There was a bug in IDE Fix Pack 6.4.3 for Delphi 10.3.2 that caused the Win32 compiler to crash. The CodeGenMod.Win32.VirtFinalSealed patch didn’t work correctly. Even if the actual patch code doesn’t run without the “-x-fvs=1” compiler command line option extension specified, the hooking code failed to inject the correct code for the compiler’s version.… Read More »
With the newest Delphi 10.3.2 (Rio Update 2) the IDE Fix Pack failed with two compiler extension patches. The updated version 6.4.3 adds support for the Delphi 10.3.2 update. Only Delphi 10.3.2 requires this update. Older Delphi versions are unchanged and stay at IDE Fix Pack version 6.4.2. Download: Name IDE Version File Size Downloads… Read More »
After 18 years of using a sub-domain on a very old server on a domain that wasn’t owned by me, my blog and therefore IDEFixPack got a new home. My blog is now accessible via https://www.idefixpack.de . The old sub-domain has a “Moved Permanently” redirection to the new domain. Some time in the future the… Read More »
IDE Fix Pack 6.4.2 addresses two bugs. It fixes an issue with the TCustomListBox.ResetContent patch that was introduced with version 6.4 and caused EInvalidPointerOp exception with 3rdParty design editors. And it also fixes a 9 year old bug with outdated data in the UnitName HashMap patch after a debug session that caused the compiler to… Read More »
There was a bug in the IDE Fix Pack 6.4 for 10.3 Rio code that searches for the StyleUtils functions. It contained a hard coded (absolute) address that is only correct for the Update 1 VCL.BPL. So the patch failed for the RTM version or if the VCL.BPL is relocated (what is unlikely as it… Read More »
The new IDE Fix Pack 6.4 not only adds support for Delphi 10.3 Rio (including Update 1) but also comes with some new IDE und Win64 compiler performance optimizations. Download: Name IDE Version File Size Downloads Added IDE Fix Pack 6.4.2 2009 (UP4) IDEFixPack2009Reg64.2.7z 242.75 KB 1895 times 2019-03-23 IDE Fix Pack 6.4.2 2010 (UP5)… Read More »
When I work on my IDE plugins I constantly need to debug the IDE. To make my live a lot easier I wrote an IDE plugin that adds another symbol resolver to the Delphi Debugger, so the debugger can use the *.jdbg files and show the actual function names (including line numbers) in the call… Read More »
The DDevExtensions 2.85 and the DFMCheck 1.6 are now available for Delphi 10.3 Rio. DDevExtensions Changelog: Added: Support for Delphi 10.3 Rio Added: Use Unit dialog option “Every unit on a single line” Improved: UnitSelector Dialog in Delphi 2009 opens much faster Fixed: Structure-View search dropdown had a max height of 2 items DDevExtensions Name IDE Version… Read More »
There was an off-by-one bug in the Win64 Compiler Speed Pack for XE2 since the release of version 6.0. This caused the XE2 dcc64 compiler to generate defective code that caused crashes in the created executable file. The off-by-one bug only affected XE2. When I began writing the patches I used XE4 and all Win64… Read More »
The new IDE Fix Pack 6.3 adds some IDE fixes and makes DFM reading a little bit faster due to the usage of buffers on the stack instead of the TBytes heap allocations with unnecessary FillChar calls that were introduced with XE3. The compiler option extension -x-fpr also got a new feature. If a function… Read More »