Using the Demo projects on Windows 7 64bit

rbuser

Hi All,

i'm trying to get the demo projects delivered with RB working on my Win7
64bits system with Delphi XE2. All demo projects are using paradox
datafiles. (Is Paradox not a bit outdated? )

I'm not getting any of them working ... troubles with C:\PDOXUSRS.NET

Anyone got them up and running?

nicocizik

Hi Bas,

Due to the RB Demos' reliance on the BDE and Paradox, which is 32 bit
only, the demos are not currently available for 64 bit compilation. It
is on our to-do list to upgrade the database used for our demos so they
can be compiled with a 64 bit architecture in the future.

rbuser

Thanks for ytour reply

Maybe its an idea to provide the data in a generally available form, so
eveyrone can use their own database of choice...

Op 29-5-2012 15:28, Nico Cizik (Digital Metaphors) schreef:

nardmoseley

I think Nico misunderstood your post.

1. We use Windows 7 64-bit here daily and all the demos work great when
compiled with Delphi XE2 32-bit compiler - which is the default compiler.
The error you are encountering indicates the app does not have security
access rights. Windows 7 (and Vista) have tighter default security - even
when you are logged on with Admin privileges the apps you run are not. We
recommend configuring Delphi to run as Administrator, this will fix your
issue and also fix other issues you will encounter later on.

2. The Delphi 64-bit compiler will compile RB applications fine, but not the
BDE - you will get a compile error when this occurs - not a run-time error.


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Thanks for the extra info!
I tried running Delphi as administrator, and running a demo project.

Now it fails as soon as it tries to open the data-tables with the
following error message:

EDataError: Network Initializaton failed
Not exact read/write
File: C:\PDOXUSRS.NET
Directory: C:\

I searched for the read/write error but cannot find anything related to this

COuld you help me some more please?



Op 29-5-2012 17:07, Nard Moseley (Digital Metaphors) schreef:

nardmoseley

Try rebooting your machine. Then run Delphi and try it again.

When I encounter an issue with BDE, it can be resolved by closing down all
my apps, particularly if I have two Delphi instances running at the same
time. Or in an extreme case rebooting.

I Google and found a tip for changing the location so the file. You could
try that too - but the BDE should just work.

"To change the location of PDOXUSRS.NET open the BDE Administrator and
choose Configuration | Drivers | Native | Paradox then change the NET
DIR parameter."


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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com