Wilfried, I had the exact same problem only with D2006 a few months back. With everything that was wrong I figured it was a registry problem and so ran a repair on Delphi but that didn't fix the problem. Finally I had no choice but to uninstall and then reinstall everything!
from Robert Meek dba Tangentals Design CCopyright 2006 Proud to be a moderator of "The Delphi Lists" at elists.org "When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of Fantasy has meant more to me then my talent for absorbing positive knowledge!" Albert Einstein -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Human Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 2:27 PM To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List Subject: Re: Strange problem with D7 IDE I think this is a Windows message not Delphi. Delphi is looking for a folder that can't be found by Windows. Try a 'scan disk' first. --- Wilfried Mestdagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have since a few day a very strange problem wiht D7 pro running on XP > pro. > > Sometime D7 is starting only partial and gives a white screen or a white > form without any other information on it. When I open task manager, I > see Delphi7 is 2 time started. When I kill both instances (or 1 and the > other one leaves from his own), I can restart Delhi and it works. This > only happens once a while. And I can restart Delphi and it is then > working normal. Since this only happens once a while it is no problem. > > But since a few days a new worse problem comes up. It is typically with > a project with many forms (however not that many, I think 8 forms). I > have the problem 4 out of 5 times so it is annoying. > > When I open the project I have then following error: > Error creating form: System Error, Code: 2, The system cannot find the > file specified. > > Then say 4 times after another: > Error creating form: A call to an OS function failed. > > At that moment (project opens normal), I cannot swith from unit to form, > however some forms work and some are not. I have in this project 4 forms > working and 4 not. I can compile / build / run the project. > > Tools - Environment options - Library path - ... button : A call to an > OS function failed. Same problem with Browsing path. Both have the error > and dont open the dialog form. > > Same with View - Forms and View - Units. > > Opening several other projects (typicall with 1 form) works. Swithing > back to the larger project give then many times the error: Error > creatingform: System Error, Code: 8, Not enough storage is available to > process this command. > > And certainly it works. I did do nothing but pulling some hair out, > drinking a snaps, smoking a cigaret and it certainly works. > > I'm not sure at the moment wy it start working certainly. Seems > coincidence, however there is no conincidence in software so I think I > do something other / different. > > Someone can give me some hint on where to search for this problem ? > > --- > Rgds, Wilfried > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.mestdagh.biz > > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > If I choose Christianity then the Islamic will say I'm a pagan. If I choose Islamic then the Buddhism will say I'm a pagan. If I chose Buddhism then the Jewish will say I'm pagan. If I choose no God then everybody will say I'm pagan. Please, can I be free? Can you NOT tell me how I should live MY life? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk