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2003-12-10 12:39:38 AM
delphi16
Hi All
I'm having a bit of a problem with a Dll that is used within a Service app
that uses the DLL
for data access etc.
The DLL has a initialisation procedure that is called right away to setup
the various
settings including the BDE PrivateDir.
The PrivateDir is set to a uniquely named folder and Session.PrivateDir is
set to point to it.
This folder is located in the same folder as the DLL. This is set before any
Datamodules or
other BDE components are created
The Problem is as soon as set the Session.PrivateDir I get a exception
raised
"Exception raised in STG_DLLInit: Path not found.File: PDOXUSRS.NET"
The Net File is specified correctly via the BDE Config, but I am not sure why
changing the
PrivateDir would cause this error anyway?
The Service has Administrator rights by setting the LogOn in Service
Properties to my user
account so rights shouldn't be an issue?
To add a further twist to the problem, the Service app can be run as a
Console app in a Dos
window and it works perfectly, no errors and works as expected?
So any ideas why running the app as a service causes the BDE to kick up a
PDOXUSR.NET
not found when run as a console it works fine?
Thanks for any suggestions in advance as this has me foxed!
Cheers
Chris Hedges
 

OK,
I'll taken all of the code out of the DLL apart from the one function
STG_DLLInit which sets the Session.PrivateDir
and still I get the same error, even though there are no BDE components
being used as all now.
I've tried setting the Session to Active = False before setting the
PrivateDir but no difference :(
Any suggestions as I am now completed baffled
"Chris Hedges" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes