, 2021 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 Share this post Link to post
Lars Fosdal 1789 Posted October 14, 2021 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. Share this post Link to post
PeterPanettone 157 Posted October 14, 2021 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 Share this post Link to post
Rollo62 533 Posted October 14, 2021 (edited) 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 Share this post Link to post
FredS 138 Posted October 14, 2021 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 🙂 1 Share this post Link to post
PeterPanettone 157 Posted October 14, 2021 Now, after deactivating the WelcomePage by renaming the WelcomePageIDE280.bpl, GetIt does not work anymore: Is the GetIt functionality tied to the WelcomePage? Share this post Link to post
Lars Fosdal 1789 Posted October 14, 2021 I don't think so. I still have the welcome page, but GetIt is not loading data for me either. Share this post Link to post
PeterPanettone 157 Posted October 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, Lars Fosdal said: GetIt is not loading data for me either What could be the cause of GetIt not working? Share this post Link to post
Lars Fosdal 1789 Posted October 14, 2021 Servers down for maintenance or otherwise unreachable? Cleaning lady pulled the plug? Same old, same old... Share this post Link to post
Uwe Raabe 2055 Posted October 14, 2021 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. Share this post Link to post
PeterPanettone 157 Posted October 15, 2021 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? Share this post Link to post
Lajos Juhász 292 Posted October 15, 2021 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. Share this post Link to post
PeterPanettone 157 Posted October 15, 2021 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? Share this post Link to post
Lajos Juhász 292 Posted October 15, 2021 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. Share this post Link to post