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April 6, 2017

Windows 10 Creators Update and Delphi 10.2

Today Microsoft shipped Windows 10 Creators Update. I installed it and also did some testing of the Bash shell. From the Delphi perspective, of course.

Creators Update Developers Information

Today Microsoft shipped Windows 10 Creators Update. You can read some of the key developers information in many places, including:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/whats-new/windows-10-version-1703

https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2017/04/05/windows-10-creators-update-creators-update-sdk-released

https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2017/03/31/desktop-bridge-creators-update/

The most relevant change for VCL developers is the fact that High-DPI support has further changes, something we are still assessing internally. There are some interesting new APIs like "Payment Request API". Also notice the additional options for Windows Desktop Bridge apps, ranging from resource explorer handlers to COM servers,

Installing Windows 10 Creators Update

I upgraded my main Windows 10 PC to the new release and the installed it and the process was smooth. Notice that if you are not offered an update, you can still download an application to do it sooner. Very smooth process, but not slow.

Delphi On Creators Update

I had RAD Studio 10.2 already installed on the PC, so all I have to do it start it and build some VCL and FireMonkey applications. There is no significant difference, and everything worked fairly smoothly. Including UWP applications installed using the Windows Desktop Bridge. No surprise, also because I had already installed the RTM version and previously some beta versions of Tokyo on a VM with recent builds of Windows.

And Delphi Linux in the Ubuntu / Bash Shell

The last test I did was installing also the Ubuntu Bash shell part of Windows 10 (even if still in beta). This was fairly smooth. In fact I was chatting with Matthias, who also blogged about it earlier today (in German) at https://community.embarcadero.com/blogs/entry/bash-on-ubuntu-on-windows-1703-creators-update-und-delphi.

Given the bash shell has access to your file system, you can easily compile an application in Delphi for Linux and run it on the bash shell right away. This is not a VM, it runs in the native computer. Below you can see an image related with the installation and one with a simple application in the IDE and running in bash on Windows:

The missing element is PAServer (and the version of GDB it uses) still has issues running on the bash shell, something we are loooking forwrd to fix and support. Stay tuned.

posted by marcocantu @ 2:03PM | 11 Comments [0 Pending]

11 Comments

Windows 10 Creators Update and Delphi 10.2

Test the vlc project in Windows creator update, 
problem with viewing dates in TDateTimePicker

Comment by Jeferson Cantuario on April 8, 00:49

Windows 10 Creators Update and Delphi 10.2

 Problem datetimepicker visualization happens in projects that were ok 
in 10.1.2, new projects in tokyo the problem datetimepicker 
visualization does not happen.

Comment by Jeferson Cantuario on April 8, 13:38

Windows 10 Creators Update and Delphi 10.2

 Same problem whit TDateTimePicker, is there any
avaible solution?

Comment by axl84 on April 11, 16:16

Windows 10 Creators Update and Delphi 10.2

 I have found a "solution" for the TDateTimePicker
problem, but it's more a workaroud...
In Project -> Options -> Applications i have enabled
the "runtime themes".
It works for me, hope this works for you too and, of
course, hope it works for my end users... :)

Comment by Axl84 on April 12, 16:41

Windows 10 Creators Update and Delphi 10.2

Another workaround (which I am using) is:

1) Shrink the TDateTimePicker component so only the button for 
dropping the calendar is visible.

2) Place a TPanel where the date would normally be displayed.

3) In the OnChange event, copy the date to the TPanel caption.

Don't forget to write the initial date into the TPanel, in case the 
date is never changed. This worked for me.

==steven

Comment by sliburd on April 25, 10:49

Windows 10 Creators Update and Delphi 10.2

The debugger goes haywire for everyone in our organization with Creators and 
Tokyo. Reverting to Windows Anniversary brings back the sanity. 

Debugger problems with Tokyo and Creators: 
- App takes a long time to load with modules loading and unloading and re-
loading many times
- IDE freezes
- Memory consumption of bds.exe explodes, sometimes (> 3GB)

Beware, presumably if you have large/complex application...

Comment by Ludovic on April 26, 08:14

Windows 10 Creators Update and Delphi 10.2

I downloaded and install windows 10 creator update, But I did not 
like it. After installation Microsoft shows downgrade option early 
after upgrading to Windows 10 and remove it after one month. I 
recently upgrade my windows 8.1 Professional operating system to 
windows 10 Professional being getting a license from ODosta 
Store at: http://products.odosta.com
 But I did not like its overall structure. I think Its not Windows 10, 
Its version should be windows 6 as it has many faults.
I tried to downgrade back to my existing win 8.1 os and I saw as 
Microsoft was giving me option to downgrade. I thought that I'll 
downgrade after two month But after two month when I tried 
again, Microsoft removed that option. Now what to do. I searched 
and found your post, Which is very helpful for me. Thanks for 
sharing these details here.

Comment by James Roger [http://odosta.com] on April 28, 17:17

Windows 10 Creators Update and Delphi 10 Siattle

 Same problems with debugger load/unload of modules, 
The app takes ages to start, the debugger is unusable

Comment by Alessandro Rodella on May 2, 08:59

Windows 10 Creators Update and Delphi 10.2

Serious issues described here:
https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-17972
It's not related to a specific Delphi version, it's
common for all a their compiled apps (with DLL/packages).

Comment by Petr Kazar [] on May 3, 17:48

Windows 10 Creators Update and Delphi 10.2

Same problems with debugger in XE7 load/unload of modules, 
The app takes loooong to start

Comment by JamesGza on May 28, 20:38

Windows 10 Creators Update and Delphi 10.2

 Would you know roughly when we can expect PAServer to work 
under the Win10 bash? That is the *one* thing I am waiting for...

Comment by Phil [] on June 1, 08:24

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