Indy10 Cannot Find TIdTextEncoding in IdSSLOpenSSLUtils
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kevin.black · 2019-02-25 06:08

I was having issues with parts of Indy not being found so I
uninstalled LazIndy and reinstalled it according to the instructions
here:

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Indy_with_Lazarus

I'm now getting (from IdSSLOpenSSLUtils) the message 'Error:
Identifier not found TIndyTextEncoding'. I have read, in my attempts
to debug, that TIndyTextEncoding is deprecated, but it is the Indy
code that contains it (ie. it's not me putting it there), see
attachment.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28544592/why-is-tidtextencoding-
default-undeclared

Anyone have any idea of what should be here?

Thanks,
Kevin

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balazsszekely · 2019-02-25 06:57

QuoteI was having issues with parts of Indy not being found so I
uninstalled LazIndy and reinstalled it according to the instructions
here:
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Indy_with_Lazarus
That indy version is ancient(10.5.8.0). You can get indy
trunk(currently: 10.6.2.5494) with a svn client from here:
https://svn.atozed.com:444/svn/Indy10 . Alternatively you can also
donwload a zipped daily snapshot: https://indy.fulgan.com/ZIP/

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kevin.black · 2019-02-26 02:56

@GetMem,

Sorry, my bad. That was the process I followed, but the actual version
of INDY installed is 10.6.2.5494 so I don't think it's an old version
(or at least a version that is too old).

Quote from: kevin.black on February 25, 2019, 07:08:50 amI'm now
getting (from IdSSLOpenSSLUtils) the message 'Error: Identifier not
found TIndyTextEncoding'. I have read, in my attempts to debug, that
TIndyTextEncoding is deprecated, but it is the Indy code that contains
it (ie. it's not me putting it there), see attachment.
The real issue is that the build is failing because of what is
suggested is a deprecated class? And I'm not sure of how to get round
this (ie. TIndyTextEncoding in IdSSLOpenSSLUtils not found)?

Kevin

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dsiders · 2019-02-26 04:30

Quote from: kevin.black on February 26, 2019, 03:56:23 am@GetMem,

Sorry, my bad. That was the process I followed, but the actual version
of INDY installed is 10.6.2.5494 so I don't think it's an old version
(or at least a version that is too old).

Quote from: kevin.black on February 25, 2019, 07:08:50 amI'm now
getting (from IdSSLOpenSSLUtils) the message 'Error: Identifier not
found TIndyTextEncoding'. I have read, in my attempts to debug, that
TIndyTextEncoding is deprecated, but it is the Indy code that contains
it (ie. it's not me putting it there), see attachment.
The real issue is that the build is failing because of what is
suggested is a deprecated class? And I'm not sure of how to get round
this (ie. TIndyTextEncoding in IdSSLOpenSSLUtils not found)?

Kevin

There is no occurrence of TIndyTextEncoding anywhere in r5494 source
code. There is for TIdTextEncoding. If that is really the error
message, then there is some unit that is corrupt or from a previous
version.

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Remy Lebeau · 2019-02-26 19:56

Quote from: kevin.black on February 26, 2019, 03:56:23 amThe real
issue is that the build is failing because of what is suggested is a
deprecated class? And I'm not sure of how to get round this (ie.
TIndyTextEncoding in IdSSLOpenSSLUtils not found)?

The REAL issue is that the IdSSLOpenSSLUtils.pas unit itself is old,
predating Indy's removal of the TIdTextEncoding class in 10.6.0.0 (in
favor of the newer IIdTextEncoding interface).  The
IdSSLOpenSSLUtils.pas unit is not used by Indy anymore (it probably
needs to be deleted at this point). Its code has been moved to other
units (the DumpCert() function in question is now in the
IdSSLOpenSSL.pas unit).  None of Indy's packages refer to
IdSSLOpenSSLUtils.pas anymore.  So why is it being compiled at all?  I
would guess the dbxserverapi project shown in the provided screenshot
is outdated and needs to be updated to use an up-to-date version of
Indy.

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kevin.black · 2019-04-17 00:51

@Remy,

Apologies, I should respond to acknowledge your comment and complete
the loop. Thank you for your advice.

Regards,
Kevin