Can you help with this: I have installed Runtime and BDE (actually 5.2) on a Vista laptop, but can't find a path to the netdir folder. BDE lists the drives - but they are only the local drives on the laptop not the network drives, which the laptop can see fine from other applications. For example it can see the data and forms etc that are stored on the XP machine, but ovbviously can't open any db's that are being controlled by the netdir.  Would 5.202 by any chance help this? Or is there some Vista security or access setting that I need to alter? Thanks

Thanks a lot for your site found it researching what in gods name is a netdir. It has been helpful

>>...what in gods name is a netdir...

The NetDir (or network directory) is a folder on your network that all workstations have full access to (all rights) and is used manage what tables users have locked and/or what records each user has locked.

I am having the same problem as above - The BDE only sees the local drives, not the mapped drives on my Vista system. Any ideas why that would be.

Thanks

Thanks very much!

It helped me ...

Thank you Mike! You helped me a lot.

Hi! Anyone knows the command line parameters to do a silent install with this executable?

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Thanks!

Many thanks!!!

hi I am trying to create a WISE package to install BDE 5.2 on 32 bit/64Bit systems. I want the MSI package to use BDEMERGE.INI file to add BDE aliases after BDE is installed.

But Windows 7 does not give change/modify privileges to all users, When MSI is run BDE gets installed however, it raises error that Configuration settings cannot be set.

It would be helpful if you can give some pointers with regards to changing INSTALLDIR  for BDE5.2 on Win 7?

Thanks for making this available. I am trying to use this downloaded file to install BDE 5.2. The installation starts fine, but there must be some logic in the installation program because I am getting the error message below, even though I don't have any BDE applications running.

The installation program has detected BDE version 5.1.0.4 currently running. Please close any applications using the BDE and then restart this installation.

Anyone have a resolution for this error message or an alternate BDE 5.2 installer?

Many thanks! --Joe

I did post this link on one of the Prestwood sites years ago, but I cannot find it anywhere.

Anyway, when Windows Vista was introduced I created a new customizable installer for the BDE 5.2.0.2 which includes the 2/4GB diskspace patch as well as providing manifest files etc to allow installation/use of the BDE from a limited account. Settings changes are once again correctly forced to the cfg file (and not the registry which would require permissions) and by default the BDE is installed to the \BDE32 folder and the default netdir one directory deeper.

All up this means that UAC was (and still is) now a non issue for the BDE.

Two versions are supplied - with Sql Links and without. Be sure to read the readme file to see how you can set your defaults in the ini file.

Link: http://www.all2ezy.com/pages/developer_downloads.php

Tested on Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 but not yet Windows 10 - used by many members of the Paradox Community group.

Some Hints:

Hint #1: Never assume you are the only BDE application installed on any given machine.

Hint #2: Never read/write the BDE settings directly from/to the registry. This is bad programming all round. Use the BDE API documented in about 1993 (there are most likely OPAL equivalent functions in many cases). You user will thank you for not screwing up other software that uses the BDE.