Re: older delphi
On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 11:31:39 -0500, "Randy Starkey"
<randy.starkeyNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>few other things under XP that I'm assuming are due to the fact that it was
>compiled with an older version of Delphi.
>
>Does this sound right,
No, I would be surprised if it were so. What type of data files are
becoming corrupted? What other problems are you having?
>and can I take code written in Delphi 4 and update it
>to Delphi (? what's the current version) without a rewrite?
If the code is straightforward, then maybe you can, but it is not
guaranteed.
Do you have all the source code for the application, including any
3rd-party components used? You would need that to change compiler
version.
--
Duncan
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