Comments on: Delphi 7 and Windows 7

By: dowex

dowex — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:54:09 +0000

thanks for the tips..
so, I can solve my sister problem with Delphi..

By: Zink

Zink — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:48:08 +0000

Oh, I’m sorry, it was my mistake - I forgot to select “Auto-save project desktop” (it has been long time since I installed D7 for the last time, and I simply forgot what that option did) :).

Yes, for the most part it works on W7 64-bit (compiling, running and debugging 32-bit applications). There are some issues, but not essential, they are:
- occasional IDE crash (happened only two times to me: first right at the running (it was before I have set up directory permissions and WinXP compatibility mode), and second time was after I tried opening about 10 projects one after another, so it is probably not going to occur frequently,
- in one of my projects (and only one) it displays “[Error] RLINK32: Error opening file “ConvTbl.dfm”" during the first run, but I just press Run again and it works perfectly from now on.

That’s it. I have tried debugging (not thoroughly however) and haven’t noticed any g-glitches.

By: HansO

HansO — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:16:17 +0000

Thanks for reporting the success. Looks like still a security issue, Delphi not remembering last project.

The help file fix appeared after I wrote the orginal blog, I did edit in the now available help file KB article for X86.
Since you mention -x64 I assume Delphi works on Windows 7 64 bit?

By: Zink

Zink — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:38:45 +0000

Thanks for the tutorial, my Delphi 7 now works again :). I also have the help working without replacing any files (just installed KB917607-x64 which is WinHlp32 from MS website).

One thing that is still bugging me is opening the last project at startup. It worked on XP, but on 7 it always opens with a new project instead of the last one. Luckily, it keeps the history for opening button correctly, so it’s not a big problem. Is there anything I can do about it?

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:08:54 +0000

Thanks a lot! I use Delphi regularly and have just upgraded to Windows 7 and was initially gutted when I couldnt use Delphi 7.
Many thanks!

By: HansO

HansO — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:23:03 +0000

The default location for projects is in the program files/delphi directory. It seems you did not get the right permissions to write there.
Try to give read access for users to the program files AND all directories underneath and read/write to the delphi directory.

Its a bad idea btw to keep data in program files, so I would suggest an alternative working directory for your project anyway.

By: Har'$

Har'$ — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:33:37 +0000

i have problem with delphi 7 . when i am trying to open or save any file , or project my delphi exe is closed without any error. so i am not able to do anything .
Thanks in advance

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:30:56 +0000

Thanks for sharing! My Delphi7 is now working!

Big help!

By: barny

barny — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:04:12 +0000

fine good solution

By: C. Ulker

C. Ulker — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:45:14 +0000

Saved me a lot of time. Thanks for the tip.