ppDsgner.pas(1598); Undeclared identifier: 'CreateInstance'

rbuser

We plan to upgrade our product to use Delphi 7 and RB 7 at the same time and
as such I am performing some RB server (7.02) initial testing on Delphi 7.

When attempting to start building a report server using an explorer volume I
was having some problems getting anything to display from our existing
interbase server's folders and items tables which currently store our
non-server based reports.

I went back to the RBServer.pdf file and decided to start at the beginning
after finding out everything I had done was in line with the 'second half'
using actual server component with the database, pipelines and volume in the
data module etc. This is when I bumped into the

ppDsgner.pas(1598); Undeclared identifier: 'CreateInstance'

error. This occurs just attempting to compile the 4th tutorial with no
modifications.
Any ideas that can help me out?

Thanks in advance for anything,

Nick

nardmoseley

You should not have a TppDesigner component as part of a server application.

In the tutorial there is segment called "Create a Thread-Safe Data Module".
Step 4 instructs you to select the Folders, Items, and Databases related
components. Step 5 instructs you to copy these to the clipboard and then
paste them to the newly created datamodule. These are the only components
that are to be copied. Do not copy the TppDesigner or TppReportExplorer
components.


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
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