'Capability not supported' error on Celeron PC

[Andrew Dawson]

Are there any known problems with D3/BDE and a Celeron processor?

My application is running fine on a P2 400Mhz machine but when I run it on a
Celeron 400 I get 'Capability not supported' (presumably from the BDE) when
I generate a report (using Quick Report) on a Paradox table.

Any ideas please!

Thanks
Andrew

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[John Pierce]

I'm running that combination on a Celeron portable without any problems,
but I don't use Quick REports.

John Pierce

[Andreas Oberhofer]

I had the same error message when I installed the BDE on an empty test
computer using Installshield of Delphi 5. I was not able to create a
connection to a Interbase 6 database because the database drivers were not
installed correctly.

Solution:
1. copy your BDE directory to the target computer.
2. export the BDE tree of the registry of your development computer:
2.1 start regedit.exe and go to
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Borland\Database Engine". There you find the
BDE configuration settings for the different database drivers (Paradox,
Interbase, etc).
2.2 export the subtree (see the menu "Registry") to a text file (like
BDE.REG)
3. change the paths in BDE.REG to the new BDE directory on the target PC
4. copy the BDe.REG file to the target PC and doubleclick on it
This will register the BDE configuration on the PC.
You can also manually delete the sections of database drivers you do not
want to be installed.

After this steps the error message did not appear anymore.

N.B.: I heard that Borland does not allow you to install the BDE without
unless you use a certified BDE installer like InstallShield. But I have lost
a lot of time (=money) and energy (=feeling well) to do it with
Installshield but it did not work even though the BDE seemed to be installed
correctly. I do not want to loose time anymore with such a simple problem.

Best wishes
Andreas