Re: [DUG] D2007 under Vista

2008-08-27 Thread Myles Penlington
if they function as expected, without issues. Myles. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Bird Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 3:37 p.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta No its not copying files

Re: [DUG] D2007 under Vista

2008-08-27 Thread Alister Christie
3:37 p.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta No its not copying files into Program Files folder. Its copying them from a folder (called eg C:\FredUpdates) to a working folder (C:\Fred\Programs). I have changed the permissions on both

Re: [DUG] D2007 under Vista

2008-08-27 Thread Myles Penlington
Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] D2007 under Vista Another thing that keeps getting me unstuck is the virtual store. Depending if you are running as administrator or a user you could be looking at different files (even though you might be using an explicit path). For example

Re: [DUG] D2007 under Vista - Debugger

2008-08-27 Thread John Bird
I solved the debugger problem. There was an invalid path setting in the .dproj file, but not one I could see with any of the project options. I had to edit it manually to see it. My version of D2007 installed is V 11.0.2804.9245 It was a copy of the installation DVD I had with files dated

Re: [DUG] D2007 under Vista - Debugger

2008-08-27 Thread Myles Penlington
Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] D2007 under Vista - Debugger I solved the debugger problem. There was an invalid path setting in the .dproj file, but not one I could see with any of the project options. I had to edit it manually to see it. My version of D2007 installed is V

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-26 Thread John Bird
changing the name of the program if thats easier! Anyone got information on what program names Vista cares about? - Original Message - From: Rohit Gupta To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-26 Thread John Bird
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Bird Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 10:45 a.m. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta No that doesn't work either - it just opens the same UAC dialog asking if I want to run

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-26 Thread Myles Penlington
? Perhaps try a path/folder without blanks etc. Myles. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Bird Sent: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 11:38 a.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta I am quite foxed by this! I have

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-26 Thread Robert martin
PROTECTED] *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List mailto:delphi@delphi.org.nz *Sent:* Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:48 AM *Subject:* Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta There is a menu option “Check for updates” under you program files menu entry. Run

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-26 Thread John Bird
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List mailto:delphi@delphi.org.nz *Sent:* Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:48 AM *Subject:* Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta There is a menu option “Check for updates” under you program files menu entry

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-26 Thread Myles Penlington
: Wednesday, 27 August 2008 3:00 p.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta Yes I tried that too - I renamed it to JBCL1.exe and it still triggered the UAC prompt. If Vista is being smart it may be actually checking what the program does - as it copies

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-26 Thread John Bird
already running as an Administrator user - namely me. - Original Message - From: Myles Penlington [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List delphi@delphi.org.nz Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta The short answer

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-24 Thread Rohit Gupta
John, right click, properties - run as admin or some such thing, it was a while ago that I fixed that on someones pc. John Bird wrote: -also my main menu program, which I have a shortcut to on the desktop, always gets a UAC prompt when I run it. How do I set this program to be acceptable

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-20 Thread Rohit Gupta
John, You mean downgrade :-) There is no advantage unless you want the glassy features which btw you can get for XP. You can also get most of the other visual features too. Everyone I know has turned off the user security rubbish, that gets most things running. Some legacy stuff will

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-20 Thread John Bird
So far the entry onto Vista has been quite painless. I installed D2007 from a copy of the update from July/Aug last year I still had on the PC. My notes so far: -is there are later D2007 update that the July/Aug 2007 one that I need to track down? I don't recall -Setting up D2007 was the

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-20 Thread peter
-also my main menu program, which I have a shortcut to on the desktop, always gets a UAC prompt when I run it. How do I set this program to be acceptable short of turning off UAC? Hmmm. I think it shouldn't happen more than once if local, but I've tended to do without UAC. If it's on a

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-19 Thread Alister Christie
Yup, I killed UAC on one of the machines I work with - although I've left it on for my home machine. I don't do nearly as much stuff at home that requires administrator privileges. I also find it's much more annoying on slower computers as there is a long delay for it to pop up. Alister

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-17 Thread peter
John asked: Any issues running D2007 under Vista? - have it on XP Pro at present and looking to upgrade... Once I had Vista tweaked so it behaves largely like XP (i.e. minimising all the unwanted are you sure type dialogs), I've found it perfectly acceptable for D2007 and other work. In other

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-17 Thread John Bird
Thanks. As an aside if I do get onto Vista I will be fairly determined to NOT turn off the UAC, as it is one of the features of Vista I really applaudfrom all those years of living on Unix servers where you had no choice - certainly you never did routine user work logged in as root

Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta

2008-08-17 Thread David Brennan
2:05 p.m. To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' Subject: Re: [DUG] D2007 under VIsta Thanks. As an aside if I do get onto Vista I will be fairly determined to NOT turn off the UAC, as it is one of the features of Vista I really applaudfrom all those years of living on Unix servers