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Post by w2m on Sept 10, 2009 18:58:44 GMT -5
Kevin:
On some of the more complex projects there are a large number of components, BUT even the plain VCL zip demo acts the same exact way so I do not believe it is caused by component interaction problems. All of the responses I have seen both on the Codegear NG and on Stack Overflow point to problems with VCLZip.
In fact I was "chasticzed" for even suggesting there there may be an environment path problem, a problem using a USB hard drive or something going on with Delphi itself. No one has provided an answer.
Yes both Delphi 2010 and all code is located on the Western Digital hard drive.
I am actively using VCLZip on Delphi 2010 now with the .dsk file on Drive R: so Delphi is not shutting down now. Not satisfactory, but I may have to live with that. I'll be getting a new PC when windows 7 ships so this will change here then.
I do not think I will attempt to install Delphi on a USB hard drive again even thought it seems to be working quite well with all my other projects and components.
Bill
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Post by w2m on Sept 10, 2009 19:02:22 GMT -5
During my testing I managed to improve the VCLZip demo specifically for Delphi 2010 on Windows Vista. I'll send it along to you in case you may want it if you would like.
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Post by w2m on Sept 10, 2009 19:06:21 GMT -5
Kevin:
On some of the more complex projects there are a large number of components, BUT even the plain VCL zip demo acts the same exact way so I do not believe it is caused by component interaction problems. All of the responses I have seen both on the Codegear NG and on Stack Overflow point to problems with VCLZip.
In fact I was "chasticzed" for even suggesting there there may be an environment path problem, a problem using a USB hard drive or something going on with Delphi itself. No one has provided an answer.
Yes both Delphi 2010 and all code is located on the Western Digital hard drive.
I am actively using VCLZip on Delphi 2010 now with the .dsk file on Drive R: so Delphi is not shutting down now. Not satisfactory, but I may have to live with that. I'll be getting a new PC when windows 7 ships so this will change here then.
I do not think I will attempt to install Delphi on a USB hard drive again even thought it seems to be working quite well with all my other projects and components.
Bill
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During my testing I managed to improve the VCLZip demo specifically for Delphi 2010 on Windows Vista. I'll send it along to you in case you may want it if you would like.
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Post by Kevin on Sept 10, 2009 20:33:49 GMT -5
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I am actively using VCLZip on Delphi 2010 now with the .dsk file on Drive R: so Delphi is not shutting down now. Not satisfactory, but I may have to live with that.
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If it's not shutting down, what problem(s) are you still having?
Have you tried creating a brand new app and dropping the VCLZip component on the form?
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Post by w2m on Sept 11, 2009 8:39:25 GMT -5
Hi Kevin,
Last night I spent several hours working on an improved version of the VCLZip demo. No problems. I even deleted the *.dsk file that allowed me to run Delphi without crashing and everything worked just fine.
This morning I started up Delphi and opened the project I was working on last night and Delphi crashed again. The only thing I did to the demo was replace the listbox with a TListview, changed the toolbar glyphs to more modern glyphs, and added TaskDialog for displaying messages. It was working just fine late last night. I could open and view zip files and extract files with no problems at all.
After the crash this morning I did manage to open another project that uses VclZip in a windows explorer project without crashing. This latter app is much more complicated than the VCLZip demo with many more components so I have no idea what is going on now.
It looks like this is an unsolvable problem. I will just discontinue using VCLZip for now and get back up and running with my new PC next month.
I am sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused and thank you for your assistance.
Regards,
Bill
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Post by Kevin on Sept 11, 2009 11:49:29 GMT -5
No need to apologize. That's what this forum is for. I will play around with it and see if I can find something going on and if I do, I'll let you know. Let me know if you come across anymore clues.
Thanks!!
Kevin
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Post by w2m on Sept 11, 2009 12:49:31 GMT -5
Kevin:
Well I am running again. I thoroughly looked over all the component paths of the installed components and found two that were loading from Drive D (Delphi 2009 folder) instead of Drive R (Delphi 2010). I reinstalled those components and opened the problem projects and it did not crash.
The two components were not even in any of the projects that caused the crash so I do not see how that would cause the problem but it may have. If I have to reboot for some reason or when I try again tomorrow we will know if that solved the problem.
There is just one component now that resides in Drive D... Developer ExpressBars. It's installer insists on installing all Delphi versions all on one drive in unique folders. I have not had a problem with that so I suspect that it is ok. It's dcu and bpl and dcp files are in specific Delhi 2010 folders.
Meanwhile I continued working on the demo. I will make it as nice as possible for you because of all your help. It will have a "Modern Vista Themed Look" with a VCL Ribbon Toolbar and TaskDialogs for messages. I added shell icons for the file types to the Listview today. No special components will be required to recompile... just Delphi 2010 vcl components are being used.
Regards,
Bill
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Post by Kevin on Sept 11, 2009 14:11:54 GMT -5
Bill,
I'm crossing my fingers for tomorrow's reboot!!! ;D
And thanks for working on the demo too.
Kevin
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Post by w2m on Sept 12, 2009 8:34:09 GMT -5
Kevin,
All is well in Delphi Land. Rebooted this morning and all is well. No problems. I can open, compile, run and close project. Hurray. The problem is finally over.
Regards,
Bill
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Post by orionizer on Sept 14, 2009 14:38:48 GMT -5
So to install in D2010, I just need to open the D2009 .DPROJ file and compile and install?
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Post by w2m on Sept 15, 2009 8:39:20 GMT -5
No.
I assume you created new folders for your Delphi 2010 components. Be sure to remove any *.dsk and dcu files ffrom the D2010 folder before opening the project.
Open the D2009 .DPROJ file and rename the file D2010, make sure all files in the project point to your new D2010 folder and compile and install.
That should work.
Bill
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Post by Kevin on Sept 16, 2009 18:16:29 GMT -5
Bill, Thanks for jumping in there, I appreciate it!  Kevin |
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