----- Original Message ----- > So atlast I figured out (I mean the folk here in the forums figured > it out) that I needed to get a dynamic connection string and relative > paths. It worked ok. It built and executed without any complaints on > my pc. I got the installation module built with no errors. It > appeared to install ok on another equivalent PC. But when I tried to > fire up my application I get a Microsoft crash message. I just cannot > figure it out what else can be going wrong here. I got a > ADOConnection object with the connection string being built on the > fly. A ADOTable object that connects to the connection object on the > fly. A Datasource object which either references my ADOTable or is > referenced by my ADOQuery objects. A bunch of Data aware components > which connect using the ADOConnection object and the Datasource > object. I do all the referencing and plugging in of these components > dynamically. Builds and executes ok but when i install on another pc > it crashes ! > Main complication having to access some TBlobField in the database. I > had a brain wave and did typecasting of a TField to TBlobfield. It > worked within the IDE. I wonder if that is infact causing the mishap > in the install build? Although why should it I cannot fathom. > > Anu Rang, TotallyFreeEnergy > http://totallyfreeenergy.freehoxt.com > Have you checked that the MDAC on that PC supports JET? Not being funny about Access but MS are wanting people to migrate of it. I thought the latest MDAC lacked the JET drivers because of this. I think that's why SQL Server Express 2005 is given away free and you can use it for commercial applications.
David Bolton
