Q: Incompatibilities between TP 6.0 and TP 7.0

Dino Ahr

Delphi Developer

Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Q: Incompatibilities between TP 6.0 and TP 7.0

Hi All,

i use Turbo Pascal 6.0 and tried to include units which were probably
made with Turbo Pascal 7.0. I got the error message "Unit File Format
Error" or such. Unfortunately i killed the help file.
Does anybody knows details why I can't use this unit.

Thanks
Dino
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SCAI (Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing)
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Scott Earnes

Delphi Developer

Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Re:Q: Incompatibilities between TP 6.0 and TP 7.0

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Dino Ahr wrote:
> Hi All,

> i use Turbo Pascal 6.0 and tried to include units which were probably
> made with Turbo Pascal 7.0. I got the error message "Unit File Format
> Error" or such. Unfortunately i killed the help file.
> Does anybody knows details why I can't use this unit.

No compiled units of one version can be used with another version. The only
solution is to recompile if the source is available. A word of caution
though: TP7 introduces some keywords and structures not available in 6 or
earlier versions. If you have newer source and are trying to make it work
with an older version, you may need to do a good bit of editing in order to
get it to compile successfully and run the same way.

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> Thanks
> Dino
> --
> Dino Ahr
> GMD - German National Research Center for Information Technology
> SCAI (Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing)
> Mail : GMD, Schloss Birlinghoven, D-53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany
> EMAIL: Dino....@gmd.de, FON: +49-2241-14-2945, FAX: +49-2241-14-2181
> URL : http://www.gmd.de/SCAI/people/ahr.html

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