Adding macOS directory path crashing IDE (RAD Studio 11.3, Windows 11 ARM, Apple Silicon, Parallels)

[Navid Madani 1]

Hi:

 

I am using RAD Studio 11.3 on Windows ARM running on Apple Silicon/macOS Ventura via Parallels. I am trying to set up my custom packages (mostly written by myself) that under Windows are in the Documents/Embarcadero/Studio/ subdirectory. Parallels conveniently shares the home directory between Windows and macOS that makes sharing common files (Lisp, C, Python, Delphi) easier. Can anyone confirm that with a setup like mine, adding a library path to

 

Tools → Options... → Language → Delphi → Library → Browsing Path

 

such as:

 

\\Mac\Home\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\Virtual-TreeView

 

causes the IDE to choke and need to be shut down via task manager?

 

Many thanks to everyone in this great community!

Edited April 15, 2023 by Navid Madani

[Brian Evans 83]

The IDE certainly scans the various library path directories a lot and when it does so the performance probably tanks with a Parallels shared home directory vs a real directory. Same thing happens for invalid paths - the IDE spends a lot of time waiting / working to the point it feels like it has locked up. This applies to a lot of virtual / network / shared directories that end up having  a lot of access calls - they will perform very poorly compared to local files on a native file system.

[Navid Madani 1]

Thank you for your post. The problem does not appear to be related to performance when scanning a shared Parallels directory. The performance when building large projects saved on the shared home directory is comparable to native Windows machines with i-9 processors and SSD drives. I think the problem lies in that the IDE does not recognize the shared directory browsing path at all.