I run BDE programs on Vista/W7 created on XP with D7. There were a couple of "challenges":
- I never use Program Files as the space in the name can confuse the BDE which seems to use 8.3 filenaming. I install to c:\<MyApp> - NetDir must be away from c: to, for example, c:\<MyApp>\temp - Changing alias paths using bdeadmin often allows just one change at a time. The program can hang on exit but it does make the change. Advice from this group for years has been to move away from the BDE but it is a huge amount of unproductive work. Iain --- In delphi-en@yahoogroups.com, Mike Gibbard <mike.gibb...@...> wrote: > > I can't speak for D5, but I've been using D7 on Vista since Vista was > launched (it was the first app I installed on Vista) and I haven't had a > days trouble with it. A couple of things: I have NEVER installed Delphi > in the Program Files folder (I always install Delphi 7 in C:\Delphi7; > Rad Studio in C:\Delphi 2010; etc.) and I don't use the BDE. I've also > had Delphi 7 running on Windows 7 but I haven't yet fully migrated > myself to Windows 7 (I dual boot Win7 on my XP machine) - haven't had > the time. Similarly, I haven't fully migrated myself from D7 to Delphi > 2010: big jump! > > Regards, > > Mike >
