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September 2011
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IDE Fix Pack 4.5 Release Candidate (2009-XE)
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– I have uploaded a new release candidate for IDE Fix Pack 4.5. This version fixes the Directory-Cache debugger bug where the debugger doesn’t find the source files anymore. I have also uploaded an updated version of the fastdcc commandline compiler hook tool. Name IDE Version File Size Downloads ...
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DDevExtensions 2.5 with XE2 support
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– The new DDevExtensions 2.5 supports the brand new RAD Studio XE2. If you enable the “Replace Open File At Cursor” config checkbox, you will be able to open units that aren’t fully unit scope qualified (like “Windows” instead of “Winapi.Windows”). The IDE doesn’t seem to support this, so I added the ...
August 2011
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IDE Fix Pack 4.4 released
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– The IDE Fix Pack 4.3 release had a bug in the directory cache implementation. I was naive enough to think that if a TryGetValue kind of function returns false, the output value can stay uninitialized. But not so with the Delphi compiler’s file search function if you compile a package. There, even if ...
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IDE Fix Pack 4.3 released
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– After 2 months of beta testing and daily usage, I release the next version of IDE Fix Pack 4.3. This release introduces the “compiler directory cache” feature that collects all files in the compiler’s search path before the actual compilation starts. With this cache in place, the compiler’s brute ...
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Delphi’s Log View got a performance boost
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– When you debug an application that outputs a lot of messages to the Log View, the IDE becomes unresponsive and has painting issues. In the following video I show you how responsive the IDE could be with the upcoming IDE Fix Pack. --> -->
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IDE Fix Pack 4.3 Beta 4
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– Beta 4 fixes the map file creation bug that was introduced in Beta 3. No changes for Delphi/C++Builder 2007, so it stays at Beta 3. Changes compared to Beta 2: Full unsaved files support (fixes the Project.res problem) Faster file collection for the directory cache in Windows 7/2008 R2 Improved ...
July 2011
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IDE Fix Pack 4.3 Beta 3
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– I have uploaded a new IDE Fix Pack 4.3 beta build. The directory cache got some optimizations and bug fixes. Furthermore I did some other I/O optimizations and I added an experimental fastdcc.exe command line tool that hooks the command line compiler. Changes compared to Beta 2: Full unsaved files ...
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Hiding the TObject.Create constructor
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– If you design your classes you may get to a point where you want to have multiple overloaded constructors in your class. But all these overloaded constructors have parameters and a parameter-less constructor doesn’t make sense. And it should be forbidden to call it. Unfortunately Delphi doesn’t ...
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DDevExtensions 2.4
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– I eventually found the time to release version 2.4 of my DDevExtensions RAD Studio IDE Plugin that I used for months myself. “Package Add Unit” dialog replaced by “File Open” dialogWhen you add a unit to a package project the “Package Add Unit” dialog changes your project’s search path. That is ...
June 2011
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Directory cache for the compiler – aka IDE Fix Pack 4.3 Beta
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– Now that IDE Fix Pack 4.2 is out, I can finally give you an experimental “directory cache” for the Delphi compiler (Delphi 2009/2010/XE). Let’s see how fast that makes the compilation. The 2007 version doesn’t contain the directory cache, it only fixes QC #40945: Right ALT-key causes exception under ...
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IDE Fix Pack 4.2 released
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– The new IDE Fix Pack 4.2 is now available. Changes from 4.1 to 4.2 (2011-06-20) Added: Prevent IDE deadlocks Added: HelpInsight parsing is done in the background when moving the mouse over an identifier (2009/2010) Added: Much improved IDE startup performance Added: Some old Debugger C-RTL ...
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AsyncCalls 2.97 bug-fix release
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– I just released the bug-fix version 2.97 of my AsyncCalls unit. Version 2.97 changelog: Fixed: The thread priority wasn’t reset to Normal for new AsyncCall tasks. Replaced Suspend/Resume code to prevent a race condition where all threads are suspended but their FSuspended flag is false. ...
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IDE Fix Pack 4.2 Release Candidate
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– The previous IDE Fix Pack 4.2 Previews had problems with Delphi 2007. I forgot that some strings in the Delphi 2007 IDE are declared as WideString while they are declared as “string” (aka UnicodeString) in newer Delphi versions. So one of the “cracker” classes accessed them as string (=AnsiString) ...
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My? downloads on torry.net
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– Somebody is impersonating me on torry.net. He grabs everything from my download page and uploads it. Some years ago I acquired access to this torry.net account but as it seems this person got the account back. I have nothing against torry.net but I don’t like it if somebody impersonates me and ...
May 2011
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IDE Fix Pack 4.2 Preview 2
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– Changes from Preview 1 to 2: Removed: No search for non-existing $(WINDIR)\Globalization files on IDE start, because it could cause problems when loading the IDE’s .NET part. Fixed: IDE’s background compiler didn’t work with non-ASCII paths and filenames (Delphi XE) Some tweaking and sanity checks ...
