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Hi. If you are going or planning to create a asp.net application then the only use is Borland Data Providers (BDP) to connect to a database. I could not find ADO components for VCL forms application for Delphi8. It is also really heavy to port a big project over to Delphi8. It could be alot...

Borland provides tools to simplify rapid ADO.NET development using Borland Data Providers for .NET (BDP.NET). mha

Hi. I am testing Borland Delphi8(octane) now and I just woundering if it is possible to transform an existing win32 application to .net(asp dotnet) application? I know it is difficult with a large win32 project, but what about an easy(small) project f.ex. one unit and a form. Does anyone know...

Hi, Check some of this points: 1.databasefile-corrupt http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q232060 2.no permission to read file 3.no permission to write file 4.no permission to create file (msaccess lockfile for ex) 5.mdac not installed Link below is about ADO and...

well I got something working... :) Ex. procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); begin savedialog1.Filter:='html|*.html|txt|*.txt|dat|*.dat|pdf|*.pdf|csv|*.csv'; SaveDialog1.DefaultExt:=''; if savedialog1.execute then begin SaveDialog1TypeChange(self); showmessage(...

hi whosrdaddy. ex. procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); begin if savedialog1.execute then showmessage(savedialog1.filename); end; procedure TForm1.SaveDialog1TypeChange(Sender: TObject); begin case savedialog1.FilterIndex of 1 : savedialog1.DefaultExt := 'xml'; 2 ...

Hi Delphi Experts. Ok. Here is the question... I want to change the filename in the SaveDialogbox when users choose different.. filter. f.ex. filter as txt, xml, csv etc. and the filename will appears as MyFile.txt, MyFile.xml, etc. I manage to change the filename before SaveDialog is...

Hi. I will try that.. thanks.. Seems to be cool... cheers, mha

I will try this: try InfoDB.ConnectionString := 'Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;User ID=Admin;Data Source.. ' with InfoDB do begin Open; if Connected then Result := True end; except on e:exception do ShowMessage('fail to connect to database'+e.message); //fail...

Hi. It does not help with the latest MDAC. It does not even help that the computer have office package installed.. 1.databasefile-corrupt No the database is not corrupt.. it is on a server and other clients work except for one special computer 2.no permission to read file full permission...

Hi. I use ADO and Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 provider to connect to a MSAccess2000 database. Some of our customers have some problem to connect to the database with the program. (Only few computers). I don't why... any clue? Is it because of MDAC? Some needed system files? Some needed driver or...

hi. take a peek at this link: http://delphi.about.com/library/weekly/aa010101a.htm cheers, mha

Hi. If you use Delphi6 or Delphi7 you can use TShellListView from the Samples palette. Set root path where you like... works like Windows Esplorer. Cheers, mha

Solved it! var pidl : PItemIDList; InFolder : array[0..MAX_PATH] of Char; begin SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(application.Handle, CSIDL_PERSONAL, pidl); SHGetPathFromIDList(PIDL, InFolder); result := InFolder; cheers, mha

Hi I use shGetSpecialFolderPath in a function that I want to get a special folder path ex. C:\Documents and Settings\mha It work like a charm in Win98, WinXp, Win2000 but in WinNT4.0 it doesn't work. An error message appears: Shell32.dll does not support shGetSpecialFolderPath function. I...