Delphi Enterprise vs. Professional

[gforrest]

Hi,

I'm attempting to run some code in Delphi Professional Editon (ver 5.0). I believe the code was written in Delphi Enterprise Edition. I receive the following error message:

Project LARS.exe raised exception class EDBEngineError with message 'Your application is not enabled for use with this driver'

Alias: LARS_db'. Process stopped

My question is, can I run this code in Delphi Professional edition.

Any comments would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Glenn.

 

[TealWren]

Are you maybe trying to use an enterprise SQL Links driver? I think Oracle and MSSQL are enterprise drivers, I'm not sure what others are.

Just a guess!
TealWren

 

[gforrest]

Yes. In fact the code uses MSSQL. Is it possible to install a copy of the appropriate driver and get the code to run?

Thanks.
Glenn.

 

[TealWren]

Installing SQL Links will allow the executable to run, however I think it's quite likely that when you compile it with Delphi Professional it will no longer talk to the SQL Links drivers by design. The high-end database access is one of the big selling points of Delphi Enterprise...

An SQL Links install can be created using the InstallShield that comes with Delphi Enterprise, I believe. You can tell if the MSSQL driver is already installed by looking in the BDE - create a new alias and see if MSSQL is available as a type.

TealWren

 

[svanels]

Do you have the installation disks of the application? When the application is installed and creates an alias in the DB administrator, it will install the MSSQL driver. Another way is to install a delphi application which uses MSSQL.

Regards S. van Els
SAvanEls@cq-link.sr