Thank you for the quick reply... especially in support of an old environment.
I wrestled a bit with your suggestion... no joy. Maybe I misunderstood. More in a moment. First a little "horn blowing" to reassure you that you're not dealing with a complete idiot: I'm delighted to say that I HAVE managed to install some core elements of ICS in a Delphi 4 / Win98SE environment. With that, I accomplished the "need it now" job.... but I'd still like to solve the "Install to Delphi 2 / Win98SE" problem. You advised that my problem could be because I need to change the options to have "writable const". I tried... but I don't seem to have found the right thing. Is this a setting I make to my Delphi? Do I tweak the code from ics.zip? The closest candidate I could find was in.... Project - Options ... where there was a tickbox for.... Assignable Typed Constants ... but I could only get into that when I had a project open. Clarification of your suggestion would be welcome... sorry.... Tom On 12 Aug 2007 at 19:08, Francois PIETTE wrote: From: "Francois PIETTE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ICS support mailing" <[email protected]> Date sent: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:08:00 +0200 Subject: Re: [twsocket] Help with re-install simply WSocket? Send reply to: ICS support mailing <[email protected]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You have to change the options to have "writable const". > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The author of the freeware multi-tier middleware MidWare > The author of the freeware Internet Component Suite (ICS) > http://www.overbyte.be > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TK Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 6:33 PM > Subject: [twsocket] Help with re-install simply WSocket? > > > > Sorry folks... Help? About 2 years ago I set ICS up on a Win98 > > system with Delphi 2... I am not a complete idiot, I CAN do it... or > > at least I could. Ideas on where I'm going wrong in the following > > would be very welcome. I tried to repeat my previous triumph.... > > but.. so far.. no joy. > > > > I like to keep things simple. I like to keep my core Delphi system > > as untouched as possible. So... > > > > 12 Aug 07, I downloaded ics.zip (ICS-V5 Distribution) from Overbyte. > > > > I unzipped it to a folder of it's own. (Yes, I kept the ics paths > > intact.) > > > > I backed up Delphi's cmplib32.dcl > > > > I set up a sub-folder ("ICS") within Delphi's delphi 2.0\lib\ so > > that my ICS stuff wouldn't be all mixed up with other components. > > > > I copied icsdefs.inc, WSocket.pas and ICSlogger.pas to that > > folder... > > > > and then I tried (within a freshly started Delphi 2, no app-in- > > development open. Win98SE environment.).... > > > > Component | Install | Add... > > > > (I did what was necessary to get Delphi to "look" at the WSocket.pas > > file) > > > > On the first attempt, the compiler objected to a line in ICSLogger. > > The line was... > > > > "else > > FLogFile.Size := 0;" > > > > ... and the objection was... > > > > "Cannot assign to a read-only property" > > > > ==== > > Thoughts? I'm so frustrated! I know I have ICS working nicely on a > > different computer, same Delphi (ver 2), same OS (Win98SE). Possible > > a different ICS... I think it was abou 2005 I set it up on the other > > machine. > > > > Help?? Please?? > > > > === > > Further clue? > > > > In desperation, I remmed out the offending line, and tried to > > install the component again. (Yes, I realize it would have been an > > unreliable component!) > > > > This time the compiler fell over in WSocket.pas at.... > > > > Status := WSocket_WSAIoctl(FHSocket, SIO_KEEPALIVE_VALS, > > @KeepAliveIn, SizeOf(KeepAliveIn), > > @KeepAliveOut, SizeOf(KeepAliveOut), > > BytesReturned, nil, nil); > > > > .... the error message was... > > > > "Types of actual and formal var parameters must be identical" > > > > Help will be much appreciated! > > > > === No need to read the rest!.... > > > > Have a look at... > > > > http://mon277rr.dyndns.org > > > > ... if you are curious about what you are helping. That's a graph of > > the weather where I am, about 8 days' worth. Red line: Outdoor > > tture. > > > > (Yes, there's a slight bug in the Quote Creator.... scraps of > > earlier quotes are sometimes still on the screen.) > > > > See > > > > http://sheepdogsoftware.co.uk/ssds043.htm > > > > if the visible-from-afar weather interests you. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://sheepdogsoftware.co.uk TK Boyd's site with > > freeware and shareware for kids, parents, schools... and others. > > (Apologies for the extra stuff below tacked on by Yahoo...) > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list > > please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket Visit > > our website at http://www.overbyte.be > -- > To unsubscribe or change your settings for TWSocket mailing list > please goto http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/twsocket > Visit our website at http://www.overbyte.be > http://sheepdogsoftware.co.uk TK Boyd's site with freeware and shareware for kids, parents, schools... and others. 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