> I have just installed Delphi 5, I can not compile any programs, when
> every I try to do compile or run any program I get the following error.

> I have tried numerous demo programs and they all fail exactly the same.

> I have run every version of Delphi from version 1 up to 4 with little
> problems.  But so far Delphi 5 won't let me do anything.

> [Fatal Error] richedit.dpr(7): Internal error: URW3375

> Rick Jesse

> "Rick L. Jesse" wrote:

> > I have just installed Delphi 5, I can not compile any programs, when
> > every I try to do compile or run any program I get the following error.

> > I have tried numerous demo programs and they all fail exactly the same.

> > I have run every version of Delphi from version 1 up to 4 with little
> > problems.  But so far Delphi 5 won't let me do anything.

> > [Fatal Error] richedit.dpr(7): Internal error: URW3375

> > Rick Jesse

> Could you give us a better description of the problem you are having, such
> as what your "Demo" program consists of?  Are you using third-party
> components at all?  I have used the richedit component in D5 with no
> problems.

> --

> R/S Aaron Rhodes
> Delphi Technical Support

> There is going to be a live chat with the Delphi team on
> September 30th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am, PST (GMT-7).
> For more info, go to www.borland.com.
> Rick L. Jesse <rje...@home.com> wrote in message
> news:37ED0721.3C76F57F@home.com...
> > I've Reinstalled clean, overtop, shutdown all running apps etc, nothing
> > is working.  HELP!!!!!!

> > "Rick L. Jesse" wrote:

> > > I have just installed Delphi 5, I can not compile any programs, when
> > > every I try to do compile or run any program I get the following error.

> > > I have tried numerous demo programs and they all fail exactly the same.

> > > I have run every version of Delphi from version 1 up to 4 with little
> > > problems.  But so far Delphi 5 won't let me do anything.

> > > [Fatal Error] richedit.dpr(7): Internal error: URW3375

> > > Rick Jesse

> On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 17:17:27 -0600, "Rick L. Jesse" <rje...@home.com>
> wrote:

> >I get the Fatal Error URW3375 when ever I try to build, compile or step
> >through a program under Delphi 5.

> What are the system particulars (CPU, memory, operating system, video
> card, etc.)?

> -Steve

> >My Computer is an Intel PII 450, 128mb of Ram, ATI All-in-Wonder Video
> >with 8mb. Loads of free Disk space >2gb.  I started with Windows 95
> >imaged my drive (so I can go back) and tried an upgrade to Windows 98
> >and got the same errors.

> Well, everything sounds pretty standard. Do you have _anything_
> running in the background which might be interfering (scheduling
> software, virus checkers, Microsoft Fast Find, etc.)?

> -Steve

> I have tried all the debuging I can think of.  I have disabled all other
> running software from my startup and Registry, still no luck.

> Is there no way to reference these error messages?

> URW3375
> URW2693.

> "Steve Schafer (TeamB)" wrote:

> > On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 00:41:38 -0600, "Rick L. Jesse" <rje...@home.com>
> > wrote:

> > >My Computer is an Intel PII 450, 128mb of Ram, ATI All-in-Wonder Video
> > >with 8mb. Loads of free Disk space >2gb.  I started with Windows 95
> > >imaged my drive (so I can go back) and tried an upgrade to Windows 98
> > >and got the same errors.

> > Well, everything sounds pretty standard. Do you have _anything_
> > running in the background which might be interfering (scheduling
> > software, virus checkers, Microsoft Fast Find, etc.)?

> > -Steve

> --
> Rick Jesse, Supervisor Networking Services/Network Admin
> Mount Royal College             PH:    403-240-6482
> 4825 Richard Road S.W.          FAX:   403-240-6709
> Calgary, AB  T3E 6K6            EMAIL: rje...@mtroyal.ab.ca

>I have tried all the debuging I can think of.  I have disabled all other
>running software from my startup and Registry, still no luck.

>Is there no way to reference these error messages?

>URW3375
>URW2693.

> This is all I know about your error so far:  It is from the resource linker
> and this is VERY, VERY rare.  The number comes from the line number of the
> resource linker, which deals with reading or writing to a dcu file.  This
> doesn't help us too much, but we suspect it is a very odd conflict, perhaps
> with a video driver.  Can you try compiling a program in safe mode?

> --

> R/S Aaron Rhodes
> Delphi Technical Support

> There is going to be a live chat with the Delphi team on
> September 30th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am, PST (GMT-7).
> For more info, go to www.borland.com.
> Rick Jesse <rje...@MTROYAL.AB.CA> wrote in message
> news:37F0F936.1895330C@MTROYAL.AB.CA...
> > After several more reinstalls under both Windows 95 and Windows 98 the
> > symptoms are exactly the same but now the error message is URW2693.

> > I have tried all the debuging I can think of.  I have disabled all other
> > running software from my startup and Registry, still no luck.

> > Is there no way to reference these error messages?

> > URW3375
> > URW2693.

> > "Steve Schafer (TeamB)" wrote:

> > > On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 00:41:38 -0600, "Rick L. Jesse" <rje...@home.com>
> > > wrote:

> > > >My Computer is an Intel PII 450, 128mb of Ram, ATI All-in-Wonder Video
> > > >with 8mb. Loads of free Disk space >2gb.  I started with Windows 95
> > > >imaged my drive (so I can go back) and tried an upgrade to Windows 98
> > > >and got the same errors.

> > > Well, everything sounds pretty standard. Do you have _anything_
> > > running in the background which might be interfering (scheduling
> > > software, virus checkers, Microsoft Fast Find, etc.)?

> > > -Steve

> > --
> > Rick Jesse, Supervisor Networking Services/Network Admin
> > Mount Royal College             PH:    403-240-6482
> > 4825 Richard Road S.W.          FAX:   403-240-6709
> > Calgary, AB  T3E 6K6            EMAIL: rje...@mtroyal.ab.ca

> >After several more reinstalls under both Windows 95 and Windows 98 the
> >symptoms are exactly the same but now the error message is URW2693.

> >I have tried all the debuging I can think of.  I have disabled all other
> >running software from my startup and Registry, still no luck.

> >Is there no way to reference these error messages?

> >URW3375
> >URW2693.

> As Aaron says, they're in the resource linker. The only thing I can
> think of is that there is something wrong with one of the system DLLs
> on your machine. The upgrade to Win98 _should_ have fixed that, but
> perhaps it didn't.

> -Steve

> I addition to Steve's observation, I would like to point out that I never
> trust OS upgrades, I always format a partition and reload.  There is no
> telling which files the upgrade has left and which it has replaced.  It
> should work in theory, but not always in my experience.  In summary, the
> problem may not be your OS, but due to the rarity of the problem (I found
> five recorded cases from D2-D4), it *may* be and in that case, there is only
> one solution that I know of....

> --

> R/S Aaron Rhodes
> Delphi Technical Support

> There is going to be a live chat with the Delphi team on
> September 30th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am, PST (GMT-7).
> For more info, go to www.borland.com.
> Steve Schafer (TeamB) <pand...@telepath.com> wrote in message
> news:37f90b1a.142825151@90.0.0.40...
> > On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 11:21:58 -0600, Rick Jesse <rje...@MTROYAL.AB.CA>
> > wrote:

> > >After several more reinstalls under both Windows 95 and Windows 98 the
> > >symptoms are exactly the same but now the error message is URW2693.

> > >I have tried all the debuging I can think of.  I have disabled all other
> > >running software from my startup and Registry, still no luck.

> > >Is there no way to reference these error messages?

> > >URW3375
> > >URW2693.

> > As Aaron says, they're in the resource linker. The only thing I can
> > think of is that there is something wrong with one of the system DLLs
> > on your machine. The upgrade to Win98 _should_ have fixed that, but
> > perhaps it didn't.

> > -Steve

> >As all other programs are running fine (even other Borland products) I really
> >don't think this is the solution.

> Can you propose an alternative explanation? Don't forget that Delphi
> 5.0 installs and runs fine on thousands of computers; whatever the
> problem is, it is specific to your system.

> >Please advice on what further steps Inprise will do to resolve this,

> Short of you shipping them your machine so that they can look it over
> personally, I think they've done just about all they can do.

> >Can you not give me a list of DLL's that Delphi  needs, ie versions
> >etc so I can check them manually?

> Surely you jest. That would likely take longer than reinstalling
> Windows from scratch. Besides, I can easily write a bogus
> RASAPI32.DLL, say, and include appropriate version information so that
> it looks like the real thing. I could copy it to a computer, and
> everything would run just fine until the user tried to use Dial-Up
> Networking.

> That's just one scenario that could explain the kind of things you're
> seeing--most eveything works fine, but one thing consistently fails.

> Much as we would like to believe otherwise, Windows (even NT) is a
> rather fragile beast. I had a problem some time ago when I tried to
> install Virtual Private Networking and some sort of glitch occurred
> during the installation. After that, _all_ networking functionality
> was broken, no matter how many times I tried to install updated files.
> The only cure was reinstalling Windows from scratch. As I write this
> (on my notebook running Win95), the Dial Properties button in the
> Dial-Up Networking Connect dialog doesn't work--it gives a bogus error
> message about not enough memory being available, even if I try it
> immediately after a clean boot. I suspect that I'll have to reinstall
> Windows to fix that, too.

> -Steve