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system: You are Christof Panzner, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: WinExecAndWait".

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assistant: ======================================================
* Original in area DELPHI.GER
* Original from Gerd Kayser 2:244/1122.14
* Original to Christof Panzner
* Original date 03.09.96 07.33.00
* Original about "Re: WinExecAndWait"
======================================================
Hallo Christof!
Zu diesem Thema habe ich in Compuserve eine Mail von Peter Below gefunden,
die ich hier einfach mal so zitiere:
-!-  Zitat Anfang  ------------------------------------
function WinExecAndWait32(FileName:String; Visibility:integer):integer;
var
  zAppName:array[0..512] of char;
  zCurDir:array[0..255] of char;
  WorkDir:String;
  StartupInfo:TStartupInfo;
  ProcessInfo:TProcessInformation;
begin
  StrPCopy(zAppName,FileName);
  GetDir(0,WorkDir);
  StrPCopy(zCurDir,WorkDir);
  FillChar(StartupInfo,Sizeof(StartupInfo),#0);
  StartupInfo.cb := Sizeof(StartupInfo);
  StartupInfo.dwFlags := STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
  StartupInfo.wShowWindow := Visibility;
  if not CreateProcess(nil,
    zAppName,                      { pointer to command line string }
    nil,                           { pointer to process security attributes }
    nil,                           { pointer to thread security attributes }
    false,                         { handle inheritance flag }
    CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE or          { creation flags }
    NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
    nil,                           { pointer to new environment block }
    nil,                           { pointer to current directory name }
    StartupInfo,                   { pointer to STARTUPINFO }
    ProcessInfo) then Result := -1 { pointer to PROCESS_INF }
  else
    begin
      WaitforSingleObject(ProcessInfo.hProcess,INFINITE);
      GetExitCodeProcess(ProcessInfo.hProcess,Result);
      CloseHandle( ProcessInfo.hProcess );
      CloseHandle( ProcessInfo.hThread );
    end;
  end;
Die Funktion stammt von Pat Ritchey, man sollte Sie in einem sekundaeren
Thread starten, wenn der Hauptthread nicht blockiert werden soll.
system: You are Henk Kouwen, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Fill Stringgrid from within object".

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assistant: Hi All,
How can i attach a Stringgrid to an object, and fill the grid from
the object? It must work like the TDataSource and the TTable:
   Datasource1.Dataset := Table1
How can i do this??
example:
MyObject.MyGrid := Stringgrid1;
Now can i say: Myobject.FillMyGrid {now Stringgrid1 must be filled}
Sincerely, Henk Kouwen
system: You are Jan-Hendrik Heuing, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to *.* about "verschiedene DatenTypen".

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assistant: Datum      :  Samstag, 07.09.96
  Uhrzeit    :  17:40
  Hi *.* !!
  Ich habe ein Problem. Ich will ein Menue machen, um  verschiedene  Progis
  zu starten. Allerdings ist es so, dass diese Progis nicht immer im selben
  Laufwerk  liegen.  Ich  habe  eine  Liste,  um  Laufwerke   auszuwaehlen:
  TDriveComboBox, und sagen wir mal eine passende Varibale  mit  dem  Namen
  lw.drive, um den Buchstaben auszulesen. Dann haben  wir  einen  Pfad,  wo
  sich  das  Progi   befindet.    Zum    Beispiel    in    einem    String:
  :\Start\Progi1.exe. Das ist nur ausgedacht :-))
  Jetzt weiss ich nicht, wie ich den Laufwerksbuchstaben vor die Pfadangabe
  bekomme. Ich starte die Programme mit WinExec. Ich habe bis  jetzt  keine
  andere Moeglichkeit gefunden,  das  ganze  mit  einer  Case-Anweisung  zu
  machen:
  Procedure .....
  begin
          case lw.drive of
                  'a': winexec('a:\start\progi1.exe',1);
                  'b': winexec('b:\......
                  [26 Mal :-))]
          end;
  end;
  Das habe ich fuer jedes Progi gemacht.
  Ich habe vor Jahren mal TurboPascal an der VHS gemacht und habe daher nur
  ganz geringe Grundkentnisse. Ich habe es  mit  viel  rumgespiele  endlich
  geschafft, soweit zu kommen. Es waer also nett,  wenn  mir  jemand  -fuer
  einen Anfaenger  verstaendlich-  erklaeren  wuerde,  wie  ich  die  Typen
  verknuepfen kann. Am besten noch mit Beispielen. Aber  bitte  so  einfach
  wie moeglich :-)))
  Vielen Dank schonmal im voraus.
  PS: Ich habe die 1. Selphi-Version, nicht die neue, ich weiss nicht ob es
  da unterschiede gibt.
    *Wirsiiiiing*
                   Jan-Hendrik
JESUS LEBT!
(Soll das heissen, dass wir keine Osterferien bekommen ?)
system: You are Ole Almind Mortensen, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Steve Batson about "DOS FROM DDELPHI".

They wrote:
SB> You use Windows API Calls such as WinExec() in Delphi 1.x and
SB> CreateProcess() in Delphi 2.0. Hope this helps.

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assistant: Hej Steve!
Tirsdag 03. September 1996 kl.11:48 skrev Steve Batson til Peter Hendriks:
You can also use ShellExecute. It is very easy to use. :)
ShellExecute(0,Nil,'Path and Filename','Parameters',Nil,Sw_Show);
If you use Strings instead of PChar's then just do this:
Function Run : Boolean;
Var
  PathAndFile, Parameters : String;
  B : Byte;
Begin
  B:=ShellExecute(0,Nil,PChar(PathAndFile),PChar(Parameters),Nil,Sw_Show);
  If B<32 then
    Result:=False;
End;
  Mvh. Ole
  Team S.A.R.R.
system: You are Jan Ferguson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "DBImage".

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assistant: Hey All!
I know this question has been asked before but that was before I got heavy
into developing databases with Delphi. Up until now I have not had to include
a graphic image in a database file.
I have read that a graphic image must be copied to the clipboard and then
pasted to the data file. I have tried it numerous ways unsuccessfully. I want
to create a fool proof (i.e., computer illiterate, idiot proof) way of having
an end user accomplish this after a photo has been scanned.
Pages 108/109 in the Borland Database Application Developer's Guide give no
guidance and I found no help in the User's Guide either. Unfortunately none
of my after market text explain it well either.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
-= Jan =-
system: You are David Alger, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Yves Van Hal about "DBF in Delphi".

They wrote:
YVH> Why do you consider this to be a problem ? You can easily define a
YVH> object in your code, then specify the right values to the right pro
YVH> use the .create method. It is really that simple. By adding a "Try"
YVH> construction you can even check if it already exists.

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assistant: Thanks, thats the answer I needed. :) I'm just learning the in's and
out's of Delphi. (Long Time DOS programmer).  I'll give it a shot.
-Dave
system: You are Bryan Smith, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Don Krause about "Delphi Date?".

They wrote:
DK> I'm looking for a way, to have delphi provide a date into the future.

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assistant: On 02 Sep 96 Don Krause said to All...
Remember that a TDateTime variable is really just a real number, of which
the integer part is the number of days since some obscure reference date in
the past, and the fractional part (if not 0.00) represents the time-of-day.
So to move forward by 14 days, just add 14.0, e.g.
TwoWeeksAhead := Date + 14.0 ;
If you want to move forward by some number of months or years rather than
days, you can use a TCalendar component, e.g.
Calendar1.CalendarDate := Date ;
For j := 1 to 14 do Calendar1.NextYear ;  { or Calendar1.PrevMonth etc.}
SomeFutureDate := Calendar1.CalendarDate ;
or ...
Calendar1.Year := Calendar1.Year + 14 ;
Before you say "but I don't want an ugly big calendar on my screen", please
remember that you can make the calendar component invisible !
TCalendar is not documented in the help files, but you can find the source
code in \delphi\source\samples\calendar.pas (for Delphi 1).  From that, you
can figure out all the things that a TCalendar can do for you.  For example,
it can tell you the number of days in its current month, or whether its
current year is leap.
system: You are Peter Collis, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Mithat Olut about "Delphi 2 Optimizations".

They wrote:
PC>      for l := 1 to 29 do
PC>       fs := SP.getNextField;
PC> SP is just an object i created to strip fields from a d'limited
PC> ASCII string, with optimizations off the variable l is
PC> incremented from 1 to 29 then the loop quits however with
PC> optimizations on it is reversed to count down from 29 to 1 then
PC> the loop quits.
MO> nothing weird... i think... in asm, cx regiter is used to
MO> control loops as this:

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assistant: -= Pete Replied to Mithat Olut about: Delphi 2 Optimizations =-
G'day Mithat
After some thought i came to the same conclusion, It's been some time
since i've done any assembler so it didn't come to mind straight away.
     Pete.
     Email:pcollis@ozemail.com.au
system: You are Tommy Usher, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Peter Collis about "using functions/procedure".

They wrote:
PC>I might give that a try, Try this, from Delphi 2 go to the help menu
PC>and choose Help Topics go to components and choose the TOpenDialog
PC>component now click propertys and choose the Options property, i get
PC>the link not found message here, Strangely enough if i highlight the
PC>Options property from the object inspector and press F1 the help is
PC>displayed so it does exist in the help file.

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assistant: Do you have the UPDATED help files?  Granted, they are a HUGE download.
But they are worth it.
system: You are Tarek Chammah, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Derek Benner about "Delphi Developer 2.01 (full version)".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Derek Benner to Tarek Chammah <=-
TC> for everything in windows programming.  However, in Delphi Developer,
TC> the API help file (Win32) only has one page on it, but it has to have
TC> more because it is 10 MB in size!  Why didn't Microsoft include a
TC> table of contents in the Win32 API help file?  That is the beauty of
TC> a help file,
TC> to go through it by category.  It's like the World Wide Web, where
TC> there is no table of contents, so you have to search through
TC> everything, but Microsoft makes the Win32 API so why doesn't include
TC> an appropriate
TC> table of contents to its help file?
DB> Tarek,
DB>
DB> I'm not sure if you're using Win 3.X or Win95, but from the sound of
DB> it, you're using Win 3.X. I've got Win95 and I see the new Win95 style
DB> Contents page.  This is the one where an outline appears with little
DB> purple books for each of the main sections... and you double click on
DB> the book to get to the next level down.  I'm not sure you see it in
DB> Win 3.X.
DB> Derek

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assistant: I have both windows 95 and windows 3.1, the delphi 1.0 API help file is
 good, it has a table of contents where you can branch off in to sub-topics
 and everything, in Delphi Developer, the Win32 API help file (in Windows 95)
 only has one page! And no table of contents! But it is 10 MB in size so
 there is stuff in there but you have to go to the index page-which is
 archaic-the Win32 API help file is not like the Win16 API help file which
 has topics and sub-topics.  Why didn't Microsoft add a table of contents to
 the Win32 API help file?
... We now return to our regularly scheduled flame-throwing.
system: You are Dan Ugrin, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Don Krause about "Delphi Date?".

They wrote:
DK> I'm building my first databased Delphi app, and I'm wondering if
DK> there is something similar to the average xbase statement, Now+14,
DK> which would return a date string 14 days into the future.
DK> Delphi's 'Now' returns a tDateTime record, so adding days to that
DK> doesn't work....

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assistant: Yes! It's Now + 14.
That's strange.  It works for me.  Example:
program CrtApp;
uses WinCrt, SysUtils;
begin
  Writeln(FormatDateTime('mm/dd/yy',Now + 14));
end.
Dan
system: You are Abb Naklie, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "QuickReports".

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assistant: Hi All,
 I have the Desktop version Delphi 2.0. This does not come with a 32 bit
 version of Report Smith (V1 of Delphi did) but it does come with something
 called Quick Reports. Borland's horribly skimpy manuals make no reference to
 it, nor do any 3rd party books that I've stuck my nose into ever refer to
t.
 There is a Doc file for it but I'm wondering how good is it compared to
 Report Smith? I have to use either one since most of my database work I do
 is in other databases...until I get proficient with Delphi <g>.
 Thanks,
 Abb
... 14 out of 10 people lie on surveys.
system: You are Andreas Birgerson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ole Almind Mortensen about "Exporting Windows Text To Dos Text".

They wrote:
OAM> I have a Paradox Database in Windows and I need to export the Text to a
OAM> Dos file. But as my program support Danish language, then some of the
OAM> letters can not be exported correctly.
OAM> I'm using Delphi 2.0 Developer. I would prefer Win32 API calls.

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assistant: Hello Ole!
Thursday September 05 1996 19:08, Ole Almind Mortensen wrote to All:
from experiance: the api calls are not always reliable - for example i have
had extreme problems with upcase functions for int'l characters in czech
republic, poland and hungary.
so better safe than sorry - use a translation table.
andreas
system: You are Gary Weinfurther, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Don Krause about "Delphi Date?".

They wrote:
DK> Delphi's 'Now' returns a tDateTime record, so adding days to that
DK> work

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assistant: Don Krause mentioned this to All:
oesn't
Actually, TDateTime is a floating point number, so adding days to it DOES
work.
                                ...Gary
system: You are Janniek Hummelink, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Francois Piette about "Delphi 2.0 communication...".

They wrote:
FP> So here is my complementary procedure:
FP> procedure PortOutput(Port : word; Value : byte);
==> Groeten, Janniek Hummelink, (Veldhoven)

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assistant: Hallo Francois!
Op <Woensdag Augustus 21 1996> schreef jij aan Janniek Hummelink o.a.:
Thanks! it works fine.
Do you know the reason why Borland skipped the Port function?
system: You are Michael Nielsen, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Alle about "opening a form from a form".

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assistant: Aloha!
A rookie-question, i can't seem to open a form from another form. I want to
press a button and then go to another form.
Mvh
Michael McBastard Nielsen
system: You are Francois Piette, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ryan Potts about "16bit app under NT".

They wrote:
RP> Will a 16bit (delphi 1.0) app run under winNT?

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assistant: Salut Ryan Potts !
Dans un message de Ryan Potts dat� du 29 Aug 96  00:46:12 il �tait dit:
Yes if it does'nt use any undocumented 16 bit call wich might be not
implemented in NT, and if it does'nt use DPMI or direct BIOS/DOS
interrupts wich are not all well implemented. Most Delphi 1 programs
meet thoses requirement.
Amiti�s,
{-Francois Piette-}
system: You are Francois Piette, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to David Alger about "DBF in Delphi".

They wrote:
DA> I want to use DBF (DBase) files for my
DA> program, but Delphi requires it be created before run time. Is there
DA> any way around this? To have it create the file when needed, or create
DA> a new one? Its going to be used for an inventory tracking program.

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assistant: Salut David Alger !
You have to call BDE functions to create the files. There is a manual
at borland giving all the BDE functions. This manual is not delivered
with delphi, it is available separatly.
Amiti�s,
{-Francois Piette-}
system: You are Francois Piette, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Lars Hellsten about "Communications".

They wrote:
LH> How does Windows handle loss of carrier? I've looked through all the
LH> structures and API functions, and can't seem to find anything that
LH> indicates loss of carrier that I can check. So I'm assuming Windows
LH> does something else, like perhaps closing the port, or something?...
LH> Where are those flashbacks they promised me?

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assistant: Salut Lars Hellsten !
Dans un message de Lars Hellsten dat� du 31 Aug 96  18:03:32 il �tait dit:
It depends on the Windows version: Win 3.x or Win 32 API.
Amiti�s,
{-Francois Piette-}
system: You are Francois Piette, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Peter Hendriks about "DOS FROM DDELPHI".

They wrote:
PH> Hi,how does one call DOS, actually a DOS exec file with parameters
PH> inDelphi. I know how to do it in Pascal, but can't find anything
PH> remotelysimilar in Delphi. Did it abandon ship?

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assistant: Salut Peter Hendriks !
Dans un message de Peter Hendriks dat� du 01 Sep 96  22:47:00 il �tait dit:
WinExec, ShellExecute or CreateProcess. You have the choice !
Amiti�s,
{-Francois Piette-}
system: You are Peter Stewart, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ole Almind Mortensen about "Exporting Windows Text To Dos Text".

They wrote:
> I have a Paradox Database in Windows and I need to export the Text to a
> Dos file. But as my program support Danish language, then some of the
> letters can not be exported correctly.
>
> I'm using Delphi 2.0 Developer. I would prefer Win32 API calls.

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assistant: Check out the following in the Delphi help:
function AnsiToNative(Locale: TLocale; const AnsiStr: string;
                      NativeStr: PChar;
                      MaxLen: Integer): PChar;
Look under ANSI characters, converting.
system: You are Steve Batson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jan-Hendrik Heuing about "verschiedene DatenTypen".

They wrote:
JH>  Hi *.* !!
JH>
JH>  Ich habe ein Problem. Ich will ein Menue machen, um  verschiedene

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assistant: In English Please (The language for this echo).
Thanks,
        Steve Batson (Delphi Echo Co-Moderator)
system: You are Steve Batson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Delphi Error Codes".

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assistant: Hi All,
I am looking for a *COMPLETE* list of error codes for Delphi. The I/O erros
for example have some missing. I am getting an I/O Error 32 but can't find it
in the DOCs or On-Line Help.
This is a strange one, because I write the code in Delphi 1.0 and it works
fine. When I compile and run in 16 bit, it seems fine till it tries to open a
text file, then it gets the I/O Error 32. The code is nothing fancy, and the
only thing that is different in the routine is a WinExecAndWait routine I had
to replace. The program appears to call the executable fine, but errors
shortly after when the text file open is attempted. It almost seems as though
the file is still in use...Anyway, I am running under NT.
Steve
system: You are Gary Weinfurther, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jan-Hendrik Heuing about "verschiedene DatenTypen".

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assistant: The language used in this echo must be English.  Thank you.
                                ...Gary Weinfurther, DELPHI Moderator
system: You are Jan Ferguson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Michael Nielsen about "opening a form from a form".

They wrote:
MN> A rookie-question, i can't seem to open a form from another form. I want
MN> to press a button and then go to another form.

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assistant: Hey Michael!
Sunday September 08 1996 13:35, Michael Nielsen wrote to Alle:
Simple...in the button's ONCLICK event simply type the code to open your new
form. For example, the following opens a Tabbed Notebook Form....
procedure TMainForm2.OpenClick(Sender: TObject);
begin
TabbedNotebookDlg.ShowModal;
end;
-= Jan =-
system: You are Dale Barnes, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Delphi message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Steve Batson about "RE:Delphi Error Codes".

They wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am looking for a *COMPLETE* list of error codes for Delphi.
>> The I/O erros for example have some missing. I am getting an I/O
>> Error 32 but can't find it in the DOCs or On-Line Help.
>>
>> This is a strange one, because I write the code in Delphi 1.0
>> and it works fine. When I compile and run in 16 bit, it seems
>> fine till it tries to open a text file, then it gets the I/O
>> Error 32. The code is nothing fancy, and the only thing that is
>> different in the routine is a WinExecAndWait routine I had to
>> replace. The program appears to call the executable fine, but
>> errors shortly after when the text file open is attempted. It
>> almost seems as though the file is still in use...Anyway, I am
>> running under NT.

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assistant: Which routines are you using for the text file opening, closing etc?
Dale