Missing skia library

[peardox]

Observed Behavoiur
If a compiled application is distributed without skia.dll (so/dylib? Can't check) the behaviour of the end application is to silently terminate without complaint - i.e. there is no indication that the application was started in the first place - hello world without the 'Hello World'.

Desired Behaviour
Warn used skia.dll could not be found

As it is rather easy to miss packaging a dll with an executable when testing (even scarier - could hit distribution) a missing skia.dll status should be notified to the user so the developer can kick himself (or herself)...

[peardox]

Added easy 'how to break skia' as part of a repo for illustration
https://github.com/peardox/Compositing

[viniciusfbb]

Hello @peardox!

Well, there is no warning because of a Delphi limitation. Our code throws an exception with the proper message but the exceptions in the initialization section are not displayed. Docwiki itself warns of this: https://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/Sydney/en/Exceptions_(Delphi)#Raising_and_Handling_Exceptions

Note: Raising an exception in the initialization section of a unit may not produce the intended result.

The good news is that in our next version there will be no such problem as we will have static linking on Windows, that is, there will be no dll as a dependency. It is likely that by the end of the month the launch will take place

[valber-custodio]

Is there any solution for this case?

[Lotharingie88]

Non Télécharger TypeApp pour Android Le 19 avr. 2023, 14:58, à 14:58, valber-custodio ***@***.***> a écrit:

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[kazuser]

The good news is that in our next version there will be no such problem as we will have static linking on Windows, that is, there will be no dll as a dependency. It is likely that by the end of the month the launch will take place

So... ~1,5 years later... will it be at all, Vinícius? 🥲