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February 16, 2018

RAD Studio 10.2.2 Tokyo February 2018 Patch Re-Released

We have released (after an initial glitch) a patch for Delphi and C++Builder 10.2.2 Tokyo covering a critical Android animation issue and some RTL interface compatibility improvements

Last week, Embarcadero released a patch for Tokyo 10.2.2, focused on Android and RTL improvements. What happened is that Windows would not always ask for execution with admin account (on systems with active User Account Control) and could end up copying the replacement files in a wrong location. It did affect a few of the developers who tried it, so we pulled it, fixed the installer and now re-issued the patch.

If you are a registered user of Tokyo (or have a license for it), you can find it at https://cc.embarcadero.com/item/30819.

There is no change in the content on the patch, so if you already installed it successfully, there is no need to repeat the process. On the other hand, if your installation got broken, we have provided an alternative ZIP-based option (in the same download page). We have already sent it to developers who had got in trouble, but might not have reached everyone.

As for the content, the main fix is the Android animations and tab animation issue. These have been addressed. There are still cases in code where the combination of called to Application.ProcessMessages and timers might get you in trouble. I'll blog more information ASAP, but the general recommendation is to use threads rather than timers for background processing -- an all platforms, although in Windows that coding style can be used.

Updated Notice: Only for 10.2.2 Build 2004

We had a notice in the download page, but better repeat it here. The patch is only for the second build of 10.2.2 we released, build 2004. If you have the previous build (which had compatibility problems with third party packages) don't install the patch. Either wait for a future update (if you don't specifically need the fixes the patch provides) or install build 2004 first. The link to 2004 installer is in the patch download page.

posted by marcocantu @ 9:21AM | 7 Comments [0 Pending]

7 Comments

RAD Studio 10.2.2 Tokyo February 2018 Patch Re-Released

Please clean up your version number usage!  First
there are two different 10.2.2 versions released.  Now
we have two hotfixes in the wild both applicable for
the second 10.2.2 released.

Version numbers are cheap - please use them.  Named
hotfixes are confusing and don't follow standard
release conventions.  It may make sense today, but it
won't make sense a year from now when you are trying
to rebuild a 10.2.2 dev workstation with all of the
hotfixes.  

I would suggest every version release gets an
increased version number.  Every patch gets an
increased version number.  Every re-release gets an
increased version number.  Basically every thing you
release should have a globally unique version number.
 You (should) already have this in a Build number. 
Perhaps it's simply formatted as 10.2.2.BUILDNUMBER
and all references are to that full 4-part version
number instead of using a 3-part with descriptors that
are separate.  The first release of a minor version
can be a 3-part (10.2.3) for marketing people's sakes,
but any release for 10.2.3 after that should be a
unique 4-part number.

Comment by Darian Miller [http://www.promaxunlimited.com] on February 16, 23:25

RAD Studio 10.2.2 Tokyo February 2018 Patch Re-Released

Tried to install the re-released RAD Studio Feburary 2018 Hotfix. 
The installer reports (very quickly) 

"All files successfully updated.  Press "Finish" to exit the installer." 

but no files are updated! 

-My system: RAD Studio Enterprise 10.2.2, Version 
25.0.29039.2004 
-Windows 10 Pro 1709, English 

and I have installed and run RAD Studio from an ordinary user 
account without any admin priviligies.  

I have tried to run the hotfix installer exe from both my user 
account and from the admin account, but nothing is changed. 

Later discovered the alternative Hotfix ZIP file and copied the 
patched files from this one, so I believe everything is updated now, 
but I think you have to check and fix the HF EXE installer.

Comment by Lars Gustafsson on February 18, 21:10

RAD Studio 10.2.2 Tokyo February 2018 Patch Re-Released

Darian,

 we are referring to releases also with the build number (the last 
number in the internal version number). In fact, that patch is 
specifically for 10.2.2 release 2004. But it looks like this is a detail 
that is going unnoticed.

Lars,

that's weird. Unless you already tried the older version of the hotfix. 
This is why we provided the ZIP file as an alternative, the content is 
identical, so your system should be OK.

Comment by Marco Cantu [http://www.marcocantu.com] on February 19, 08:53

RAD Studio 10.2.2 Tokyo February 2018 Patch Re-Released

 Marco,

No I did not install the first released hotfix, so I still believe that 
you have a problem with the installer.  Probably user rights related. 
In my experience, many developers install and run all software 
with administrator privileges and do not test under regular user 
accounts.

Comment by Lars Gustafsson on February 20, 07:24

RAD Studio 10.2.2 Tokyo February 2018 Patch Re-Released

 Hi Marco,
Not related to the patch, but did you notice that Delphi Tokyo takes 
forever to close ? at least on Windows 10.0.16299.248 pro, after the 
IDE is closed, use the task manager and look into the detail tab, 
bds.exe sits there and takes forever to finish ? An idea why ?

If you install many components (after new version uninstall/reinstall) 
and you neew to close/restart the ide many times after instaling 
components this slowness can be an annoyance. New IDE launched 
doesn't like when previous bds.exe is thill in memory.

Comment by Chris on February 23, 12:52

RAD Studio 10.2.2 Tokyo February 2018 Patch Re-Released

 I have the exact same problem and have to kill
bds.exe from task manager everytime.

Comment by karim kouni on February 27, 12:15

RAD Studio 10.2.2 Tokyo February 2018 Patch Re-Released

Hello,

we have the same problem also -> we often have to kill bds.exe from 
the task manager after closing Tokyo.

Comment by Santiago on March 7, 20:21

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