Using the GetIt patch mechanism, Embarcadero is alerting customers on prior RAD Studio 10.4 releases that 10.4.2 is available and offering a simplified way to install it.
Since RAD Studio 10.4, the IDE has a mechanism to deliver patches via GetIt and an option to alert users that patches are available in the Welcome page. Given there isn’t a similar mechanism to alert about a new release, we have made an attempt to use the patches also to deliver the 10.4.2 release.
In short, if you are using 10.4 or 10.4.1 and you have an active update subscription, you should see a new patches alert in the Welcome page, and once you open the GetIt Package Manager patches section, you should see that 10.4.2 is available:
If you install it, after accepting the EULA, the system will show a readme file (see below) explaining the process and open the folder with the installer executable. Notice that the installation is not automatic, as selecting Install in GetIt will only download the patch. The reason is that installation of 10.4.2 still requires uninstalling the current version and installing the new version. The advantage of this this process is that it offers an alert mechanism and a simplified download directly from the IDE (rather than from an external site).
Notice: If you are not interested in installing 10.4.2 (for any reason) you can “silence” the patch notification by downloading the patch and not installing it.
The 10.4.2 Installer Package Readme
This GetIt package contains the online installer for RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++ Builder 10.4 Release 2 (also known as 10.4.2). As an alternative, you can download the ISO, offline installer from the customer portal at my.embarcadero.com.
You should close RAD Studio before running the installer. Even if delivered in the “patch” GetIt channel, this is not a patch, but rather a new release. This installer will proceed uninstalling your current version of RAD Studio and install the new version, preserving the configuration settings (if you leave the corresponding option untouched from its default) from the registry. You can also consider running the Migration Tool to make a copy of your configuration before starting the installer. See http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Sydney/en/Settings_Migration_Tool.
You can see what’s new in 10.4.2 at:
http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Sydney/en/10.4_Sydney_-_Release_2
Thanks for using Delphi, C++Builder or RAD Studio and we hope you’ll enjoy using the new 10.4.2 release.
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Okay, so apologies in advance, but am frustrated. I haven’t updated or looked at Delphi in a while since installing 10.4 and some patches. Today I open up Delphi and it says there is an update included in my subscription. So I think great- there must be bug fixes to repair the IDE not showing the minimize and close buttons among other pretty rough bugs. Because even though I don’t have a current subscription, it says it’s included in my subscription- and surely it would not show up as an update if my version wasn’t eligible. Well, I was wrong. Ran the installer and it uninstalled 10.4 and installed 10.4.2 – then proceeded to tell me that an update subscription is required when trying to open Delphi. Come on- couldn’t you do the subscription check before uninstalling the old version? Not nice.
I’m really sorry about that. The upgrade package is configured in a way it should be available to download only for customers with an active update subscription — active the day we published the package (this is a general rule). If you have been able to download without a current subscription, than we have a problem in our configuration we need to fix. Apologies, we specifically tried to configure it to avoid the case you are describing, as we know the license check is done only ater uninstalling.
Thanks for replying so quickly and patiently. I apologize that I have not checked back sooner to give feedback. I do not have an active subscription (though 10.4 fell within last subscription) and do still have a messed up version of 10.4 installed. IDE patches on the home screen shows updates available in this order:
“10.4.2 Installer for earlier 10.4 Releases 1.0”, “December Apple Platforms Patch for Rad Studio 10.4.1 1.0”, “Delphi Compiler and LSP Hotfix for 10.4.1 (General) 1 “. The version I’m using is Embarcadero® Delphi 10.4 Version 27.0.38860.1461, with Update 1 installed. I’m going to try uninstalling and reinstalling 10.4. If that does not work, will try to go back to 10.2.
My option to reinstall Delphi 10.4 also cause some issues. We have a subscription for 10.4 but decided not to renew it. Now since my PC crashed and the recovery options are not working, reformatting it was the only option. We just want to reinstall the Delphi based on the original version that we have subscribed and we are not allowed to do that? The error said: An Update Subscription for Embarcadero Delphi 10.4 is required which has expired prior to this release. Can you help with us this? Thank you.
You need to contact the support center for installation support. They will be able to tell you your options. The link is here: https://www.embarcadero.com/support