Re: older delphi

Duncan,

The data file is a flat text file. It corrupts when I either minimize the
app to tray and restore it, or when I exit the app using the close (X) box
in the upper right with a confirm exit dialog. The tray icon also disappears
quite often. It didn't do any of this under Win98 as I remember. We would
have noticed it I think.

I do have all source, all runtimes, 3rd party stuff, report writer etc.

It could be a bug, but I can't figure out why it would not have been noticed
before now. We switched to XP office wide not too long ago.

Thanks!

--Randy

"Duncan McNiven" <spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:bfi771t4tn4aivacofs43issi7sl2peec0@xxxxxxxxxx
> 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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