Project version settings keep reverting back

Question

I have a simple project in Delphi 10.1 Berlin. In the project settings, I have at one point checked on "Pre-Release".

Now I have two things that no matter how many times I change them, I come back and it's not saved. These are:

• Pre-Release checkbox (gets re-checked again)
• Module Version's Release number (changes from 0 to 1)

Note in the screenshot that the "File Version" down below shows the correct version number from when I saved it, 0.2.0. But above, the Release number has changed to 1.

In fact, I removed the option to include version settings in all other build configurations. It only exists under the Win32 - Release build.

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EDIT

It appears actually nothing is being saved! For example, I changed the "Auto increment build" option, and that did not stay either. And my entries also get lost if I so much as navigate to a different build configuration, and switch back again. The only thing that it retains is the grid on the bottom.

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EDIT

Some more strange behavior - if I set the Release to a larger number such as 2, it saves it. But if I set it to 0, it resets it back to 1. As if it doesn't want it to be 0 (although that's the default on a new project).

Vaseline

I can't believe anybody is still trying to use the IDE for versioning. It's the wrong tool for the job. What tooling do you use to build? – Percipient

@DavidHeffernan I shouldn't have to be forced to resort to third-party tools for something which is already in the IDE. Sure, it's very buggy. Sure, I'd benefit from choosing another way. But when the option is built-in, I'd like to use it. – Vaseline

Personally I use my own build scripts. I know that FinalBuilder is well regarded. How do you build at the moment? – Percipient

Answer 1

I do not know how or why this happened, but I was able to resolve this by re-enabling the version information on the "All Configurations" level. Once I activated that, now it's remembering whatever I change in the "Release" level.

Vaseline

Nice catch! Perhaps someone could chip in with a rationale for the IDE's handling of this. – Pencel

I don't know the rationale, but I noticed similar behavior too, that opening the project settings defaults to one of the build targets. It makes me always look very closely when I change any project option. – Friction

It's probably not any rationale - it's probably just the result of very poor development and nobody at Emba lifting a finger to correct it. I mean, why would it default the release to 0, but then not allow me to reset it back to 0? – Vaseline

Notice: this won't fix the bug in Delphi XE7 :( sad – Hark

"Project Options" was always incredibly buggy! – Hark

@WeGoToMars This wasn't meant to answer your question. It's just related to the issue. – Vaseline