Have you got your own components on the Form?
Sounds like a streaming problem - Delphi Can't read in the Form file and get it match
with you components.
The other alternative is that form file is actually corrupt (This is perhaps more
likely).
Do you have an earlier working version? - You could use the Delphi Resource explorer
and export the Form details using this and then re-construct this into a valid .DFM
Myles.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nahum Wild [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 9:19 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
Subject: [DUG]: Delphi 4 DFM designtime AVs - URGENT.
I've got a problem with a couple of DFM files that D4 is suddenly, and for
no apparent reason, spitting at. A number of things are happening :
I get the following message when I try to compile with either of them open
in the IDE -
[Error] RLINK32: Error opening file "Forms\PlanetPageForm.DFM" and
[Error] RLINK32: Error opening file "Forms\ShipPageForm.DFM"
But never both at once. But if they are not open in the IDE the project
compiles just fine. I checked the help on the error and it said contact
Borland, but I thought I'd post here as well.
Whenever I make a change to the forms layout and try to save it I get an AV,
but any changes made to the pas are saved. I cannot view the DFM text in
the delphi IDE because I get the same AV.
I went to an earlier version of the project that was working when I made the
backup, but the problem persists. I've reinstalled D4, no change (Although
I did export my reg settings before the uninstall and reimported them after
the install). I've tried the project on another PC, same problems. I've
even done a scandisk and defrag, problem still there.
Both are reasonable sized DFM files, 42k (PlanetPageForm.DFM) and 27k
(ShipPageForm.DFM). The biggest in my app by far. But they have been that
size for months without problems. It's really bizarre because I had not
worked on the PlanetPageForm for a few days and suddenly it throws these AVs
at me without having touched it!!
My system specs are not lacking in any way, Win98 on a PII266, 256mb ram,
1.23gb free on the projects drive. I have D4 with up to and including the
third patch. Currently no third party components / apps installed into
delphi. I know that NT4 is the perferred choice in development platform but
at the moment it's not a option - no multi monitor support.
These two forms form the entire basis of the application (or game as you may
have guessed by now) and as a result the games development has ground to a
halt. (I'm currently going nuts cause I can't work on it.)
Anyone know anything about this type of problem?? Thanks in advance for any
advice / help.
PS. I work on this as my night job (Swichtec during the day) So responses
from me won't be immediate.
Nahum Wild
Software Developer
Realism
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