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Delphi 4 fixes and known issues
DEMOS SECTION

Areas of concentration under: demos

Area: demos\activex

Reference Number: 1353 (Published: 12/17/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 9/17/98
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Minor Functionality Failure

Problem:

ActiveX example delctrls compiles with 149 
Warnings . This does not look very nice...

Steps:

- compile delctrls.dpr in Demos\ActiveX\DelCtrls

Area: demos\database

Reference Number: 1331 (Published: 10/24/98)
Status: Fixed in Version 4 Update Pack 2
Date Reported: 9/15/98
Severity: Critical
Type: Crash

Problem:

Opening a local table with a secondary index 
specified and cached updates = true will give a 
cabability not supported error.

Area: demos\doc demos

Reference Number: 307 (Published: 11/12/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 2/10/98
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Basic Functionality Failure

Problem:

CopyFile Function interface declaration differs from 
implementation

Steps:

1.  Open up the \doc\demos\FmxUtils.pas unit

2.  Try to compile - you will get a compiler error 
stating "Declaration of 'CopyFile' differs from 
previous declaration" 

3.  Compare line 11 with line 27, notice FileName 
and DestName are declared as type String on line 
11 but are declared as type TFileName on line 27.

Area: demos\doc demos

Reference Number: 1394 (Published: 12/17/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 9/23/98
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Documentation Problem

Problem:

Under HELP\EXAMPLES
 1) Using Large Fonts, nearly all the forms have 
scrollbars. The ProgressBar example is particularly 
bad - it only has one button and it is not initially 
visible

Steps:

Set display to use 800x600, Large Fonts
Load Delphi
File | Open
Navigate to the Delphi4\Help\Examples\Prgrsbar 
and select Pg1p.dpr
Notice scrollbars on form and you can't see any 
components.
You have to resize form on lower right to see 
button.

Area: demos\doc demos

Reference Number: 1395 (Published: 12/17/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 9/23/98
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Documentation Problem

Problem:

RC2 - I have just tested all the Help Examples, i.e 
...DELPHI\HELP\EXAMPLES and I have the 
following observations:

Menu example About box shows Borland 
International 1997

Steps:

Load Delphi
File | Open Project and select 
HELP\EXAMPLES\MENU\menu.dpr
Compile and run example
Select Help | About.  Notice incorrect copyright.

Area: demos\doc demos

Reference Number: 1396 (Published: 12/17/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 9/23/98
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Documentation Problem

Problem:

RC2 - I have just tested all the Help Examples, i.e 
...DELPHI\HELP\EXAMPLES and I have the 
following observations:

BatchMove example has three compiler warnings 
and is not example of coding best practice!

Steps:

Load Delphi
File | Open Project
Navigate to HELP\EXAMPLES\BATCHMV and 
select batmv.dpr
Project | Compile
Notice 3 warnings

Area: demos\doc demos

Reference Number: 1379 (Published: 12/17/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 9/21/98
Severity: Infrequently Encountered
Type: Documentation Problem

Problem:

Two minor problems with 
\DELPHI\HELP\EXAMPLES\REGINI

 1) Integer spelled as Interger (twice)

 2) Initial main form too small when using large fonts.

Steps:

Load REGINI.DPR, note typos on form; try with 
large fonts.

Area: demos\other

Reference Number: 132 (Published: 12/18/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 9/23/97
Severity: Serious
Type: Minor Functionality Failure

Problem:

The Monitor application does not write sql 
information to screen, when using Symantec's java 
Just in time compiler ver. 210.050 for JDK 1.1.

Area: demos\other

Reference Number: 1421 (Published: 12/17/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 9/24/98
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Basic Functionality Failure

Problem:

An application generated by Application Wizard 
does not call Application.Initialize. It should call.

Note:
  Application.Initialize initializes OLE. So if an 
application doesn't call Application.Initialize, it can't 
use ActiveX.

Steps:

Create an application with Application Wizard and 
Project | View source.

Area: demos\other

Reference Number: 1576 (Published: 12/21/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 10/15/98
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Basic Functionality Failure

Problem:

The OnUndock, OnDockover Event is fired still if 
the Control will not be undocked.

Area: demos\other

Reference Number: 1199 (Published: 12/16/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 8/24/98
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Minor Functionality Failure

Problem:

ZLIB.DCU on CD is same as was on Delphi 3.01 
CD.  It is not compatible with D4 compiler without a 
recompile

Area: demos\other

Reference Number: 1337 (Published: 12/17/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 9/16/98
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Minor Functionality Failure

Problem:

Virtual Listview example compiles with a hint. 

-- > Line 639: SubItem := SubItem-1;
is useless

Steps:

- compile Virtual Listview demo

Area: demos\other

Reference Number: 1352 (Published: 12/17/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 9/17/98
Severity: Commonly Encountered
Type: Minor Functionality Failure

Problem:

Docking Demo compiles with a hint.

Variable Declaration at Line 119 (MenuItem: 
TMenuItem) is obsolete

Steps:

- compile the Docking example in \demos\docking

Area: demos\other

Reference Number: 120 (Published: 12/18/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 8/19/97
Severity: Infrequently Encountered
Type: Basic Functionality Failure

Problem:

When you click on the "View by Salesperson" 
MenuItem. The Master Frame turns blank. When it 
should display the InterBase table. This is because 
a heterogeneous join is attempting to be performed 
and it is not supported at this time.

Workaround:

If you connect to both aliases first the query may 
run.

Area: demos\other

Reference Number: 41 (Published: 12/17/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 6/19/96
Severity: Infrequently Encountered
Type: Minor Functionality Failure

Problem:

C examples for DbiDoRestructure should  set 
TblDesc.pecrFldOp (because TblDesc.pFldDesc is 
filled)

Steps:

1. run bde32.hlp
2. use index to jump to DbiDoRestructure page.
3. select C example button

Area: demos\other

Reference Number: 133 (Published: 12/18/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 9/23/97
Severity: Infrequently Encountered
Type: Minor Functionality Failure

Problem:

SampleApp.java returns sqlException on First and 
PgUp buttons.
when using Symantec's JIT compiler ver 210.050 
for JDK 1.1.

Area: demos\other

Reference Number: 34 (Published: 12/17/98)
Status: Deferred to Next Rel
Date Reported: 6/3/96
Severity: Infrequently Encountered
Type: Documentation Problem

Problem:

UPDTCRNT.C from BDE SDK refers to 
DbiQPrepareExt, yet this is a function which is no 
longer supported..


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