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go_back_6	Comment 1 of 11 Congratulation Mr. Prestwood. Very helpfull. Posted 5 years ago

simonjessel

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Can you help with this: I have installed Runtime and BDE (actually 5.2) on a Vista laptop, but can't find a path to the netdir folder. BDE lists the drives - but they are only the local drives on the laptop not the network drives, which the laptop can see fine from other applications. For example it can see the data and forms etc that are stored on the XP machine, but ovbviously can't open any db's that are being controlled by the netdir. Would 5.202 by any chance help this? Or is there some Vista security or access setting that I need to alter? Thanks

Posted 48 months ago

ljlsys

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Thanks a lot for your site found it researching what in gods name is a netdir. It has been helpful

Posted 45 months ago

Mike Prestwood

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>>...what in gods name is a netdir...

The NetDir (or network directory) is a folder on your network that all workstations have full access to (all rights) and is used manage what tables users have locked and/or what records each user has locked.

Posted 45 months ago

steveh

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I am having the same problem as above - The BDE only sees the local drives, not the mapped drives on my Vista system. Any ideas why that would be.

Thanks

Posted 44 months ago

jsalai49

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Thanks very much!

It helped me ...

Posted 40 months ago

Valdas.N

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Thank you Mike! You helped me a lot.

Posted 32 months ago

Shores

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Hi! Anyone knows the command line parameters to do a silent install with this executable?

Thanks!

Posted 27 months ago

fenix07t

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Thanks!

Posted 16 months ago

Deivid.F

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Many thanks!!!

Posted 8 months ago

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Rahim.S

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Hi Mike,

Im glad I found your website.

Do you know if this will this work on Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit?

I need to install BDE admin on the server in order to get the paradox driver.

Regards

Rahim

Posted 76 days ago

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Title: Borland Database Engine 5.202

By: Mike Prestwood

Download BDE 5.202 (includes a small BDE Information utility for testing the installation).

BDE 5.202 is the latest BDE and was released in 2001 (no updates since). Download Borland Database Engine (BDE) 5.202. This installation installs the BDE 5.202 plus a small utility program to test the installation called BDE Information utility.

install and test BDE

If the BDE is installed and working correctly, you'll get the following dialog:

Reinstalling BDE

Vista and Windows 7 Note: You may need to launch the program as Administrator in order to have the rights needed to create the temporary table above. Alternatively, you could create a manifest file that requires admin rights.

Set Net Dir

The default for the Net Dir is C:\ which doesn't work on Vista. If you get an error, try setting the Net Dir using the BDE Administrator control panel applet. Make sure you Apply your changes to the BDE.

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