Questions tagged [delphi-6]

Delphi 6 is a specific version of Delphi. It was released in May 2001. Delphi 6 generates .Net code which differentiates it from the Delphi versions before or after it. Use this tag for issues related to development in Delphi, version 6.

Delphi 6 is a specific version of Delphi.

Delphi 6 codename is Iliad.

Delphi 6 introduced a number of new features for building and using industry-standard Web Services with full support for XML, SOAP and WSDL. Delphi 6 also included the CLX library, a cross-platform alternative to the Windows-only VCL, for targetting both Windows and Linux with a single codebase. Delphi 6 was available in three editions: Enterprise, Professional and Personal.

Delphi 6 was preceded by Delphi 5 and succeeded by Delphi 7. From August 2003 it was no longer officially supported.

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Can Delphi 6 be installed in Windows 7/32

Trying to install D6 in a W7/32 machine I run into issues: - Error message on start when D6 tries to rename file in C:\Program Files. That particular folder does not exist, and cannot be created, due to a conflict with C:\Program. I therefore…
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Reassign an OnCellClick event

I have an SQLite database with many Tables and one is named "tblAccounts" I have a dlgCommon that has a TDBGrid on it with the dbgridAccounts.DataSource:=srcAccounts I have several other Dialogs all of which at some time need to click a button and…
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Delphi 6 convert ucs-2 little endian file to utf8

i am trying to import a csv file that has ucs2 little endian encoding. I am using a jedi compnonent(jvCsvDataset) for collecting-manipulating the data. The component cannot read the data with this encoding and i need to convert it to utf8. The thing…
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How can I get the name of the database a DBExpress TSqlConnection is actually connected to?

I'm testing a quite old Delphi 6 application and would like to display the database name the TSqlConnection is actually connected to, so I can see quickly if I'm connected to the test or production database. In sqlconnections.ini, the app has a…
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Delphi 6 third party controls to inherit from Windows XP Theme Manager

Following on from my previous questions (Delphi 6 TDateTimePicker Windows Visual Theme support via Manifest), we are updating a legacy application developed in Delphi 6 to support Windows Visual Themes (to freshen up the UI). We have included a…
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Delphi 6 TDateTimePicker Windows Visual Theme support via Manifest

As per my previous question (Delphi 6 support for toolbar and menu icons with alpha channel transparency), we are updating a legacy application developed in Delphi 6 to support Windows Visual Themes by including a Manifest. This has worked well and…
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Acces violation when update field in table

I've made a exe (Update.exe) file to update a record in a table via SQL statement. I've made another program(update_service.exe) which runs as an admin service in windows. When I run update.exe standalone it updates the record in the table. No…
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Project-wide custom component

Can I have a custom visual component (a slightly modified TSpeedButton) that could be dragged to form and exists across some project only, not requiring to be registered Delphi-wide? I also do not want to emulate button using TFrame. It should not…
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Delphi 6 to Delphi 2007

Just hitting various bricks walls with years worth of code updating, but the current one i cant seem to convert is this Function Pack (Var Source, Dest; Count : Word) : Word; Assembler; Asm Push DS Mov BX, Count …
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Problems with object respository after moving Delphi6 from XP to Windows7 64

On moving to windows7 I could not get Delphi6 to install. I found the solution to be not installing under Program Files (I installed in c:\Delphi). My problem is that now when I try to add a new item to my project (a dialog for instance) I get a…
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Delphi Open Office / Libre Office PDF export selecting pages to print

I am using the code from this post: Delphi Saving open office document as PDF to export a Libre Office Writer document as a PDF file. I am trying to print only the first page of a 2 page document. I have changed the "pages" property line…
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Windows XP Theme Manager and Tnt Unicode in Delphi 6

I am using Windows XP Theme Manager in order to have 6.0 controls look-and-feel in my Delphi 6 application (manifest is provided). I have problem with some Tnt Unicode controls, for example with TTntBitBtn. As you can see from the image below, all…
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Is there any way through which I can lock the XML file while I am writing into it using Delphi?

I have a multiple processes which write into same XML file. I am using NativeXML library. I want to lock my file while any process writes into it so that the data in file should not be overwitten.
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How to open MS Excel Workbook 2010 in ToleContainer using delphi 6

I am using TOleContainer to Access Excel from Application. in Olecontainer objects we have MS Excel 2003 worksheet, but I need to open Excel Workbook 2010 version. Can any one help me. Thanks.
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Delphi 6 stored procedure on windows 7

I work with Delphi 6 and SQL Server 2008. With Windows Vista everything runs ok. But since I change my OS to Windows 7 all my projects started to show a message when I'm trying to compile them that says Stored procedure (SPname) not found or…