Unit raCodMod was compiled with a different version of ppComm. TppCommunicator.

rbuser

Updated RB7.04 ent to RB 2006 for D-7
Have struggled to correct numerous conversion issues all afternoon. Have
hit the wall with
Unit raCodMod was compiled with a different version of ppComm.
TppCommunicator.

Please tell me how to fix this. It is occurring in several reports.

nardmoseley

This indicates a corrupt installation. You have some files from the old RB
7.04 install on your machine and the compiler is using them. For example,
they might be in your Delphi\Lib. Try following the steps in the article
below.

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Article: Cleaning up a Corrupt Installation
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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.

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rbuser

I haven't started down the road listed below, yet. But this is what I have
found in reference to the error message.
The file date for raCodMod.dcu 2/9/06
The file date for ppComm.dcu 2/9/06
The file date for ppComm.pas 2/7/06

The previous version of Report Builder was a normal install, accepting all
the defaults. What does make it different it that it was generated from an
install of ReportServer. Regardless, it still appears that these are all
new files and not hold-overs from a previous install.

nardmoseley

Those look fine. But if you have an older version of ppComm that is in
another directory such as Delphi\Lib, then that would cause the problem.
Search your entire hard driver for ppComm*

Sometimes we issue patches and customers accidentally put them in the wrong
directory or for whatever reason they end up in the wrong place. I helped
another customer yesterday, he had the same problem, only it was
ppDrwCmd.pas rather than ppComm. He finally found he had a stray file on his
system.

rbuser

I have it working.
Under all my project folders I create a /DCU folder to hold like files and
keep the binaries out of my way. I point my DCU path there. For some
strange reason, Report Builder generated a complete list of DCU files and
they were being referenced. Therein lies the problem.

Found and fixed.

nardmoseley

Glad you found it.

The Delphi compiler will generate ReportBuilder .dcu's if you have
RBuilder\Source in the Delphi library path.

rbuser

Good to know.
Thanks
Larry