Confirming FastCube v2.5.5 Version Number

Polomint

I am trying to verify that FC is correctly installed on development machines. In the debug code for an App I have created the following procedure

function GetFCVersion : string;
  var
    Cube : TfcxCube;

begin
  try
    Cube := TfcxCube.Create (nil);
    Result := Cube.Version;
  finally
    FreeAndNil (Cube);
  end;
end; {GetFCVersion}

When FC 2.5.5 was released recently I manually uninstalled the previous version, and ran IOBit Uninstaller to "shred" any vestiges of the install. Then I installed the the new version.

In spite of these actions, the above code is reporting v2.5.2 is installed.

Any suggestions
- why this might be happening?
- for a more reliable version test!

Polomint

OK - we've solved our own problem. Others may be interested how we did it...

The problem stemmed from running the Recompile after the Installation (four times: twice for our RAD Studio XE7 and Seattle environments, and twice for 32 and 64 bit outcomes).

In each case we blithely assumed the compiles were successful - a nice dialog box pops up to say the output is in "C:\Program Files\FastCube 2 VCL Professional\LibD21" (or other) folder - however the memo window at the bottom of the Wizard was displaying "not compiled" for several *.dpk files.

Turns out the paths specified for FastReprot 4 [sic] and FastScript .dcu files, while correct, included a trailing '\'

Taking this trailing slash off the path fixed the compilations(!)

The GetFCVersion function now returns "2.5.5"

Polomint

Polomint wrote: »

The GetFCVersion function now returns "2.5.5"

OK the weirding continues. Now this code is reporting "2.5.7" with FC v2.5.6! Getting ahead of ourselves here, or sloppy RVC at the "Factory"?

Polomint

And now with the release of v2.6 we are seeing version number of 0.0!

I have raised a support ticket on this.

[rant]
Revision-Version-Control is important, folk! If you aren't going to maintain this information for us, delete the Version property from your components and we'll revert to managing RVC ourselves! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="mad.gif" /> [/rant][/img]

Polomint

Polomint wrote: »

I have raised a support ticket on this.

And the support ticket has been acted upon and this matter is resolved.