
These pages are intended as a place where Borland Delphi developers can find a list of known problems with the products. As much as possible, workarounds will be included in the list, so that the list can really save us Delphi programmers time and trouble.
I also consider the list as a kind of 'to do list' for Borland,
so they know what they have to fix in their patches/upgrades.
Therefore I am also prepared to add people's ideas about
wished new features (e.g. in the Code Editor) at appropriate places
in the list.
One warning:
I don't know if this has changed lately, but I have heard many people
expressing their disappointment about the (lack of) response from Borland
to bug reports.
So I advise you not to expect too much from that; just send them in
because I still think that submitting bug reports increases the chance
of them getting fixed one day.
Personally, *I* don't forward the bug reports I receive to Borland.
For two reasons:
1. It would take too much time, and
2. The way I publish them should be good enough for Borland to be able
to take notice of them.
These Delphi Bug List web pages have been growing steadily since I started, thanks to all people who have sent me their new bug reports and comments to existing ones.
If you know of any bugs (or things closely resembling bugs), please
report them by sending us an E-mail message describing the bug.
Until recently, bug reports in all forms were accepted, but it turned
out that a substantial number of bug reports lacked essential information,
like which Delphi version was referred to or how the bug can be reproduced.
Therefore, we ask you to take a look at the
'Bug reporting policy page' before sending in
your bug report.
After checking and editing them in the 'Bug List format', the bug report
will be added to this list.
More general feedback is also very much appreciated, including typo's,
HTML errors, bad links, suggestions about layout, remarks
about whether you think certain items are useful or not, anything.
Mail your comments to
DelphiBugList@poboxes.com.
In early May 1995, Brad Stowers
created the first Delphi Bug List and made it available to the public.
Many of his original comments can still be found within the text.
In September 1995, Mark Johnson
took over and gave the list a better look.
He did a teriffic job, as you all can see, because
today's list still has the layout designed by him, including the
bug images.
In March 1996 John Pullen
started his Delphi 2.0 page with also
a bug collection on it. At the same time I (Reinier Sterkenburg) started doing
something similar. After a few E-messages between John Pullen, Mark Johnson and
me, it was agreed that the Delphi Bug Lists would be
moved to my Web site. I have been maintaining it since then.
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