delphi in vista

Question

i have one problem when i run my program in delphi7 have one error message

"unknown table type - permission denied - file:c:\PDOXURS.NET direcory C:\"

i dont know of make tk for one answer

Answer 1

On Vista, normal users do not have write-access to c:\, so you get the Permission Denied error message when trying to use Paradox since it needs to write to some files.

Two Good Options:

• Change the Net Dir in the BDE Admin to a path the user has access to
  • BDE Admin
  • Configuration
  • Drivers => Native Paradox
  • Change Net Dir
  • Apply
• Adjust the access rights on the required files on c:\ to allow the user access

and one bad option:

• Run the program as Administrator

Answer 2

Something else to be aware of is the virtual store. It may contain a copy of your BDE configuration, which you will probably want to delete. I'm currently not in front of a vista machine but the path is something like \users\username\appdata\local\virtual store (or something similar). There will then be a subdirectory for program files\common files\borland shared\bde - you will want to delete the files in here.