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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>I think you have struck a standard
Vista/Windows 7 permissions issue:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Programs are not supposed to write
into the "Program Files" folder at all. If they try to, Vista (and
Windows 7) will try to virtualise that write to another folder, as you have
found.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Under Vista (and again presumably
Windows 7) you are supposed to write into the "ProgramData" folder
instead.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Older software that does try to is
likely to run into many problems - enough that from what I have read the best is
just not to try it. Its a blunt policy by Microsoft to prevent
software altering installed programs folders. Possibly one of the solutions
is to try to change the permissions of the Program Files folder but I suspect
that folder gets special treatment by Windows so that is still not likely to
work as you expect.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Probably best solution is to install
Delphi instead to a different folder, and set the permissions to allow logged in
users to write to that folder. I do that with my programs under Vista,
where some ini files are still stored in the program files folder, but that
folder is not under \Program Files</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>(Or upgrade to D2009 or D2010 which
take notice of these issues).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>John</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
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<A title=john@padasy.co.nz href="mailto:john@padasy.co.nz">PDS - John</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=delphi@delphi.org.nz
href="mailto:delphi@delphi.org.nz">DUG</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 05, 2009 7:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [DUG] Windows7 - AppData and my
dbase</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hi all<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I'm running D7 on W7 and goes well, however…<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>This (old) app uses a Paradox dbase which I stored at C:\
Program Files (x86)\PDS\KCM\Tables, all works fine.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>However, I discovered that:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>- the IDE uses the dbase located at C:\ Program Files
(x86)\PDS\KCM\Tables<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>- the EXE uses the dbase located at
C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files
(x86)\PDS\KCM\Tables<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Note
1: the
TDatabase is assigned to the IDE's location.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Note
2: Making
changes to the dbase by means of running the EXE or the IDE alters only one or
the other dbase's tables.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Questions:<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>1. Can
anybody explain this behaviour - that the IDE points to another location then
the EXE?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>2.
Originally I copied the dbase at the time ONLY to the IDE's location. How did
the dbase get to the Users\... location?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>3. When I
remove the tables from the IDE's location (by means of renaming the directory)
and then run the EXE it can't find the tables, this while it uses the other
dbase tables. How can that be?<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>4. Setting
the TDatabase's settings to C:\Users\John\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program
Files (x86)\PDS\KCM\Tables results in an error due to using a path to the
tables being too long.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Thanks for any help<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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