Help Please

I have a problem with Delphi 3.0 (build 5.53) Professional under Windows
NT4.0 (build 1381: service pack3)

It was installed under Administrator and will only be used by the one user
on this machine.

When a project is saved an error message ('?||' is not a valid identifier)
is displayed.

The identifier name varies with different objects having focus on a form
when the save is performed.

The above error is also received when an empty project is saved.

Willem

On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 22:07:21 -0000, "Inprise Forums 2"

Does the error occur on a brand new project? I'm not sure what the
problem is, but I suggest that you delete DELPHI32.DSK, as well as any
.DSK files relating to your projects.

-Steve

Hi Steve

First of all. Happy new year for you and your family.

Yes. This happens on a new project without any objects added.

There are no .DSK files on any disk.

Willem

On Fri, 1 Jan 1999 13:25:30 -0000, "Inprise Forums 2"

Very strange. I would recommend a complete uninstall, which means
first uninstalling and then deleting all Delphi-related directories
and Delphi-related registry entries. Then reinstall.

I use Delphi 3.0 under NT 4.0 SP3 and SP4 without any problems.

By the way, please change your From: name to something other than
"Inprise Forums 2."

-Steve

Hi Steve

Thanks for your response.

I unistalled and deleted all directories and files I could find that had
anything to do with Delphi by hand.

After uninstall nothing was visible in the registry either.

I reinstalled, rebooted and the problem remains.

I honestly don't know where to look anymore. Unless Delhi keeps some setup
file somewhere that I cant find. After hours reading the manuals I could not
find any reference to such a file though.

The little bit I worked with Delphi under WIN95 was completely stable. The
installation was also done from the same CD. That rules out that something
might be wrong with the CD as well.

Willem

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On Fri, 1 Jan 1999 23:04:21 -0000, "Willem Victor"

It might be a good idea to completely remove the following two trees:

 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Borland
 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland

-Steve

Hi Steve

I removed the two trees from the registry and executed Delphi.

The problem was still there. I then uninstalled and removed everything as
before and reinstalled again.

After reinstallation I still had the problem.

Could this be caused by some configuration file somewhere in the WINNT
directory tree ?

W

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Steve

I found the problem.

It was caused by a product IMAGEFOX from ACD Systems. The following is a
brief description from their web sight: http://www.acdsystems.com
    ImageFox
    A windows File Open/File Save  "add-on" for previewing images and sound
clips.
    Integrates with Windows 95/98 and Windows NT 4.0, 5.0

Thank you for your time. I appreciate it.

Willem

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Willem,

If you could post the link to the document, that would be helpful.  I had a
customer call in with this problem and it went away after he uninstalled, turned
off his anti-virus program, and re-installed.  
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