[Ray Konopka]

Hi Barry,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. I checked out the CodeSite5.chm file and it worked fine for me. I then downloaded the zip file from the link above just to make sure something didn’t happen to the file during the zipping/uploading process. I downloaded the zip file to my system and saved it to a shared drive that my VM has access to.

Sure enough, when I opened the help file, I did see the issues that you described. That is, the table of contents is displayed, but the content view pane is empty. Very odd indeed.

Then I remembered that the CodeSite5.chm file was located on a network drive (from the point of view of my VM) and so I moved the file to a directory on the VM’s local drive. Then the help file was opened correctly. I believe the content display issue is a result of the Windows HtmlHelp viewer and not the help file itself, as I see the same issue with other *.chm files on a network drive.

Where precisely is the CodeSite5.chm file located on your system?

Ray

[Ray Konopka]

Hi Andreas,

Yes, I absolutely agree that the control should operate correctly under HighDPI settings. I would strongly encourage you to report this issue to Embarcadero. I will continue to encourage Embarcadero to address issues like this, but it will help if endusers are also reporting the issues.

Ray

[Ray Konopka]

Hi,
The behavior you are seeing is by design. Let me try to explain. The DropDown style allows a drop-down menu to be associated with the button. So that when you click on the arrow, a popup menu is displayed and the user can select one of the items from the menu. If you have an OnClick event handler (or an Action) assigned to the button, then the drop-down arrow portion is separated from the button itself. This allows you to have the button click perform some default behavior. Think of the File Open button in RAD Studio. The drop-down arrow provides access to a recently used list of files, and the button click displays the Open Dialog.

The GroupIndex property is used in situations to allow the button to behave like a check-box or radio button. If the GroupIndex property value is shared across multiple buttons, then only one button in the set can be down at a time. Think of a set of text alignment buttons (Left, Center, Right). Only one of the buttons can be pressed at a time. If the GroupIndex values are unique for each button, then each button can work like a toggle. Think of the Bold, Italics, and Underline buttons.

The AllowAllUp property works with the GroupIndex property to determine if all the buttons in a group (even a group of one) can all be in the Up state, or does one button have to be down.

As a result, having a ToolButton in the DropDown style does not really fit in with the behavior of the grouping.

Ray

[Ray Konopka]

Hi Barry,

Thank you for the report. We apologize for the inconvenience. There is an issue with the CodeSite Express installer. We are working on fixing the issue and sending a new installer to Embarcadero for use in the GetIt Package Manager. In the meantime, you can download the CodeSite Help file from the following link:

https://raize.com/wp-content/uploads/CodeSite5Help.zip

Unzip the CodeSite5.chm file and copy it to the Raize\CS5\Help directory.

Ray

[Ray Konopka]

Hi Dave. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Yes, the parser needs to be updated to handle inline variable and constant declarations introduced in Rio.

Ray

[Ray Konopka]

The Palette Menu for 10.3 is now available for download.

As for multi-column, I’m not sure what you are referring to. You can use the Palette Menu to group pages into separate categories which show up as cascading menus, but it is not really column based.

Ray

[Ray Konopka]

Hi,
The issue is that the new installer that Embarcadero created for the KSVC for 10.3 Rio did not add the necessary directories to the C++ related paths. I have already reported this issue to Embarcadero. In the meantime, you can resolve the issue manually by following the steps below.

In order to fix the issue, we need to add the appropriate KSVC directories to the System Include and Library paths for the C++ compilers. To make the instructions easier to read, consider the following two variables, which define the two paths that are needed.

KSVC_PATH_WIN32=$(BDSCatalogRepositoryAllUsers)\KonopkaControls-260-6.2.3\Lib\RX10.3\Win32

KSVC_PATH_WIN64=$(BDSCatalogRepositoryAllUsers)\KonopkaControls-260-6.2.3\Lib\RX10.3\Win64

Please perform the following steps:

1. Close all files in RAD Studio 10.3
2. Open the Tools > Options dialog
3. User the tree on the left and navigate to Language > C++ Options > Paths and Directories
4. Select “Windows 32-bit” in the Selected Platform combo box
   a. Make the “Compiler” tab active
      i.  Edit the System Include Path value and add the KSVC_PATH_WIN32 value to the path
      ii. Edit the Library Path value and add the KSVC_PATH_WIN32 value to the path
   b. Make the “Classic Compiler” tab active
      i.  Edit the System Include Path value and add the KSVC_PATH_WIN32 value to the path
      ii. Edit the Library Path value and add the KSVC_PATH_WIN32 value to the path
5. Select “Windows 64-bit” in the Selected Platform combo box
   a. Make the “Compiler” tab active
      i.  Edit the System Include Path value and add the KSVC_PATH_WIN64 value to the path
      ii. Edit the Library Path value and add the KSVC_PATH_WIN64 value to the path
   b. Make the “Classic Compiler” tab active
      i.  Edit the System Include Path value and add the KSVC_PATH_WIN64 value to the path
      ii. Edit the Library Path value and add the KSVC_PATH_WIN64 value to the path
6. Click the Save button to close the Tools > Options dialog box and save the changes
7. Reopen your project. You should be able to build and run your project now.

Ray

• This reply was modified 6 years ago by Ray Konopka.

[Ray Konopka]

Hi Navid,

I am able to see KSVC in the GetIt Package Manager for 10.3 Rio. I searched for “KSVC” and the Bonus KSVC 6.2.3 item appeared in the list.

Ray

[Ray Konopka]

Hi Rich,

Yes, CodeSite does support dynamically changing the log file. I suspect that you are changing the original TCodeSiteDestination object when you change the FilePath and not the CodeSiteManager’s DefaultDestination property (or an individual logger’s Destination property).

The CodeSiteManager.DefaultDestination property is not a component reference property. It is more like the Items property of a ListBox. You can assign a TStringList to ListBox1.Items to populate the list box. But if you change the contents of the string list, the list box does not get updated. Here is some sample code that should help illustrate the situation:

uses
  CodeSiteLogging;

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var
  Dest: TCodeSiteDestination;
begin
  Dest := TCodeSiteDestination.Create( Self );
  Dest.LogFile.Active := True;
  Dest.LogFile.FilePath := 'C:\Temp';
  Dest.LogFile.FileName := 'Sample.csl';

  CodeSiteManager.DefaultDestination := Dest;
end;

procedure TForm1.btnSampleMessageClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
  CodeSite.Send( 'Sample Message' );
end;

procedure TForm1.btnChangeLogFileClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
  CodeSiteManager.DefaultDestination.LogFile.FileName := 'NewLogFile.csl';
end;

The form simply has two TButtons dropped on to it. At the start the DefaultDestination is set to log all messages to the Sample.csl file. Clicking the btnSampleMessage button simply sends a simple CodeSite message. The messages will be logged to the Sample.csl file.

When the btnChangeLogFile button is clicked, the LogFile.FileName property of the CodeSiteManager.DefaultDestination is changed. Now, when the btnSampleMessage button is pressed, the CodeSite message will be sent to the NewLogFile.csl file.

As an alternative, you could create a new CodeSiteDestination object with the updated FilePath and then assign that to the DefaultDestination property.

Ray

[Ray Konopka]

Hi Roger,

Please send an email to sales@raize.com and we will send you the updated link.

Ray

[Ray Konopka]

Hi,

The TRzButton does not provide that level of customization. By default the appearance of the button is driven by the current Visual Style that is active. If you set the ThemeAware property to False, you can get a little more control of the appearance of the button. However, to modify the appearance of the button while disabled, you would need to create a custom descendant of the button.

Ray

[Ray Konopka]

Hi Paul,

I’m not sure which 8 components you are referring to. The KSVC controls only support VCL. Well, I suppose the nonvisual controls in KSVC could also be used in an FMX application.

I’m not sure what plans Embarcadero has for the Signature controls. I do know that there is a big push for High DPI support. I do not know if there are plans for migrating some of the functionality in KSVC to FMX controls.

Ray

[Ray Konopka]

It turns out that Embarcadero did not change the version number of the components–Ugh. So the version number is still 6.2.3, but the version that is available in the 10.3 Rio GetIt Package Manager is built for Rio.

Ray

[Ray Konopka]

I apologize for the delay in responding. Been rather busy getting new versions of our Raize Software products released.

Back to your question. From the code you provided, it looks like you are using VCL Styles. Is that correct? Then in that case, the technique I provided above will not work. The reason is because the button is designed to pickup the custom style when active. The default behavior of the TRzToolButton is to pickup the background and font colors from the style. I’m not quite sure what appearance you are trying to achieve since you are essentially getting rid of the gradient and hiding the button frame. What style are you using? and what appearance are you trying to achieve?

Ray

[Ray Konopka]

That is an excellent question. I am trying to get the answer to that as well.

Ray

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