Tuesday, January 10, 2012

BDE and Windows 7, 32 and 64 bits

I know, I know... BDE is discontinued and stuff. But many people still need BDE running in new Windows 7 32 and 64 machines. Here is a working Setup for BDE 5.2.0.2 (the latest version released by Borland) plus all SQL Links.
Notes:
  • Installs BDE 5.2.0.2 + all SQL Links
  • During setup there is an option to remove previous BDE registry entries.If you have an old corrupted BDE installation, maybe this option can fix it (It will remove EVERYTHING below HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine registry entry, and you have been warned!).
  • This setup was tested and works perfectly under Windows 2000, 2003 Server, XP, 2008 Server, Vista and Seven, 32 and 64 bits.
  • The setup correctly prompts for UAC elevation. By the way, it was created using Jordan Russell's excellent installer creator Inno Setup (also created with Delphi)!

Download BDE 5.2.0.2 Setup in English:
http://www.alex7691.com/download/Setup_BDE52.zip

Download BDE 5.2.0.2 Setup in brazilian portuguese:
http://www.alex7691.com/download/Setup_BDE52_PTB.zip

Note: During last months the number of downloads increased a LOT. Some users were receiving messages like "bandwidth limit exceeded". Now I have upgraded my host service plan, so you can easily download it!Enjoy! :-)

Some user gave a false alert about malware/trojan/virus/whatever inside the files. According to VirusTotal (http://www.virustotal.com) this is completely untrue.
Latest scan report of this file: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/7d37616710f8d5da8d2f859560814fd89b22aef7b6fb47902161bc9f7289145a/analysis/

In short: 0 detections!

Please feel free to re-submit it ;-)

PS: Rene Nussbaum, from Germany wrote me asking about the setup license model/type. Well... This setup is 100% free including its usage in commercial software. You can include this setup in your deployment package, and you can also redistribute it.

Enjoy! :-)
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80 comments:

  1. GuedesJanuary 12, 2012 at 5:19 PM

    Muito Obrigado!

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  2. AnonymousApril 13, 2012 at 11:25 AM

    Thank you!
    I will test it on Windows Server 2008 for terminal user.
    Does it work?
    Have a nice day!

    www.InformacjaKRD.pl

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  3. Alexandre Caldas MachadoApril 13, 2012 at 11:45 AM

    You're welcome. I've successfully used this install in Win 2008 servers. If you have any issues, please let me know.

    Regards

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  4. Jorge JuniorApril 23, 2012 at 4:23 PM

    Olá! Tentei baixar o arquivo e recebi a mensagem de banda excedida ("Bandwidth Limit Exceeded").
    Há a possibilidade de você subir esse arquivo em outro lugar e disponibilizar? Desde já muito obrigado!

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  5. Don WiidMay 5, 2012 at 3:04 PM

    Thanks for posting this. Unfortunately I executed a "group by" query and while it runs, it returns zero records.

    On a 32-bit machine with "proper" BDE installed, the app works fine.

    On a 64-bit machine with the minimal BDE install, it fails.

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  6. Gustavo ListMay 28, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    Olá,

    Quando tento baixar o arquivo recebo a mensagem:

    Bandwidth Limit Exceeded
    The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later.

    Tem algum outro link que posso estar pegando o arquivo?

    Grato!

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  7. Bilgisayar DunyasiJune 12, 2012 at 11:25 AM

    thanks

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  8. Leandro "Vacili" ReisJuly 3, 2012 at 10:28 PM

    Muitíssimo obrigado meu amigo

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  9. StevenHealeyAugust 1, 2012 at 2:44 PM

    BIG Thank you.

    A client asked for updates to some BDE software I wrote 13 years ago.

    Having upgraded my kit to Windows 7 I was struggling.

    Now everything works :)

    Steven

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  10. RonyAugust 7, 2012 at 6:28 AM

    I have tried install bde 5.2.0.2 on windows 2008 R2 64 bit. then i tried connect to my oracle 11g database but there is an error " cannot load an idapi library : sqlora8.dll".
    how to fix this

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  11. AnonymousAugust 10, 2012 at 1:39 AM

    I have exactly the same problem as Rony with Windows 7 x64 Enterprise. Im using Oracle 10g (10.2.0.4) and BDE error occurs " cannot load an idapi library : sqlora8.dll".

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  12. SergioAugust 11, 2012 at 1:04 AM

    Muito obrigado! Gastei um tempão procurando por isso até chegar no seu blog. Eu tenho vários softwares feitos para WXP que estou tendo que migrar para W7. Um abraço.

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  13. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 10:15 AM

    Hi,

    this solution might "save my life" but unfortunately I can't download your Installation package...

    I keep getting the following message: Bandwidth Limit Exceeded.

    Can you help me?

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  14. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 8:17 PM

    Algum outro link? Este servidor está fora do ar.

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  15. Alexandre Caldas MachadoAugust 17, 2012 at 9:28 PM

    Hi guys, thanks for the interest.

    I've upgraded my host service, so you will be able to download it without getting that PITA "bandwidth limit exceeded" messages :-)

    Enjoy

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  16. AnonymousAugust 20, 2012 at 4:15 AM

    Thanks! I was able to download... :-)

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  17. adeptusAugust 20, 2012 at 6:41 AM

    Just FYI: I used your informations (and you download) in an own blog-post. I hope its okay...

    BDE, Paradox and Windows 7

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  18. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2012 at 9:51 PM

    Hi Guys,

    I have Delphi 7 application on BDE 5.01. It works on windows 2000 but it does not work in Windows 7.
    I have Windows x64 and Office 2010 x32.

    I downloaded your BDE 5.2 then downloaded MS access engine for 32bit from microsoft. Now I can see my Access DB from BDE no issue there. Also I set my aliases up in BDE.

    It gives dbierr_Unknown error when it is loading up.

    Also I use Titan component for Btrieve connection for some reports.

    Any suggestions...

    Thanks in advance...

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  19. LilianeNovember 16, 2012 at 8:24 PM

    Após instalar o BDE p/windows 7, recebo a seguinte msg. de erro qdo tento acessar o programa q preciso utilizar: "unknown database Alias: autsuper" e o programa não abre. Vc. pode me ajudar? Baixei o BDE pq usava um programa de assistencia técnica no win xp, e agora mudei p/o windows 7 e ele sempre dava erro no BDE, e agora o q pode ser? Obrigada, Liliane

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  20. AnonymousNovember 25, 2012 at 10:04 PM

    Thanks so much!

    I have a several year old app that needs to work on Win 8. Had load of problems getting it to work. Win 8 wouldn't even let me run my old install kit. It wasn't a permissions or compatibility issue. It just said I couldn't run that program here. Annoying!

    So, I tried downloading BDE's at other sources. No luck. They either wouldn't install or wouldn't work. Your's was the only one that worked and it worked beautifully!

    Thanks again!

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  21. UnknownNovember 30, 2012 at 12:47 PM

    Thank you this worked great for Paradox ODBC in Win 7 -took me a day and half to finally fix.

    Thanks a million for help :)
    Rob

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  22. AnonymousDecember 13, 2012 at 11:12 PM

    Hi I tried to install bde and via ssis package i was able to load from paradox db to sql server. It works fine on 32 bit but not on 64 bit . Can you please help.
    I am trying to install on 64 bit windows 2008 .

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  23. jonnoDecember 19, 2012 at 2:19 AM

    Hi.

    I have installed it and there is nothing in my registry regarding Borland (wasnt before the install either)

    Any ideas?

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  24. Alexandre Caldas MachadoDecember 19, 2012 at 9:38 AM

    Hi Jonno,

    Did you receive any error message? Did you try to check the option to remove any previous installation (this option will in fact remove EVERYTHING BDE related from the system Registry).

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  25. Alexandre Caldas MachadoDecember 19, 2012 at 9:40 AM

    @Anonymous with Win 2008 x64: I will try to install in one clean Win 2008 x64 machine and let you know ok?

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  26. DanielDecember 19, 2012 at 3:30 PM

    Alexandre, what is in this download exactly? I've noticed the 4GBPatch directory. Is this some kind of hack? Can you explain what problem it is resolving and how? =) Thank you, Daniel

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  27. Alexandre Caldas MachadoDecember 19, 2012 at 4:47 PM

    Hi Daniel, What do you mean by "4GBPatch" directory? I believe that the setup does NOT create any any 4GBPatch directory... The setup is what it means to be: A BDE v 5.2.0.2 setup for Win Vista/7/2008 mainly, creted by me, once Borland/Embarcadero no longer provides such. If you have any doubts about the "nature" of this program, please submit it to www.virustotal.com, otherwise, just don't use it ;-)

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  28. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 4:48 PM

    remember to launch bde admin with administrator rights (right click, run as...)

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  29. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2013 at 3:39 AM

    Oracle won´t work with it. Same error as with the standard BDE installer: Cannot load an IDAPI service library, File: SQLORA8.DLL
    !!! PLEASE HELP !!! Very urgent !!!

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  30. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2013 at 11:59 AM

    Did anyone succeed to have Delphi/BDE run On Win 7 64 Bits with Oracle?
    I am struggling having the error Cannot load IDAPI or OCI.DLL on Win 7.

    On the other hand, I managed to make it work on Windows XP 64 Bit with registry key changes for DLLPath and CONFIGFILE01

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  31. Alexandre Caldas MachadoFebruary 25, 2013 at 12:15 PM

    Hi, are you sure that latest BDE (5.2) supports your Oracle version? In some cases the issue is not related to correct BDE installation, but BDE just won't support your client library file...

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  32. AnonymousMay 22, 2013 at 4:10 AM

    Hello, I had the same fault message 'Cannot load IDAPI'. But I managed to make it work. First I ran Setup_BDE52.zip, but I changed the install directory so that is wasn't installed in c:\program files(x86) but in c:\Borland Shared. Then I copied from my old XP system the sqlora8.dll and sqlora32.dll files into the c:\Borland Shared\BDE directory. Then I changed the parameters for native oracle with the BDE Administrator. This worked for me.

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  33. AnonymousJune 11, 2013 at 10:50 AM

    Muchas gracias por este aporte.
    Estoy tratando de crear mi propio instalador y no logro hacerlo funcionar en 32-bit. Podrias adjuntar el archivo iss del instalador BDE?
    Gracias de antemano. Saludos

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  34. AnonymousJune 25, 2013 at 10:13 AM

    hello.
    Thanks for your comment, be installing it   and proves with oracle 11g x64

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  35. AmericanJune 26, 2013 at 10:48 AM

    Hello. He installed it on WIN 7 x64 with ORACLE 11g x64 but open message "Cannot load IDAPI" service library File: SQLORA8.DLL. The client-server is Application. If someone solved this problem I would appreciate your response. Bye

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  36. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2013 at 6:09 AM

    Hätte ich nicht gedacht, dass es so einfach funktioniert!
    Habe eine Paradox Datenbank aus dem Jahr 1996 nun wieder unter Windows7 - 64bit am Laufen.
    Vielen Dank für dies Info.

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  37. Steve KOctober 6, 2013 at 7:21 AM

    Works like a charm!! Thank you!

    I am trying to port a decades-old but still-in-use dBase photo archive of many thousands of pictures to Win7, and your BDE brought in from 'dead' to 'feasible'.

    THANKS A LOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    One serious problem remains: The original special chars, in my case mainly the German so-called umlauts, i.e. 'ö', 'Ä' etc., are replaced by nonsensical characters.

    In DOSBox everything works properly unter Win7. When I display the same data with my BDE application, the special chars are garbled.

    I have no idea where and how to intervene, except perhaps byte-edit the original databases ;-). I tried creating an autoexec.nt with 'LH KB16 GR,,%Systemroot%\system32\keyboard.sys', but to no avail.

    Any ideas would be seriously, greatly appreciated... if you wanted, you could email me at bdemail.15.yggdrasil@spamgourmet.com

    With best regards from cold Germany,

    Steve K.

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  38. CheloOctober 18, 2013 at 12:25 PM

    Just installed on W7 64 bits, Delphi 5 with dbf tables and work perfectly!

    Man, I really appreciate your work. Thanks for ever!

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  39. UnknownNovember 13, 2013 at 10:19 AM

    I'm trying to access the paradox database from Microsoft ODBC drivers where i was able to do only the reading but i'm not able to insert and update the records. Can u plz guide me how can do tat w.r.t BDE and ODBC drivers.

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  40. AnonymousNovember 24, 2013 at 8:57 AM

    Hi Alexandre,
    i have a random error 2501 in bde running on win7 & win8 64bit
    i try to download you BDE but i suppose that you remove the zip file. How i can recevice it?

    thanks a lot
    Stefano

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  41. AnonymousNovember 28, 2013 at 2:03 PM

    Alexandre,
    O link para download parece com problemas. Está fora do ar?

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  42. AnonymousDecember 3, 2013 at 10:10 AM

    Hi everyone,
    does this package include the bugfix for the so-called "4GB problem"?
    The problem occures when the free disc space of the hard drive containing the database comes very close to a multiple of 4 GB. The BDE will report "not enough disc space", although there is plenty of free space. We had a bugfix for this (some patched bdeker.dll and idapi32.dll), but it worked only on Windows XP and now we are looking for a working bugfix for Windows 7.

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  43. Ian RobinsonDecember 13, 2013 at 11:55 AM

    Hi,
    This file is very useful indeed, thank you. When it moves the BDE installation to c:\bde32 folder it changes the BDE default .CFG file to idapi32.dll which I then have to modify. Is there any way to make it retain the original CFG file ?
    TIA

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  44. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2014 at 8:12 AM

    Hi,
    I migrated from D5 to D7 due to malfunction of BDE. Now, in SEVEN 32bit, new errors of mulfunctions... Now, I've found the BDE52 in this site: thank you to be, I'll try the new release and I hope... I'll let you know the outcome... Thanks and an Happy New Year!!!
    Antonio Bianca

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  45. UnknownJanuary 17, 2014 at 11:08 AM

    Alexandre,
    Quando executo meu aplicativo, recebo a mensagem "Network initialization failed. File: C:\PDOXUSRS.NET". Pode me ajudar ?
    Obrigado. Murilo P. Rosa.

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  46. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2014 at 2:53 PM

    The download link seems to be broken, is there a new link?

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  47. drjp81February 10, 2014 at 6:07 PM

    Hi, what if we need to deploy this silently? The Directory dialog still appears?

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  48. UnknownFebruary 19, 2014 at 7:45 AM

    If a problem with x64 systems looks at:

    BDE-Setting x64 v.3.15
    http://www.torry.net/news.php?id=262

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  49. drjp81February 19, 2014 at 1:38 PM

    @Andy Kolb: Malware detected on link

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  50. Alexandre Caldas MachadoFebruary 19, 2014 at 2:47 PM

    @JP Lizzote: There is no malware or virus on this setup. Please download it and test against some reliable source. I recommend you to submit it to http://www.virustotal.com.

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  51. drjp81February 19, 2014 at 5:08 PM

    @Alexandre Caldas Machado
    Sorry, that was about the link that Andy Kolb put, not yours.

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  52. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2014 at 7:52 AM

    The simplest solution is to copy the BDE dll into application folder.
    I have an archive with all DLL used by BDE. Everytime I need to run an BDE application on a PC, I simply copy those dlls in app. folder.

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  53. AnonymousMarch 1, 2014 at 5:00 AM

    Thank you so much for this, it got me out of a really tight spot with an old application in South Africa.
    Muito Obrigado, Alexandre.

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  54. Ivanilson RibeiroMarch 21, 2014 at 9:30 AM

    Olá Alexandre, parabens pelo sucesso do teu instalador. Teria como disponibilizar os fontes no inno para usarmos em nossos aplicativos?
    Desde já agradeço.

    Abraços
    Ivanilson Ribeiro
    SENIOR Delphi Developer.

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  55. AnonymousApril 23, 2014 at 12:39 PM

    Muchas gracias !!

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  56. UnknownMay 6, 2014 at 3:25 PM

    Olá primeiramente obrigado pelo seu post. Sou programador iniciante, e tenho uma aplicação em C++ de uso próprio que rodava perfeitamente no W7 32bits. Instalei o W7 64 e parou de funcionar, recebe a mensagem driver not know to system. Estou utilizando o mysql odbc connector 64bits. Essa setup sua deveria resolver esse problema ou não? Você poderia me dar algumas dicas para resolver isso?

    Obrigado!

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  57. AnonymousMay 16, 2014 at 2:50 AM

    Thank you!!!
    I will test it on Windows 7 Pro K.

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  58. BertMay 16, 2014 at 5:36 AM

    If you get the error " cannot load an idapi library : sqlora8.dll", when using the BDE to connect to Oracle on a 64bit Windows: use the 32bit Oracle client. BDE is 32bit and cannot load the 64bit OCI.DLL from the 64bit Client.

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  59. AnonymousOctober 31, 2014 at 8:21 AM

    could you please attach inno setup script.... if possible.

    Thanks a lot, nice job.

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  60. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2015 at 10:04 AM

    Dear Alexandre, MANY, MANY, MANY THANKS :-)
    You solved a small, but BIG problem !!!
    Federico - Italy

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  61. AnonymousMarch 26, 2015 at 1:38 PM

    I have tried this with Win 8.1 64 bit, Oracle 11g 64bit, but still appears "Cannot load an idapi library : sqlora8.dll". Please HELP.

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  62. UnknownMay 6, 2015 at 9:10 AM

    I just downloaded and ran the setup, and the BDE About still shows version 5.01, not 5.2.0.2. Did I do something wrong?

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  63. Jordi Lagares RosetJuly 18, 2015 at 4:28 AM

    I've just install it in Windows 7 with a Delphi 3 software. It works fine.
    Thank you very very much :-)
    Jordi

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  64. AnonymousJuly 22, 2015 at 4:23 PM

    Hi! Thank you so much for this update.
    I would like to ask though, if a program is compiled using this BDE on Win8, will there be problems if it was run on a local computer with the older installed BDE version? It seems to post a "capability not supported" error until I installed this version of yours.
    Does it mean the compiled program in this newer BDE is incompatible with the older BDE?

    I look forward to your reply.
    Thanks

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  65. AnonymousAugust 13, 2015 at 4:49 PM

    Used it in a retail environment using windows 7 64bit. Thanks for your post. Working Great!

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  66. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2015 at 3:19 AM

    I'd like to introduce something good to you, my dear friend. As you mentioned above, I want to tell you how you can get a valid and legal key. The answer is in www.cdekey.com, you can buy what you want and it's 100% genuine. Pirated versions never exist in this place. You will definitely share vanskeys with your own friends because it's just too fantastic!

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  67. UnknownSeptember 16, 2015 at 11:54 PM

    hi everybody
    can anybody help please im in a pickle i have a small bussiness and had an IT install BDE togehter with my accounting software….
    that IT is now missing in action
    i got other It to install all this on a new pc but the problem is that he cannot connect through BDE because when he opens BDE Administrator to configure it is password protected
    i read hundreds of posts and nothing
    all help will be highly appreciated

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  68. LeslieSeptember 17, 2015 at 4:43 AM

    @John Fleischer:

    I have tried to post here many times but the author (or someone else) is blocking my posts. So I'll be brief

    (1) delete the existing BDE folder, and then
    (2) download a proper and LEGAL BDE installer via this link: http://www.all2ezy.com/download/BDE/BDE_with_SQL_Links.zip

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  69. UnknownSeptember 18, 2015 at 12:03 AM

    ok ill try it thanks will get back to you today.

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  70. Flávio da SilvaNovember 5, 2015 at 4:58 PM

    Cara, Nova Zelândia é muito longe.

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  71. UnknownNovember 9, 2015 at 3:16 PM

    thNK YOOU ALL IT WORKS AGAIN
    GREAT

    THANKS AGAIN

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  74. bungandyJanuary 20, 2016 at 2:33 PM

    Hi, im helping to create alt download link https://mineral-static.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/apps/windows/Setup_BDE52.zip

    You're welcome :)

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  75. UnknownFebruary 29, 2016 at 8:50 PM

    Valid/updated download link from the author?

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  76. UnknownApril 8, 2016 at 9:49 AM

    Hi there

    The download links seem not to be working - would be great if you could fix! Thanks

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  77. UnknownMay 25, 2016 at 11:16 PM

    Thanks Burgandy I've installed & got it working on windows 7 and ten
    Steps I took
    - Installed from CD rom
    - Copied the domesday.ini config file (from the install folder) to version 1.1 file
    - It installs to C:\program files (x86)\domesday explorer version 1.1 .ini file is set to C:\program files\domesday explorer so if you overwrite the .ini file it fixes that issue.
    - Once you've done that copy the verison 1.1 over the top of the installation folder (with admin rights)
    - then install the Setup_BDE52

    Works first time everytime :D for me anyway.

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  78. jib hubaguAugust 23, 2016 at 11:41 AM

    I know, Windows 7 is the best OS ever, Where nobody face any issue being used it as a professional activated version with full features, For which you can get product key from: http://cheaproduct.com

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  79. LoopanywayAugust 1, 2023 at 9:49 AM

    2023 an i still need the bde engine...

    And I can understand that the download link is inactive...

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  80. LMAugust 1, 2023 at 12:08 PM

    @loopanyway use this installer http://www.all2ezy.com/download/BDE/BDE_with_SQL_Links.zip
    which resolves many issues including the patches for the 2GB and 4GB diskspace issue.

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