Comments on: Update 4 for Delphi XE2 and C++Builder XE2 is now available http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/update-4-for-delphi-xe2-and-cbuilder-xe2-is-now-available/ Where Andreano Lanusse talk about technology, software development, programming techniques, databases, games and more through articles, tutorials and videos Fri, 28 Dec 2012 05:55:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 By: Herbert Sauro http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/update-4-for-delphi-xe2-and-cbuilder-xe2-is-now-available/#comment-10558 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:40:00 +0000 http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/?p=812#comment-10558 “As mentioned here and in the release notes; Yes, update 4 requires an uninstall and reinstall.”

It does, but its fairly trivial because the installer remembers all your installed components and settings which means you only have to install Delphi itself. I found it fairly painless.

]]> By: Bruce McGee http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/update-4-for-delphi-xe2-and-cbuilder-xe2-is-now-available/#comment-10556 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:03:03 +0000 http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/?p=812#comment-10556 @Luigi,

As mentioned here and in the release notes; Yes, update 4 requires an uninstall and reinstall.

I’m not sure why this is required this time around.

You can either perform the uninstall yourself, or the installation will take care of it for you.

http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/en/Release_Notes_for_XE2_Update_4

]]> By: LDS http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/update-4-for-delphi-xe2-and-cbuilder-xe2-is-now-available/#comment-10553 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:19:00 +0000 http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/?p=812#comment-10553 Where’s the update? I can see only the update ISO. Or does it mean we have to **fully uninstall** the product and reinstall it? Is so, please call it XE 2 ***BETA 4***

I do not expect to be forced to uninstall the product and reinstall it to “update” it.

BTW: a colleague of mine just tried the automatic update, it failed and now it has no Delphi XE 2 installed… great “experience”.

I really can’t understand why Delphi updates can’t update “in place” and attempt to uninstall everything. Looks to me those in charge of it are unable to design a decent solution.

]]> By: Bruce McGee http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/update-4-for-delphi-xe2-and-cbuilder-xe2-is-now-available/#comment-10550 Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:31:30 +0000 http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/?p=812#comment-10550 I was subtly hinting that Embarcadero might want to update the release notes. It’s supposed to be a feature, non an Easter egg.

🙂

]]> By: Herbert Sauro http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/update-4-for-delphi-xe2-and-cbuilder-xe2-is-now-available/#comment-10547 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:45:09 +0000 http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/?p=812#comment-10547 Here is a fix for the fuzzy fonts, reported by Alessandro Savoiardo, I can confirm it works.

Unofficial fix:

Copy into project “FMX.Canvas.GDIP.pas. change line 738:

TextRenderingDefault = TextRenderingHintAntiAlias;

to
TextRenderingDefault = TextRenderingHintSystemDefault

Copy from {$I FMX.Defines.inc} IFDEF code list.

Rebuild project for restore old font mode (and old my bug)

Alessandro Savoiardo

]]> By: Herbert Sauro http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/update-4-for-delphi-xe2-and-cbuilder-xe2-is-now-available/#comment-10546 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:17:38 +0000 http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/?p=812#comment-10546 One quick question, is Embarcadero aware of the fuzzy font issue with update 4? There is a QC at http://qc.embarcadero.com/wc/qcmain.aspx?d=103786. If someone has a work around for this the community would love to hear about it because the normal fix for this doesn’t appear to work anymore. At the moment FMX apps under update 4 will cause too much eye strain (apart from looking quite unprofessional) for users.

]]> By: Andreano Lanusse http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/update-4-for-delphi-xe2-and-cbuilder-xe2-is-now-available/#comment-10544 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:37:17 +0000 http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/?p=812#comment-10544 In reply to Bruce McGee.

Yes Bruce, that’s why I mention here 🙂

]]> By: Bruce McGee http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/update-4-for-delphi-xe2-and-cbuilder-xe2-is-now-available/#comment-10540 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:39:25 +0000 http://www.andreanolanusse.com/en/?p=812#comment-10540 The change to mobile connectors isn’t mentioned in the release notes.

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