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edited September 2008 in DADE
Dear All,

Since my upgrade to RB 10.09 I have problems in the DATA section. I got the
hint from a fellow developer that my fibplus dade driver could not be
compatible with this new version. The daPlus.pas would need updating to cope
withthe new RB version.

Who knows where to find a RB 10.09 compatible Dade driver. Both Devrace and
Digital Metaphors have old versions on their download page?

Kind regards,

Jerri Schrijver

Comments

  • edited September 2008

    What RB version were you using before? What Delphi version are you using?

    Most likely you just need to recompile it.


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    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com

    Best regards,

    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited September 2008
    Hello Nard,

    I came from RB 10.07 and am using CodeGear 2007, 3rd update. Since
    upgrading I have this strange problem, tried recompiling but that does not
    solve the problem. If I go to the DATA section and in the menu choose
    File|Data Settings, the report designer screen freezes. I have the idea the
    Data Setting form is actually shown but disappeared in the background. Only
    by using the task manager i can close everything.

    Kind Regards,

    Jerri

  • edited September 2008
    This is not a known issue. The DADE plug-in, when recompiled for RB 10.09,
    should work the same as did prior versions.

    Check your Designer | DataSettings to make sure they are correctly
    configured.

    Try a run-time test with RBuilder\Source in your Delphi library path, then
    you can trace in the debugger.

    There is also the possibility that you have a corrupt install or have
    multiple versions of the DADE plug-in on your machine in different
    directories.


    --------------------------------------------
    Article: Cleaning up a Corrupt Installation
    --------------------------------------------

    If you have been advised by Digital Metaphors technical support that you may
    have a corrupt installation, or if you are having difficulty installing,
    compiling or running applications after a ReportBuilder install, then it may
    be necessary to manually remove all ReportBuilder files from your system.
    Corrupt installations usually result when you are installing over a previous
    version of ReportBuilder which was not installed into the default directory,
    which was recompiled from the source, or when ReportBuilder files were
    manually moved from the default install location. Cleaning up a corrupt
    installation, consists of locating all ReportBuilder related files, and
    deleting them from your system. The first step is to use the uninstall
    program to remove as much of ReportBuilder as possible.


    Run the uninstall program

    1. Exit Delphi, and all other applications. You should have no applications
    running except the uninstall, otherwise you may lose some of your work.

    2. Select Start | Settings | Control Panel from your Windows desktop.

    3. Double-click the Add/Remove programs icon.

    4. Locate the version of ReportBuilder you wish uninstall and double-click
    it.

    5. The first page of the Uninstall Wizard allows you to choose between an
    Automatic or Custom uninstall. Choose Custom and click the Next button.

    6. Click the Select All button, then the Next button. Repeat these steps
    until you reach the last page of the wizard.

    7. Click the Finish button. All of the items you selected will be removed
    from the system.

    8. After all the ReportBuilder files are removed, you may be prompted to
    reboot the system. If this is the case, reboot the system.


    Delete the ReportBuilder root directory (and all subdirectories)

    1. Using the Windows Explorer, locate the ReportBuilder root directory. The
    default directory is:

    C:\Program Files\Borland\DelphiX\RBuilder

    2. Once you have located this directory, inspect it. If you have any custom
    work in this directory which you would like to keep, move it to another
    directory.

    3. Delete the ReportBuilder root directory.


    Delete all remaining ReportBuilder files

    1. Using the Windows Explorer, search the entire hard drive for all
    occurrences of:

    dclRB*.bpl
    dclRB*.dcp
    rb*.bpl
    rb*.dcp

    2. Delete any occurrences which correspond to the version you are removing.
    All packages are named with the convention NN, where the first number
    is the ReportBuilder version and the second number is the Delphi version.
    Thus, a typical package name for Delphi 5 would be rbRCL45.bpl. The same
    package for Delphi 4 would be: rbRCL44.bpl. Check Installing ReportBuilder
    for a list of the packages associated with each version.

    3. Using the Windows Explorer, search your hard drive for all occurrences
    of:

    pp*.*
    da*.*
    ra*.*

    4. These are the prefixes used by individual ReportBuilder units. 'pp' is
    used for ReportBuilder units, 'da' is used for DADE units, and 'ra' is used
    for RAP units. Depending on which ReportBuilder you have (Standard,
    Professional or Enterprise) you may not have all of these unit types.



    Additional Notes

    1. Never have Delphi running when installing ReportBuilder.

    2. All ReportBuilder related files should be stored in the root directory
    $(DELPHI)\RBuilder.

    3. All ReportBuilder run-time packages should be stored in the
    Windows\System directory.

    4. You should never have ReportBuilder files in Delphi\Lib, Delphi\Bin or
    Delphi\Projects\Bpl.

    --
    Tech Support mailto:support@digital-metaphors.com
    Digital Metaphors http://www.digital-metaphors.com


    --
    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com

    Best regards,

    Nard Moseley
    Digital Metaphors
    www.digital-metaphors.com
  • edited September 2008
    Hello Nard,

    First of all thanks for your assistance. Secondly, I followed your
    suggestion and completely removed old RB as described in the
    article and checked the DataSettings.

    It had no effect, problem still occurs. Funny thing is that no break
    in the source appears. Looks like everything is handled perfectly
    except that the form is not shown.

    Any other ideas?

    Kind Regards,

    jerri



  • edited September 2008
    What kind of problems have you been having? I have been having some
    issues as well. When I make any change in the data tab, the where 'c'
    <> 'c' is being saved in the report. I occasionally am missing the
    order by statements as well. I haven't figured out why yet.

    Thanks,
    Nick Vaughan

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