The component's author has not provided me with the source code, all I have is the .dcu's as well as a .bpl for delphi 6.
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Browse All TopicsI have a custom component that is used in an old project which I am desigining a GUI front-end for. This component experiences an error when I try to install it and I have a faint idea why, but I'm hoping that is not the reason.
After setting the library search path to the correct directory, I attempt to use the install component button in Borland 2006 to install the .bpl for the component.
Then I get the following error: "The application has failed to start because designide60.bpl was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem".
I know that the compiler used in 2006 has suffix 100, so this makes me worry that the delphi 6 version that I am trying to install is not compatible with Borland 2006.
Any fixes?
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by: Geert_GruwezPosted on 2009-07-28 at 21:56:18ID: 24967283
do you have the sources for the component ?
re-installing ? no re-compiling more like
you will have to recompile the component with D2006
The Borland API is not allways backward compatible
you could copy the .bpl files to a dir found by the path, but this doesn't ensure it will work