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Resolving size mismatch exceptions with the Delphi 7.1 update

2004-06-29T04:57:04-07:00

Thanks for the patch,i have install the ActnPopUpCtrl Patch after Delphi 7.1 Update. No Wonder but it is not funktional. Additional i missed the TSpinEdit Control i used in many forms. The Control is found after the update only in the CLX Lib - no more in the VCL.Is there anybody outside to explain it?Many Thanks from Germany

Resolving size mismatch exceptions with the Delphi 7.1 update

2004-05-22T07:36:57-07:00

Hi,Where and When can I download dbrtl70.bpl? How can I track this problem on Quality Central. I use the EXE version.Regards,Merio.

Resolving size mismatch exceptions with the Delphi 7.1 update

2004-05-19T06:25:20-07:00

Good clear article - thanks.Note that I think your exceptions example has an error, in that when an error is encountered, it is not added to itself, i.e. if you have multiple errors, you will only see the last one. Shouldn't the line be 'on exception - errors := errors + #13 + E.message.Again, thanksmatt cates

4 Stages of Grief

2004-05-18T08:40:45-07:00

Behavior between updates to a BPL should not be changed, fix the memory leaks and corruption, great. But new exceptions should not start being raised in the new update to shared libraries. Especially when it affects something so fundamental as TField.Since Borland chose to make this a 70 bpl rather than an increment to 71, programs which use the 70 bpl could suddenly stop working once the 70 bpl is installed. So even if your code didn't change, your apps could break if someone else updated the bpl to the updated (flawed) code.Testing shouldn't just include that it works as designed, but that the design itself doesn't break programs by doing impact analysis of the changes.This all makes me wonder if Borland is too far removed from serious DB development (client-server) to help me deal with the issues Enterprise-level developers face on a daily basis. I had gotten that impression that from the components (DBX components are buggy, limited and s..l..o..w) but Kaster confirmed my fears. I had always felt that Borland did understand the shortcomings and that they just had time/resource constraints and if we gave them enough time, they'd get things together. I don't feel that anymore. I was in Denial for years -- waiting for the next release/update/version which would fix the bugs, my previous messages show Anger, I passed through Depression upon realizing the futility of the fight, and now I've moved to the Acceptance stage of the grieving process. (A coworker even bought me a "There are no words that can truly ease the pain of a sudden loss like this..." card. What she didn't realize was that Delphi has been sick for years, it wasn't a shock.)I think one of the other posts sums it up, Delphi's audience is typically not Enterprise-level developers and when an app lives on the same machine as the database and nothing else is connected -- most likely it can have complete control over the table structure and the assumptions made with the 7.1 release would be a little more explainable; but sadly they just don't really consider our (n-tier developers) needs.I do disagree with the point from one of the other commenters that Borland is starting to bundle technologies that don't matter to the average user. Bold (now Eco in D8) is an AMAZING technology and it's quite unfortunate that Borland Marketing decided to imply that it was a step above Enterprise with how they packaged it. Bold/Eco are NOT good (yet) at distributed apps, but work amazingly well for regular desktop apps, and once you get past the learning curve, you will experience some of the most amazing development cycle improvements. However, Borland implied by it's marketing that it's for the developer who is even more than Enterprise level, which makes most developers ignore the technology thinking they don't need it and frustrates the Enterprise developers who get in and start working with it and realize without some significant work-arounds, it does not function on n-tier solutions with any amount of seriousness. The people who need Bold/Eco most don't even investigate it due to packaging and pricing & the people who Borland targets can't really use it... What an tremendous waste of a great technology!The relationship between me and Borland has reached an unfortunate end. Thankfully it came at a time where there finally are better options out there which makes my departure easier. I'm past the delusion that things will get fixed, that false hope had made me fear that I would've left without cause.

... and please...

2004-05-18T03:34:08-07:00

... show a little respect and don't ask me to submit this problem to that wonderful BugQuality Central you have. I have already lost a lot of MY PRECIOUS TIME dealing with problems generated by your incompetence.

Amazing reasons for a wonderful crash

2004-05-18T03:32:26-07:00

See how nice is the XML generated by TClientDataSet for a very simple nested dataset: ClientDataSet1Field3="A"

re: Excuse me? Thank you borland? Are you people insane??

2004-05-17T16:40:44-07:00

Stockholm syndrome. Or, if you still believe in Freud, an unresolved parental fixation.

Delphi 7.1 crashes when loading a MyBase XML file

2004-05-17T16:35:33-07:00

Nice update. I have a simple XML file I could create with D7.1. I added just a couple of records and saved it. Now I can't load it again. Doing that from the context menu, in the IDE, screws Delphi so hard that it crashes even without a poor single message. Congratulations, guys. I admit it's very difficult to achieve something like this today.

Delphi 7.2 update and Delphi 9

2004-05-14T11:22:28-07:00

When will update 7.2 come out and most of all, be a SERIOUS update?Anyone from the Delphi team is able to provide an answer to this question? Will Delphi 9 suffer from poor quality as does Delphi 7 or is the team currently focused on the quality and improvements that were promised to the language, VCL and CLX libraries in Delphi 9? To honestly tell you, Delphi 5 was the last version which I considered a serious quality product despite its bugs.

Delphi 7.2 update/Delphi 9

2004-05-14T11:21:29-07:00