Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

2007-11-13 Thread Hoby Smith
You are probably correct, at least to some degree. However, I have found that there are a number of Vista bugs that are exacerbated by different applications, though the apps aren't actually the root of them. Specifically, there appears to a number of bugs in the Vista core dlls that are used b

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

2007-11-13 Thread Time Bandit
On Nov 13, 2007 3:23 PM, Hoby Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, installing is no problem. However, running is a problem. It > installs with no problem. It runs really unstable, crashes constantly and > sometimes even locks Vista up. Yikes! If it locks up Vista, the problem is not in

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

2007-11-13 Thread Hoby Smith
Actually, installing is no problem. However, running is a problem. It installs with no problem. It runs really unstable, crashes constantly and sometimes even locks Vista up. Yikes! I have heard of people using D7 with no problem. But even Borland says that 2006 is not certified to work wit

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

2007-11-13 Thread Hoby Smith
Thanks, but no it doesn't. I also added rights to standard user account for appropriate subdirectories (bin, ObjResp). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dod Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:09 AM To: ICS support mailing Subject: Re: [twso

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

2007-11-13 Thread Arno Garrels
Dod wrote: > Hello Hoby, > > I use the "good old" Delphi 2007 on Vista ...fine... And I installed both "good old" Delphi 7 as well as Delphi 2007 on Vista. Though my day to day box still remains W2K so I haven't used one of those installs for working on real products yet. Should be no problem to

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

2007-11-13 Thread Dod
Hello Hoby, Sorry don't have the URL : UltraVnc Vista support.htm -> not delphi related but nice because they had to deal with some big problems and they explain how they fixed them. Creating Windows Vista Ready Applications with Delphi.htm What's in the Oven Leveraging Vista's UAC with Delphi

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

2007-11-13 Thread Hoby Smith
Wow... I hadn't thought of that... Interesting suggestion... Thanks. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Woody Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:59 AM To: ICS support mailing Subject: Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delph

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

2007-11-13 Thread Dod
Hello Hoby, Try to run BDS EXE "as admin", do it help ? HS> Great document! Thanks! Great timing for me, too. I have been working the HS> last several days on trying to come up to speed on some Vista development HS> issues and that was a great help. HS> BTW, since you brought it up... ;) Can

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

2007-11-13 Thread Dod
Hello Hoby, I use the "good old" Delphi 2007 on Vista ...fine... HS> Great document! Thanks! Great timing for me, too. I have been working the HS> last several days on trying to come up to speed on some Vista development HS> issues and that was a great help. HS> BTW, since you brought it up..

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

2007-11-13 Thread Woody
From: "Hoby Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have just got a new Vista Laptop (since you can't get anything else now) > and am having the worst time trying to run BDS 2006 on it. Why not run it in a virtual machine? Load up a VM with XP, install BDS 2006 and there ya go... Woody (TMW) -- To uns

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

2007-11-13 Thread Hoby Smith
Can you supply references to the white papers you mentioned? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dod Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 10:29 AM To: ICS support mailing Subject: Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi Hello F

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

2007-11-13 Thread Hoby Smith
Great document! Thanks! Great timing for me, too. I have been working the last several days on trying to come up to speed on some Vista development issues and that was a great help. BTW, since you brought it up... ;) Can I ask a related question? If it is OT, then perhaps you can direct me to

Re: [twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

2007-11-13 Thread Dod
Hello Francois, I also found two or three white papers about it (and yours also), it is very important to read them if people want to make their application Vista compliant (and compatible). It took me 3 months last year to understand thoses "new" features that broke my applications.

[twsocket] [OT] Writing Vista applications using Delphi

2007-11-13 Thread Francois PIETTE
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