I would like to implement a simple search form for users, on a list of strings. Assume here that users are familiar with wildcards in general, but not with Regular Expressions.

if (sUser = sDecryptU) and (sPass = sDecryptP) then begin frmRegularUser.Show; frmLogin.Hide; end else if (sUser = sDecryptMU) and (sPass = sDecryptMP) then begin frmAdmin.Show; frmLogin.Hide; end else begin Inc(iCOunt); ShowMessage(‘Username or Password incorrect / You have not entered your FullName’); Label1.Caption := IntToStr(iCount); if iCount > iMAxAttemps then begin ShowMessage(”); btnLogin.Enabled := True; end; […]

I just migrated one of my programs from Delphi 10.4 to Delphi 12.1. However, during this migration, the properties of an object became unmodifiable in the object inspector.
Has anyone encountered this problem and has it been resolved?

I have to convert different interface lists to TList<IInterface>.

I have to convert different interface lists to TList<IInterface>.

Is it possible with latest Delphi tools to convert Delphi 7 Win32 app to Android/Apple? Or would it be better to convert to Lazarus?
What would be required? Is it worth of doing this kind of old code base conversion, would it be better to write everything again with another programming language?

Is it possible with latest Delphi tools to convert Delphi 7 Win32 app to Android/Apple?
What would be required? Is it worth of doing this kind of conversion, or would it be better to write everything again with another programming language?

Say I have an interface and a concrete type implementing that interface, like:

I am building a database of arrays of TFileTree records where each record can hold an array of TFileTrees.

Everything is in the title.