Hi all,
I have an application that originally ran under WIN-98 and runs on my WIN-XP
PR system and also my WIN-XP laptop. But both of those also have Delphi-5
installed. When I move the app over to a WIN-XP system and that doesn't
have Delphi and try and run it the disk chatters for a moment and then
nothing. Task manager briefly shows something is running but it's there and
gone too quickly to see.
So I'm guessing that I'm missing a fairly standard system DLL that isn't on
my install list. Is there some sort of writeup or method of determining
which DLLs a Delphi app needs?
Thanks.
John Dammeyer
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John Dammeyer wrote:
Hi all,

I have an application that originally ran under WIN-98 and runs on my WIN-XP
PR system and also my WIN-XP laptop. But both of those also have Delphi-5
installed. When I move the app over to a WIN-XP system and that doesn't
have Delphi and try and run it the disk chatters for a moment and then
nothing. Task manager briefly shows something is running but it's there and
gone too quickly to see.

So I'm guessing that I'm missing a fairly standard system DLL that isn't on
my install list. Is there some sort of writeup or method of determining
which DLLs a Delphi app needs?

First guess: Did you perhaps build with Runtime Packages enabled? (Look
under "Project>>Packages" there's a "Build with Runtime Packages"
checkbox near the bottom of the tab).

Having this turned on means you must distribute any packages listed in
the edit box just above with your App in order for it to work.

Normally missing packages result in a pretty recognizable error message,
but I can imagine something like you describe resulting depending on
several factors.

HTH

Stephen Posey
slposey (AT) concentric (DOT) net

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