Error "cannot release theme Whidbey" after upgrading to RB11.01

rbuser

Hello,

I'm using:
WindowsXP (SP3)
D7 (SP1)
RBPro11.01

After updating RB from 10.09 to 11.01 I have trouble with an existing
Application.
When I run it in the IDE I receive a AV (reading from Adress 0),
then I step over the AV that leads to the next Error: a Debugger-Exception
"Cannot release theme Whidbey"
then I step over the Error that leads to runtime error 217.

When I run the App outside the IDE it works fine.

Any Ideas?

--
Wolfgang Bierl

nardmoseley

Have not heard of this before.

Use the debugger to check the call stack when the first AV occurs. The error
might be in Delphi code, your code, or anywhere.

I do not think the second error, "Cannot release theme Whidbey" is related
to the first because that code will fire in the Finalization section of a
unit. My guess is that when you hit the first AV, the application is trying
to shut down by firing the finalization of each unit.

You might have a corrupt installation. Try following these steps..

http://www.digital-metaphors.com/rbWiki/General/Installation/Cleaning_Up_a_Corrupt_Install



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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Hello,

thank you for the quick response!

Same problem after uninstalling and reinstalling of ReportBuilder.

You are right, the first error (AV) occours in "InitUnits",
exactly in TppIniStoragePlugIn.CreateInstance (call dword ptr [eax]).

The second error occours while trying to shut down.

What can I do?

Regards

Wolfgang Bierl

nardmoseley

This is not a known issue, nor can we reproduce it here.

Make sure you go thru all steps of the corrupt install cleanup. You may have
an older version ppIniStorage.dcu or .pas on your system somewhere.

You can also try tracing the code in TppIniStoragePlugIn.CreateInstance to
see what happens.

If your Delphi project includes a TppDesigner, then check the
IniStorageName, IniStorageType values.

Try creating a new project that demonstrates the error. Then zip it up and
send to support@digital-metaphors.com and we can check it out here. Please
use standard Delphi components and RB.


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

rbuser

> Make sure you go thru all steps of the corrupt install cleanup.
Done.

No.

Yes,
StorageName = ($WINSYS)\RBuilder.ini
InoStorage = IniFile

I have two large projects in my focus. They are related to each other in the
way that they share the same DB and many Forms.
One of them works well (has the problem much vewer) and the other one makes
the known trouble (AV almost every run).
I got it to work if I delete all dcu-files then rebuild it.
When I change something or add a new form and simply run it without deleting
the dcus it crashes (as said before: only in the IDE).

I set checkpoints in the ppIniStorage, and it seems that the initialization
section is skipped sometimes.

here are the Checkpoints:

class function TppIniStoragePlugIn.CreateInstance: TppIniStorage;
begin
Result := FStorageClass.Create(FStorageName); //Checkpoint, when
FStorageName = '' the AV occours.

end; {class procedure, CreateInstance}
...
initialization

FPlugIns := TList.Create;
FStorageClass := TppIniFile;
FStorageName := TppFilePathVariables.LocalAppdata +
cRBuilderIniPathAndFile; //Checkpoint does not get visited when the crash
occours

//that's why
FStorageName = ''
...


background-info:
The two projects were startet with RB5 migrated to RB7, recently to RB10 and
now to RB11.02
It worked perfect with RB7 (on Win2k) till the project was portet to WinXP
(there were no changes of the reports during that time).
I migrated to RB10 because some reports did not print on a EPSON DFX5000+
from XP (same app worked fine on Win2k) and RB10 helped.
I used RBAddon and PsExportDevices which I can't use (RBAddon) /don't need
(ExportDevices) anymore with RB10.
I migrated to RB11 because I needed the SQL Having clause support in
SQLBuilder for end user-support and the SystemVariable AutoSearchDesc.
Since RB11.02 I have this AV- trouble and I have the problem 'not printing
on a DFX5000+ from XP' again.

...

Regards
--
Wolfgang Bierl

nardmoseley

1. There are many units that have Initialization sections. The Delphi
Application object calls the Unit Initializations at startup. If Unit A has
Initialization code that encounters an error, then an exception can occur -
this will prevent the Initialization code in Units B, C, D, etc from being
called. That is likely the reason the Initialization section in a
ppIniStorage.pas is not being called.

Instead the Unit Finalizations will begin to be called and this is where you
see the error 'cannot release theme Whidbey'. In other words, you have a
chain reaction - an error in one place leads to more errors.


initialization

FPlugIns := TList.Create;
FStorageClass := TppIniFile;
FStorageName := TppFilePathVariables.LocalAppdata +
cRBuilderIniPathAndFile; //Checkpoint not visited when crash occurs

2. Try creating a new project that demonstrates the error. Then zip it up
and
send to support@digital-metaphors.com and we can check it out here. Please
use standard Delphi components and RB.

It is probably difficult to recreate because the Unit Initialization
sequence is determine by the ordering of the units listed in the 'uses'
clause of each unit.



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