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Is there any way to detect if the BDE is installed on a machine ? &nbsp;At the moment I just check to see if there is an idapi section in the Win.ini file but this is not a foolproof method.<br />
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Thanks in Advance<br />
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John Clarke
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Is there any way to detect if the BDE is installed on a machine ?  At the moment I just check to see if there is an idapi section in the Win.ini file but this is not a foolproof method.

Thanks in Advance

John Clarke

Detecting the Borland Database Engine

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