BDE install problem?

William Sigmund

Delphi Developer

Tue, 27 Jun 2000 03:00:00 GMT

BDE install problem?

BDE problem?

I install the BDE on a client's machine (using WISE 5.0g). On the
client's machine I run BDECGF32.EXE and I find in the SYSTEM tab that
the internal version number (= 3.0) is not the same as that on the
machine on which the installation was prepared (= 1.0). Is this an
error? I am getting inexplicable errors in the associated Delphi
program.

Thanks

William Sigmund

Brian Bushay Tea

Delphi Developer

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Re:BDE install problem?

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>I install the BDE on a client's machine (using WISE 5.0g). On the
>client's machine I run BDECGF32.EXE and I find in the SYSTEM tab that
>the internal version number (= 3.0) is not the same as that on the
>machine on which the installation was prepared (= 1.0). Is this an
>error?

You have made an error some where

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>installation was prepared (= 1.0)

If this referes to the verison of delphi 1.0 is a 16 bit version and
will not install anything for 32bit BDE.

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Brian Bushay (TeamB)
Bbus...@DataGuidance.com

William Sigmun

Delphi Developer

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Re:BDE install problem?

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Brian Bushay TeamB wrote:

> >I install the BDE on a client's machine (using WISE 5.0g). On the
> >client's machine I run BDECGF32.EXE and I find in the SYSTEM tab that
> >the internal version number (= 3.0) is not the same as that on the
> >machine on which the installation was prepared (= 1.0). Is this an
> >error?

> You have made an error some where

> >installation was prepared (= 1.0)
> If this referes to the verison of delphi 1.0 is a 16 bit version and
> will not install anything for 32bit BDE.

> --
> Brian Bushay (TeamB)
> Bbus...@DataGuidance.com

Thanks for that. I'm not sure if you understand that the version numbers
I quoted are those found in the bdecfg32.exe SYSTEM tab. Are you saying
that these version numbers are the same as the BDE version numbers? The
help file says that they are *internal* numbers. My current version of
the BDE is 4.01. More importantly, how can I correct this apparent
error? Should I uninstall Delphi 3 and reinstall it? I have both Delphi
2 and Delphi 3 installed at the moment. I don't have Delphi 1 installed.

Brian Bushay Tea

Delphi Developer

Thu, 29 Jun 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Re:BDE install problem?

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>Thanks for that. I'm not sure if you understand that the version numbers
>I quoted are those found in the bdecfg32.exe SYSTEM tab. Are you saying
>that these version numbers are the same as the BDE version numbers?

The version number you see in the BDEcfg.exe is the version of the BDE
configuration editor not of BDE.

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>> >machine on which the installation was prepared (= 1.0). Is this an

My point is that I do not know of any version of the BDE config that
was Version 1 which is what you said you have?

--
Brian Bushay (TeamB)
Bbus...@DataGuidance.com

William Sigmun

Delphi Developer

Thu, 29 Jun 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Re:BDE install problem?

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Brian Bushay TeamB wrote:

> >Thanks for that. I'm not sure if you understand that the version numbers
> >I quoted are those found in the bdecfg32.exe SYSTEM tab. Are you saying
> >that these version numbers are the same as the BDE version numbers?

> The version number you see in the BDEcfg.exe is the version of the BDE
> configuration editor not of BDE.

> >> >machine on which the installation was prepared (= 1.0). Is this an

> My point is that I do not know of any version of the BDE config that
> was Version 1 which is what you said you have?

> --
> Brian Bushay (TeamB)
> Bbus...@DataGuidance.com

Thanks. I have narrowed my problem down to (I think) this: one client
machine has no other BDE programs installed before I install mine,
another client machine *has* other BDE programs installed before I
install mine. The latter machine crashes at some point in my program. Is
there some configuration failure or what can I check to try to eliminate
this problem?

Brian Bushay Tea

Delphi Developer

Thu, 29 Jun 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Re:BDE install problem?

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>another client machine *has* other BDE programs installed before I
>install mine. The latter machine crashes at some point in my program. Is
>there some configuration failure or what can I check to try to eliminate
>this problem?

There is not enough information in your messages to be of much help on
this. Is there an error message generated when the App crashes?

Have you tried uninstalling the current BDE and installing your
version?

--
Brian Bushay (TeamB)
Bbus...@DataGuidance.com

William Sigmun

Delphi Developer

Fri, 30 Jun 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Re:BDE install problem?

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Brian Bushay TeamB wrote:

> >another client machine *has* other BDE programs installed before I
> >install mine. The latter machine crashes at some point in my program. Is
> >there some configuration failure or what can I check to try to eliminate
> >this problem?

> There is not enough information in your messages to be of much help on
> this. Is there an error message generated when the App crashes?

> Have you tried uninstalling the current BDE and installing your
> version?

> --
> Brian Bushay (TeamB)
> Bbus...@DataGuidance.com

The App locks up and the user has to EndTask. I haven't tried
uninstalling the BDE because there are other BDE-apps and I don't want
to upset those. If I wanted to uninstall the BDE, do I just delete the
BDE directory and the BORLAND key in the registry?

Could my problem be also connected with IDAPI32.CFG not being updated? I
note that when user runs BDEADMIN the SaveConfiguration option is WIN31,
not WIN32 as it is in my BDE setup - and the user is running Win95.

Thanks for your help.

Brian Bushay Tea

Delphi Developer

Sat, 01 Jul 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Re:BDE install problem?

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>If I wanted to uninstall the BDE, do I just delete the
>BDE directory and the BORLAND key in the registry?

Yes. Although I have seen problems wtih BDE due to old registry
entries left from previous BDE installations so it can be hard to do
if you don't have access to the registry.

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>Could my problem be also connected with IDAPI32.CFG not being updated? I

It is possable that the current config file is corrupt.

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>note that when user runs BDEADMIN the SaveConfiguration option is WIN31,
>not WIN32 as it is in my BDE setup - and the user is running Win95.

That setting just means that the config file is compatable to be used
by both 16 and 32bit BDE

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Brian Bushay (TeamB)
Bbus...@DataGuidance.com

Daniel J. Wojci

Delphi Developer

Sun, 02 Jul 2000 03:00:00 GMT

Re:BDE install problem?

Okay. BDEAdmin, vs BDECFG32. Means BDE v4.x, right? I have had
nothing but trouble installing apps to machines that already had
a version of the BDE on them. Anything from a simple merge
failure to a corrupted .cfg to the BDE not workong again at all,
forcing a re-install.

For now, I'm distributing using BDE 3.5
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Daniel J. Wojcik
woj...@liaeur.21taacom..army.mil

Brian Bushay TeamB <BBus...@DataGuidance.com> wrote in article
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> >Could my problem be also connected with IDAPI32.CFG not being
updated? I
> It is possable that the current config file is corrupt.

> >note that when user runs BDEADMIN the SaveConfiguration option
is WIN31,
> >not WIN32 as it is in my BDE setup - and the user is running

Win95.

Brian Bushay Tea

Delphi Developer

Mon, 03 Jul 2000 03:00:00 GMT