Install Issues on Delphi XE2 (Advantage Delphi Components)

Question

Installed Advantage Delphi Components on Delphi XE2 (Windows 7 Pro). We're getting error when opening Delphi XE2 showing the above dialog box.

Tried compiling the adsDXE2dstudio package but failed.

What are we missing here?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

You failed to provide a lot of information, so this is a pretty generic answer.

First, if you ever answered yes to this dialog, you'll need to edit the registry and remove the package name from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\9.0\Disabled Packages. If something is listed there, the IDE doesn't remove it once you reinstall to fix the problem, and it will keep disappearing from the component palette when the IDE is re-started.

First, make sure the package actually exists. Use Windows Explorer, and do a search for it. If it's not there, the installation failed. Re-run it, making sure you're logged in as an administrator. You may want to use Control Panel to make sure it's uninstalled first to remove any remnants.

If the package (BPL) exists on your machine, the folder it's located in isn't on your system PATH. The Delphi installer puts it there automatically, but something may have changed it for some reason. (See below on how to check.) For instance, if you installed as one user, chose "Install for me only" instead of "Install for all users of this computer", and then logged in as a different user, started the IDE, and then installed Advantage.

The IDE by default puts 32-bit packages in the C:\Users\Public\Documents\RAD Studio\9.0\Bpl folder (32-bit packages, which includes all of the design-time packages) and C:\Users\Public\Documents\RAD Studio\9.0\Bpl\Win64 folders (64-bit runtime packages). These two folders should be on your system PATH, and the Advantage packages should be in those locations.

You can check the PATH by using the Start button, right-clicking Computer in the right pane, and choosing Advanced System Settings (left side when Control Panel opens), and then clicking on the Environmental Variables button in the resulting dialog).