What is included in the "TMS FNC Component Studio" is unclear.

Cilleruelo_Gonzalo_Juan_Carlos · January 13, 2025, 9:48am

Please. I'm trying to decide what is the best option for me to acquire the " TMS FNC Component Studio", but I'm very confused about what is included.

I need all the components required to develop Web applications with TMS Web Core.

By example:
In this page https://www.tmssoftware.com/site/vclbundle.asp I can't find "TMS FNC Core". Is it included or not?

In this other page:
https://www.tmssoftware.com/site/tmsfnccore.asp TMS FNC Core, is included as the first component of the group and the price is the same.

Please, I'm very confuse about what is included and what I'm going to be able to develop with this pack of components.

Can I get a list of all the components, by group and individuals, of what is included in the pack "TMS FNC Component Studio"?

Thanks.

Aaron · January 13, 2025, 10:44am

The TMS FNC Component Studio includes the following products:

TMS FNC Core
TMS FNC UI Pack
TMS FNC Chart
TMS FNC Blox
TMS FNC Dashboard Pack
TMS FNC Cloud Pack
TMS FNC Maps
TMS FNC WX Pack
TMS FNC AppTools
TMS FNC WebSocket
TMS FNC Gantt Chart

I hope this clarifies things for you! If you have any further questions, feel free to ask.

Cilleruelo_Gonzalo_Juan_Carlos · January 15, 2025, 11:42am

I have a lot of questions! Of course.
The first: When I see the images of these tools, for example, all of the UI Pack, on your web, I see it with a very good aspect. Basically, I'm developing in Web with TMS Web Core. But to get this aspect in my Apps, I'm using Web Bootstrap templates.

With the UI Pack, is it easy to get this aspect with the components?

Thanks in advance.

Pieter · January 15, 2025, 12:21pm

Hi,

FNC does not work with bootstrap templates. The controls use the HTML canvas, and have appearance and style properties that can be accessed as if you would develop a normal VCL/Windows application.

Cilleruelo_Gonzalo_Juan_Carlos · January 15, 2025, 12:23pm

This is really sad.

Cilleruelo_Gonzalo_Juan_Carlos · January 15, 2025, 12:24pm

I there available a demo of the pack TMS FNC Components bundle?

Pieter · January 15, 2025, 12:30pm

There are demos available after installation, for each pack in the installation directory

Cilleruelo_Gonzalo_Juan_Carlos · January 15, 2025, 4:38pm

I've just installed the components, and then opening the Delphi IDE, a lot of messages about DPLs not being installed were shown.

I've responded yes to all, but it seems to be in an infinite loop. Then I started to respond No.

After I opened the project C:\Views\TMSFNCUIPack RSXE15\Demos\WEB\Planner TV Guide\TVGuideDemoWEB.dproj

but nothing works. Seems there is no components installed.

Is there in any place a detailed guide about how to proceed.

My Delphi is Embarcadero® Delphi 12 Version 29.0.53982.0329

Cilleruelo_Gonzalo_Juan_Carlos · January 15, 2025, 5:07pm

A lot of things are not working out well.
I'm trying to compile many demos, and no one works.
It seems that the component path or the library path is not well set, but I don't know where to point it. To the Web folder? To the binary folder?

The IDE can't find the files of the components, and I don't know why they are not well configured after installation.

I've installed it more times to reproduce the initial problems with the BPLs, but this problem is not shown again.

Cilleruelo_Gonzalo_Juan_Carlos · January 15, 2025, 6:12pm

I'm going to recreate the VM again to start from zero.
I will tell you what is happening, but I think this is a grave problem of the installation process or the documentation.

Cilleruelo_Gonzalo_Juan_Carlos · January 15, 2025, 6:45pm

Destination location:
C:\Users\juanc\AppData\Local\tmssoftware\trial\TMSFNCUIPack RSXE15

Setup type:
Delphi Installation

Selected components:
Full
Delphi

Start Menu folder:
TMS FNC UI Pack

After closing the navigator and the demo folder opened by the installation program, I proceeded to Open Delphi IDE.

This is the first error:

Second error:

Third error:

Fourth error:

And so on:

And after responding Yes 70 times to the next:

I decided to respond No to this packet four times.

finally, the IDE was running.

I can see these groups of components on my Palette:

Now I proceed to open the first demo project in your Demo folder:
C:\Users\juanc\AppData\Local\tmssoftware\trial\TMSFNCUIPack RSXE15\Demos\WEB\ControlPicker

When I proceed to build it I get the next Delphi Error:

I don't know how to continue.
I can't find any documentation to say me what I need to modify.

Remember I'm currently working with TMS Web Core. I want continue working with it and with this new components.

Please, help me!!!!

Pieter · January 15, 2025, 7:44pm

The error messages indicate a corrupt or missing BPL, this could be due to VMWare not properly configured or a corrupt IDE. Please check the following:

Does the BPL actually exist in that location?
Inspect the log file for build errors and post them here

Cilleruelo_Gonzalo_Juan_Carlos · January 16, 2025, 11:45am

The IDE is perfect.

For every test, I've created a copy of my production VM.

Maybe one of the times, the IDE becomes corrupt, but not all the copies.

Also, I've compiled my current projects, which compiles well.

For the first option: What is the correct location for the BPL if it is not the one that the installation process put it?

For the second option: How can I do this? The project does not absolutely compile.

Pieter · January 16, 2025, 12:06pm

There is no point testing or compiling projects if the BPL is not loaded, so

The error "Can't load package" with the reference to the BPL, please navigate to that location and check if the BPL file effectively exists.
Navigate to C:\Users\juanc\AppData\Local\tmssoftware\log and inspect the log file for errors. Typically, "Can't load package" is due to underling operating system issues that need to be resolved first, for example, what is the status of "MSBuild", is your operating system properly configured as with VMWare this is not always the case and typically yields different results than on real operating system software.

Cilleruelo_Gonzalo_Juan_Carlos · January 16, 2025, 4:47pm

The BPLs exist at:
C:\Users\juanc\AppData\Local\tmssoftware\trial\TMSFNCUIPack RSXE15\Win32

Cilleruelo_Gonzalo_Juan_Carlos · January 16, 2025, 4:49pm

All are absolutely correct: I remember you that the VM is a copy of my production VM.

I'm currently developing with TMS Web Core without problems.
Forget the SO issues. It is a problem with the installation process. Sure!!.

Cilleruelo_Gonzalo_Juan_Carlos · January 16, 2025, 5:03pm

The problem of the compiling process was successfully solved.

The only problem currently is that the Packages of DesignTime are not loaded in the IDE. Because of this, I can't see the forms with these components because the IDE tries to delete them every time I open one of them.

Cilleruelo_Gonzalo_Juan_Carlos · January 16, 2025, 5:15pm

I'm checking the installed components in the Delphi IDE and I found this problem:

I tried to activate the TMS FNC UI Pack for VCL, by example, and I got the error of the image, which is the same as the first time.

and, as you can see next, the file is here, in the expected place.

Pieter · January 16, 2025, 7:11pm

Please send the log file, and a screenshot of your library path for Win32.

Pieter · January 17, 2025, 8:24am

Hi,

We are able to reproduce the issue with BPL files. Stay tuned, we are looking for a solution.