Delphi Can't load package the specified module cannot be found

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Delphi 10.3 Windows 10

I am trying to install the TDataSet component for Advantage Database. I have already installed it to my laptop without any trouble. The laptop has the same systems.

On my desktop I get the error Can't load package... the specified module cannot be found.

I have searched for answers for hours. Others with the same problem have solved it with path adjustments. The modules do exist and are on the search path. I even added it to the system environment variable. That was not necessary on the laptop. There is only one .dcp package that is not a regular system file and it compiles to the standard Public\Embarcadero...\dcp directory.

After hours of searching I'm ready to give up. Any new ideas?

The required section contains:

adsd103Rio.dcp, //I triple checked the spelling
dcldb.dcp,
designide.dcp,
rtl.dcp,
vcl.dcp

Any new ideas? Gary

The _specified module_ can as well be some DLL needed by the package. — Uwe Raabe, Apr 16 '20 at 14:19
Nothing else but a single .pas file is required. The adsd103Rio.dcp only uses .pas files as well and compiles fine. BTW both packages compile fine it is only when I try to install the design Time package that I get the error — Gary Shelton, Apr 16 '20 at 14:45
Usually you don't need a DLL when you compile, but perhaps when you load the package. IIRC you need at least the ace32.dll to access ADS. — Uwe Raabe, Apr 16 '20 at 14:57
I added the directory with the ace32.dll to the Library path as well as the System path. Same results — Gary Shelton, Apr 16 '20 at 15:24
The Library path is not used for DLL searching, but the PATH environment variable is. — Uwe Raabe, Apr 16 '20 at 15:33

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 16 '20 at 16:40

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i had same issue. spent hours on this. Here is the solution that worked for me:

go to this thread: Can't load package %s error while installing a package

Look for answer that starts with this:

Run Process Monitor from http://SysInternals.com and set the filters to intercept only file operations ( toolbar rightmost buttons ) of your Delphi IDE process (check the process name in TaskManager or shortcut properties (it is bds.exe for Delphi XE2), then add the filter similar to Include / Process Name / Ends With / bds.exe ).

answered Apr 16 '20 at 16:40

Bret Bordwell

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That got me on the track. Uwe Raabe was right as well. Since there is no component for Rio yet there are some hoops to jump through. I missed this step. Then copy the content of the System32 folder to Windows\System32 (on Win32 systems) or Windows\SysWOW64 (on Win64 systems). Thanks a million!! – Gary Shelton Apr 16 '20 at 18:01
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No. Don't modify system directories. That's always the wrong solution. Those are system directories and you just not modify them. – David Heffernan Apr 17 '20 at 06:37
That sentence was out of context. It is part of a workaround that extracted files intended to be installed into the system folders into it's own sub directory named System32. Those files needed to be copied into the system folder as part on the process. – Gary Shelton Apr 17 '20 at 15:42
I had the same problem. ProcessMonitor showed the BPL it couldn't find. It was in the same folder as the package I was installing, but it couldn't find it until I added that folder to the Windows system path variable and restarted Delphi. – James L. Aug 24 '22 at 04:33

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 11 '21 at 17:24

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Run as a administrator, it works for me.

answered May 11 '21 at 17:24

Carlos Samaniego

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 06 '23 at 17:58

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copy all your components in below path: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\20.0\Bpl

This advise has really solved problem on my side!

answered Jan 06 '23 at 17:58

Dmitry

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 21 '20 at 18:36

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I had same issue. please copy all your components in below path: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\20.0\Bpl

answered Oct 21 '20 at 18:36

H.Saberi

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 17 '23 at 16:45

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The .bpl files for Designtime package and Runtime package must be in the same folder (usually in \Users\Public\Documents\Embarcadero\Studio\xx.x\Bpl).

answered Jul 17 '23 at 16:45

Marcio Schumann dos Santos

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Actually no: The runtime package must be in the same folder or in the Windows search path – dummzeuch Jul 18 '23 at 11:42

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