A bug fix release that is especially for Delphi 2010 users is now available. Version 6.5.1 fixes an access violation when compiling packages in Delphi 2010 and it fixes a small bug with the package descriptor resource of the *.bpl files where some implicit used units weren’t listed in the resource. Homepage Download: Name IDE… Read More: IDE Fix Pack 6.5.1 released (Delphi 2009 – 10.3) »
After almost 5 years there is a new IDE Fix Pack 6.5 version available. Most of the development was done in early 2020, before I stopped working on the project. But because I had to add a bug-fix for Delphi 2009 to IDE Fix Pack, I thought that, with all those patches that were never… Read More: IDE Fix Pack 6.5 released (Delphi 2009 – 10.3) »
The source code of the Delphi IDE plugin DDevExtensions is now available on GitHub. There is also a release version for Delphi 10.4. It was not compiled by myself because I don’t have Delphi 10.4. But thanks to the DelphiPraxis fork you can download the release for Delphi 10.4 form GitHub. All releases for Delphi… Read More: DDevExtensions for Delphi 10.4 »
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: IDE Fix Pack 6.4.4 Hotfix for Delphi 10.3.2 »
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: IDE Fix Pack 6.4.3 for Delphi 10.3.2 »
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 And it also fixes a 9 year old bug with outdated data in the UnitName HashMap patch after a debug session that caused the compiler to… Read More: IDE Fix Pack 6.4.2 released (bugfix release) »
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: IDE Fix Pack 6.4.1 (only 10.3 without Update 1 and… »
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 6.5.1 2009 (UP4) IDEFixPack2009Reg65.1.7z 260.75 KB 1856 times 2025-01-07 IDE Fix Pack 6.5.1 2010 (UP5)… Read More: IDE Fix Pack 6.4 released »
In some of my applications I override the TCustomForm.CreateNew constructor to do some intialization before the DFM resource is loaded. Today I migrated one of these projects to Delphi 2009 and I got an access violation because an object was nil. Looking at the code that worked in Delphi 2007 I didn’t see the problem… Read More: TCustomForm.CreateNew in Delphi 2009 »
There are many bug reports for error insight where it sometimes thinks that TObject and all the other things from the System unit aren’t declared. The stange thing is that with my IDE Fix Pack 2.1, I don’t see these false positives anymore (There are other bugs in error insight, I’m talking here about the… Read More: Error Insight – TObject not declared »