Re: First day with production development on D2005



In article <429dead8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> I think most of your problems might be caused by a bad component install.
> I've begun to use the manual approach when installing components and I
> always install one at a time and then restart the IDE.
>
> Whenever I get an IDE exception I immediately restart the IDE and remove the
> last package I installed, and then try again. Also, I found that it's a good
> idea to keep a strict eye on the search path and where the compiled packages
> go. I always compile them into the default \Projecs\Bpl folder and override
> any settings the author of the package have set.
>
>

Yep I have spent a lot of time debugging my third party components and
have given up of several packages because they would give my problems. I
don't use any libraries I don't have the source for and always compile
my dcu files into a temp directory so I can do a quick search though my
source dirs to ensure the dcus bpls and dcp files are being compiled in
the proper place. If I find a dcu in a folder other than my temp dir or
a bpl file in a folder other than my \Projecs\Bpl dir I know something
is wrong.
.



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