The Borland Database Engine makes use of a special file called 'Pdoxusrs.net' (the purpose of which is beyond the scope of this document). The default setting for the placement of this file is in the root of drive C, which will fail under Windows Vista, as this operating system does not permit new files to be created here.
That makes no sense. Does your program use the BDE?Search your hard drive and let me know if you have more than one copyof IDAPI32.DLL.Let me know the answers to these questions before you do anything else.To remove the BDE delete the BDE directory then delete the registry keyin my last message.I do not recall if the D5 installer has an option to install the BDEonly. If you go to and install the BDEinformation utility it will install the latest version of the BDE (5.2).-Bill Todd (TeamB)TeamB cannot answer questions received via email. QuoteThat makes no sense. Does your program use the BDE?Search your hard drive and let me know if you have more than one copyof IDAPI32.DLL.Let me know the answers to these questions before you do anything else.To remove the BDE delete the BDE directory then delete the registry keyin my last message.I do not recall if the D5 installer has an option to install the BDEonly.
If you go to and install the BDEinformation utility it will install the latest version of the BDE (5.2).-Bill Todd (TeamB)TeamB cannot answer questions received via email.
This article does not any. Unsourced material may be challenged. ( September 2015) Borland Database Engine ( BDE) is the -based core and connectivity software behind, IntraBuilder, for Windows, and Visual dBASE for Windows.History Borland’s had a 'database' Toolbox add-on, it was the beginning of the Borland compiler add-ons that facilitated database connectivity.
Then came the Paradox Engine for Windows – PXENGWIN – which could be compiled into a program to facilitate connectivity to Paradox tables.The first DLL-based connectivity engine was ODAPI (Open Database API). It represented Borland’s attempt to centralise connectivity in its suite of applications which included the brand-new Paradox for Windows 4 and Quattro. With version 4.5 / 5.0 of Paradox for Windows, this database engine was crystallised as.In 2000, Borland introduced a new SQL driver architecture called, which deprecated BDE SQL links technology.In 2014, Embarcadero removed the BDE installer from its Rad Studio XE7 install, making it a separate download in order to strengthen the message that the BDE has been deprecated for a number of years. Programmers using the BDE are encouraged to update their software to use newer database connectivity technologies like Embarcadero's FireDAC, or third party provided solutions.Design The included set of database drivers enables consistent access to standard data sources:, and text databases. You can add Microsoft drivers as needed to the built-in ODBC socket.
Optionally, Borland's SQL Links product provides access to a range of (DBMS), including, and.BDE is in design. At runtime, application developers interact with BDE by creating various BDE objects. These runtime objects are then used to manipulate database entities, such as. BDE's application program interface provides direct and C optimized access to the database engine, as well as BDE's built-in drivers for dBASE, Paradox, FoxPro, Access, and text databases.The core database engine files consist of a set of that are fully. Included with BDE are a set of supplemental tools and examples with sample code.BDE system is configured using the BDE Administrator (BDEADMIN.EXE).Included with BDE is Borland's Local SQL, a subset of enhanced to support Paradox and dBASE (standard) naming conventions for tables and fields (called 'columns' in SQL).
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Local SQL lets you use SQL to query 'local' standard database tables that do not reside on a database server as well as 'remote' DBMS servers. Local SQL is also essential to make multi-table queries across both local standard tables and those on remote SQL servers.The older name for the BDE API is the 'Integrated Database Application Program Interface' or 'IDAPI'.