Paradox Setup, Vista, etc. Topic Unanswered Threads

Hi everyone, I´m a network consultant of various small offices in Argentina that actually uses Paradox 8 over Windows XP. Paradox systems are mantained by a small team of local programmers. We just start to upgrade the workstations to Intel I5 / Windows 7 64bits (4gb of ram, maximum 32gb) Systems works Ok under Windows 7 64bits. We have read the article at /ASPSuite/KB/Document_View.asp?QID=101303 that says there is not 64-bit version of Paradox. In this case: - Are the new processor (Intel I5 here) a significative difference over the previous Pentium Dual Core?, - Are RAM upgrades of more of 3GB (eg: 8 / 16GB) fully used by Paradox Runtime?, , The scenario in this instalation is a centralized server (Samba/Linux) with Quadcore Xeon processor, Gigabit connection and 4Gigabytes of RAM. Can we optimize this server for Paradox with more memory? , thanks and regards!

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I just started using Paradox 9.  (Had been using Paradox 7.) is there any way to get the right-click context sensitive menu back? For example, I often have mailing labels, and I would right-click and choose "Open With" to open with a new table.  How do I do that now? Also, I'd right-click a text file to import. Is there a way to get this functionality back?

Having used Paradox 7 on win95 thru to win 98, XP, and Win7 using the compatability tab making it WinNT with SP4 all was well, i have just installed Win8 on a text machine, and installed Pdx 7 - sadly there is no compatability drop down for WinNT SP4 - so what do i do know. The program opens, but when i go to select my data source it is telling me (or rather not allowing me to select my database on account of the OK button being greyed out). When i open Pdx direct, and then go to the Alias Manager, to manually configure to select my d/base the OK button is still grayed out. Is it easy to upgrade to Corel Paradox 11 - or does it mean re-writing loads of stuff to allow the database to actually work.. Please help.. Luckily i still have (and my clients) still are using Windows 7 or lower. M!chael

I am running Paradox (forget which version) on Windows 7 64 bit and it has been running fairly well for some years.  Sometimes crashes, but doesn't corrupt data.  Just today, I developed some sort of problem that is preventing Paradox from starting.  When I try to start, I get an error: Could not initialize BDE.:, Cannot load language driver. I suspected there was something wrong in my .../Borland/Common Files/BDE directory, so I copied the BDE directory from my laptop, where Paradox still loads.  I still get the same error.  Any suggestions for a fix? Thanks Desperate Floyd.M NEVERMIND:  I uninstalled Paradox 7 and re-installed it and everything is working well.  Just have one corrupt Paradox table to fix.

Dear friends, I hope someone can help me with this intriguing problem: I have been using Paradox 9(Developers Edition) on VISTA for a couple of yeasr now, and generally, the problems have been few. Now I have an old project that isn't working properly, and whn I try to debug the code, the debugger goes completely blank, so I can't identify the problem. The code is very simple - it is linked to a drop-down list, and when the item has been selected, the name is used to look up related information in a table and put that information into a series of undefined fields. The problem is that the table look-up executes correctly, and the correct data is put into the required field; but the data(numeric) then changes and becomes totally unrelated to the real data. when I run the debugger, the screen goes blank and I can not follow the execution of the code. I am going crazy, can anyone help me please? many thanks in advance Alan,

I've been running Paradox for Windows on a desktop in the office since the mid-'90's. I'm considering providing our sales reps with Windows tablets to streamline things. They will need to print customer copies in the field. Anyone have any experience with Paradox on a tablet? , Thanks, Lauston,

What does this error mean? How do I fix? It happens only to a new node I just put on the network. using win XP pro.  paradox 11.0.0.3, Error comes up right after clicking  the Paradox icon on the desktop. I click OK on the error and paradox still opens and seems to run OK!? any suggestions???  I have search the net and this forum but could not find anything. The full error is: Access violation at address 0055a83c in module 'PXSRV32.DLL'.  Read of address 049800000., thanks scott,

I have a system I developed using Borland C++ and Paradox as the database. I started this project running on Windows 98 and finally through XP with NO problems. When Vista came out the system would no longer work, BDE problems. I would like to know if anyone out there has a fix for the BDE when running Windows 7. I have it working but I get an error from time to time, "Failed to initalize BDE". Also when using a NetWork drive I have to turn the User account control off. My system runs better and faster on Windows XP but the world is going to Win 7 and I have to keep up. I have 370+ users of my software and I have issues with the way the system works in Windows 7. George Cook Shooting Sports Software  LLC

This is just a helpful hint - because I've been fighting this "problem" for a couple of weeks and finally found the resolution. The problem: whenever I would type ctrl-space in Paradox to do a table lookup a computer voice would say "there is no text" and do nothing else. The resolution turned out to be a Yahoo Widget that I use - Month Calendar by Harry Whitfield. Under "Widget Preferences" there is a Speech tab - change the "Speak Memo Hotkey" to something else (or change it to none).

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Hi All I'm Using Paradox V7 under XP MCE I'm trying to intercept the "Press Ctl + SpaceBar" Status Message When an Invalid LookUp occurs, That is the User Types in an Invalid value and you can't depart from the field in a Multi-Table (Frames x4) Form, Field Name in 1st Table frame is "Location". The TABLE LookUp works FINE, But When a New "Location's" value need's to be added to the LookUp, I want to respond to it... IF THATS Possible??? If so How??? While I'm at it, the thread on "conditionally coloring rows in a tableframe" looks great but like Jim I'm hoping for a better solution!!! Mike - Thanks for making the code available from Paradox 9 book!!! Hope I can get a few answer's with both the above!!

Are you getting error messages during startup? Have you double checked the netdir setting in the BDE? What about the drive mapping of the Q drive on the Win7 PC?

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I am determined to conquer this thing so having installed something (well it made it to the HD whether it's actually installed is another matter!) with the dreaded PDE, the application will not start and shows the following error message instead -, , "Error starting Program., The PXRSRV32.dll file is linked to missing export PRFORM32.dll:StrCat.Plus", , Both files are actually in the C:\Programs\Corel\Paradox9 Runtime\Programs directory and a re-install is of no help., Any idea's?, rt

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