> This is the first time I have tried to update my application from on
> version of Delphi to another.
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> From someone not very familiar with these issues, it seems to be a bit
> of an imposition on users of a system to require them to re-install the
> BDE (particularly on a multiuser system where the BDE has to be
> re-configured on each workstation)
Welcome to the world of Client/Server development, and *one* of the reasons
why people are shifting to multi-tier development. Instead of reconfiguring
every PC just reconfigure the server.
> just because the system developer has
> upgraded - ie there is no particular benefit to them.
Presumably there are new features or bug fixes in the software you shipped,
just as there are in the BDE. Presumably a benefit to the customer?
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