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Hi I need to be able to set a username/password within the application I have developed so that the application can access network resources (folders) but the user of the app cannot. This is to protect the content of the folders as the app needs read, write and delete access but the user does...

Hi I am attempting to copy a file using UNC file paths i.e. \\server\somepath\somefile.txt to \\server\someotherpath\somefile.txt I am using copyfile but it does not work. If I change to path names such as P:\somfile.txt etc. it works fine. I get no exception it just fails to do the copy...

Hi I need to refresh datasets using ADO and the requery method. This works fine of course and I can maintain the record position so I don't go back to the top. Now If I associate a child dataset with this the requery of the parent causes the child to requery. Now I could of course record the...

Hi I need to view emails in the same way that OUTLOOK does. I currently use the DHTMLSafe ACTIVEX control from MS which leaves a lot to be desired. It is very fussy about the syntax of the HTML and then does not display anything. Does anyone know of an equivalent control that will render the...

Hi I have used DELPHI for years logged into my PC running W2k. Now my company is growing I have a domain which I wish to login to instead of to the PC itself. This is fine except that when I run DELPHI all my extra VCL is no longer there. Does anyone know of a way of migrating your DELPHI...

Hi I have a database that contains a field which may well be HTML (the text is from incoming emails). Within my application I want to display the contents of the field. Which is fine with a dbmemo control. Trouble is it only shows the contents and does not format them as an HTML page. How can...

Hi In ORACLE I can get a unique value from a sequence and use it in anyway I need to without reference to a tables column In SYBASE we have IDENTITY to create a unique value but I need a way to produce a unique value for a column but not for every record. There are certain record types that...

Hi I know ASA 7 is a bit old but thats what my client is using. I wrote a trigger which uses the inserted mechanism to obtain fields inserted into a table and place them elsewhere. This trigger compiles fine within SYBASE. When I run the application which owns the table and attempt to insert...

Hi Has anyone had any experience with Developer Express components http://www.devexpress.com specifically ExpressDbGrid and ExpressDbTree They look great on the web and the demo download but there is no evaluation VCL to try. I am using corelab ODAC for ORACLE connectivity and wish to verify...

Hi I have a windows server 2003 which keeps switching off auto answer on my fax modem. I do not have MS FAX or RAS running but whatever I try the modem log always reports an ATS0=0 command going to the modem thereby turning off auto answer. I had the same thing with Windows 2000 which I sorted...

Hi Anyone ever made use of the SERVERS tab in DELPHI with Word, Excel, Outlook etc. They look dead useful but I cannot find any info on the use of them. They appear to reveal the API to Office but I get errors when using some etc. Any hints or pointers to documentation would be appreciated...

Hi Is it possible to use HTTP to send a file from a client to a server. I am sure I have seen this on web sites in the past where they have a browse button and then the file selected goes to the server. Is this correct or did I imagine it. I know all about FTP but my app needs to cover HTTP...

Hi I am having trouble with the EXECUTE IMMEDIATE statement. I am generating a CREATE VIEW command which works great as an annonymous block. When I put the same code into a package I get ORA-1031 insufficient privileges error which talks about trying to change the user and password. The view...

Hi Anyone know why setting the Path property on TShellTreeView does not result in the view selecting the path. Mine always selects the Root. myShellView.Path := 'c:\temp'; I have looked at the source and it has a setPath method used for Write of Path but it doesn't seem to work. Any help...

Hi [noevil] I feel a bit dumb asking this one but how can I read the label from a CDROM (or any disk drive for that matter). It seems quite simple but the answer has eluded me so far.

Hi [noevil] I have used the ICS FTP Client in DELPHI 6 with great success. I have one problem though I cannot seem to PUT anything through a proxy server. If I set the application to communicate directly with the server all is well. When I setup for proxy usage all works well except for the...

Hi I have my database 8.1.7 in Archivelog mode and all works well. What I want to do under Windows 2000 is remove old archivelog files from the destination directory after about a week. This means that the directory always contains the archivelogs for the last week and this rolls on daya on...