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Final executable question

Hi,

I made a really simple app just to test it on my friends PCs and on every computer it asked for two files: "rtl70.bpl" and "vcl70.bpl" with a message like: "The file 'vcl70.bpl' was not found. Re-installing the application might help"- or something like that. Now aren't Delphi exe files supposed to run without any libraries and any other un-necessary files yet it asks for VLC library??

Thanks alot for any response!

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TheLeader

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Prototype_T-104

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Ok done that, but as I have no way of testing it right now is this sure to work?
Thanks for your response.

roknjohn

My money is on TheLeader. :-)

Prototype_T-104

ASKER

Well it doesn't work... now i can't compile my app at all :(

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Prototype_T-104

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Well than it must be asking for design pachages as obviously i can't run my apps without them. Also I am using some third-party components so, might that be the reason?

roknjohn

The design packages are ONLY needed at design time, i.e. when DELPHI is running. They are not needed at runtime.

you might have installed your third party components incorrectly. many component writers have separate installation procedures depending on whether you will be using runtime packages.

since this is a test app, remove the suspect components (or create small project without them) and see if that solves the problem.

Prototype_T-104

ASKER

Nope its the error is still present... Only when i copy the "vcl70.bpl" and "rtl70.bpl" in the System folder it works. And the application was just a blank form.

Robn

I have had this happen to me in D7. It seems as though when you Uncheck "Build with runtime packages?", the compiler doesn't pick up the new value. I believe it fixed itself when I closed Delphi, reopened it and compiled again. It was very strange. Be sure to do a Build All as well.

roknjohn

You must still be doing something wrong. Those file are not needed if the project is compiled WITHOUT the "Build with Runtime Packages" checked. Make sure you still haven't included the 3rd party components in your USES clause.

roknjohn

Robn may have something there.

TheLeader

thanx "roknjohn" :)
"Prototype_T-104" just for checking, the files("vcl70.bpl" and "rtl70.bpl") commonly this dir it should be
\windows\system on Windows98, \WINNT\System32 on Windows 2000 and Windows XP computers).

hope it helped ...

Prototype_T-104

ASKER

Thanks, its fixed now i sorted it out!

Robn

For future reference, what was the solution?

Regards,
Rob