Cannot run win32 exe on windows 7 - delphi

I wrote a program using IdHTTP and IdFTP but I have a problem. I wrote it on windows XP 32 bit (using Delphi XE4) and the exe file (Project1.exe) works fine. When I try to open it on windows 7 64 bit, the computer gives me an error.
Picture:
It means "You cannot acces to the path or the specified file. Maybe you don't have enough permissions". I've never seen this error before. Here you can see a picture of the folder with source code.
How can I solve my problem?
Here's the code:
function downloadSrc(var aUrl:ansiString):ansiString;
begin
with tIdHttp.create(nil) do begin //Create Indy http object
request.userAgent:=INET_USERAGENT; //Custom user agent string
redirectMaximum:=INET_REDIRECT_MAX; //Maximum redirects
handleRedirects:=INET_REDIRECT_MAX<>0; //Handle redirects
readTimeOut:=INET_TIMEOUT_SECS*1000; //Read timeout msec
try //Catch errors
result:=get(aUrl); //Do the request
if url.port='80' then url.port:=''; //Remove port 80 from final URL
aUrl:=url.getFullURI //Return final URL
except result:='error' end; //Return an error message if failed
free //Free the http object
end
end;
procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
var i:integer;
begin
if not(DirectoryExists('C:\mk7vrlist')) then
begin
CreateDir('C:\mk7vrlist');
end;
ComboBox1.Items.BeginUpdate;
for i := 0 to 59 do
begin
ComboBox1.AddItem(IntToStr(40000+i*1000), nil);
end;
ComboBox1.AddItem('99999', nil);
ComboBox1.Items.EndUpdate;
end;
procedure TForm1.Label5Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
ShellExecute(self.WindowHandle,'open',PChar('http://www.mk7vrlist.altervista.org'),nil,nil,SW_SHOWNORMAL);
end;
procedure TForm1.SpeedButton1Click(Sender: TObject);
var s:ansiString;
begin
IdFTP1.Host:= 'mk7vrlist.altervista.org';
IdFTP1.Username:='mk7vrlist';
IdFTP1.Password:=pass;
IdFTP1.Connect;
s:='http://www.mk7vrlist.altervista.org/databases/test.txt';
Memo1.Lines.Add(Edit1.Text+':'+ComboBox1.Text+':'+Edit2.Text);
Memo1.Lines.Add(downloadSrc(s));
Memo1.Lines.SaveToFile('C:\mk7vrlist\test.txt');
IdFTP1.ChangeDir('databases/');
IdFTP1.Put('C:\mk7vrlist\test.txt');
IdFTP1.Quit;
IdFTP1.Disconnect;
Label10.Visible:=True;
Beep;
end;

Assuming your account has administrative rights, right click on your program's icon, and invoke 'run as administrator' - you will get prompted/warned - click yes.
I don't believe the problem is 32->64 bit, but going from XP to Win 7, which by default is more particular about access.
You can set up a shortcut configured always to run it as admin, to avoid the right click step, but you will still get prompted/warned.

CreateDir('C:\mk7vrlist)
Normal users do not have that kind of access to c:\
Do something like this instead (pseudo code):
CreateDir('%temp%\mk7vrlist)

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Delphi 7 opendialog has garbage in filename when used in Windows 10

This is my first post here so please forgive me if I am not doing it right.
I am using Delphi 7 on my Windows 10 machine. When I use the TOpenDialog I get garbage in the filename property on close. This is what I get back þƒ‡uÔÁ™ßðæRw. I created a simple form with a button and a edit box to show the problem here. Could someone please assist me.
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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
opendialog1.Execute();
end;
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begin
edit1.Text := opendialog1.FileName;
end;
Don't use the OnClose event of the dialog. That is invoked after the underlying dialog object, which owns the file name data, has been destroyed.
Instead respond to the dialog when Execute returns.
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
if opendialog1.Execute() then
edit1.Text := opendialog1.FileName;
end;
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Catch MSVCR120 missing error message in Delphi

I wrote an unattended HTTPS upload client which shouldn't require user interaction.
Everything was flawless until I deployed it blindly to a remote system that I do not have a remote desktop access to. The tool reported in logs that SSL libraries are missing.
Ok, I deployed LIBEAY32.dll and SSLEAY32.dll to the application folder on the remote system, but then the tool hung and I couldn't figure out what was going on until I wrote a tool which makes a remote screenshot.
On the screenshot I see a modal window from csrss.exe process with a message:
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The window appeared despite of having a lot of try except blocks and Application.OnException handler.
I would like that in such cases application would not be hold up so it can report failure to it's log.
How to achieve this?
In a current implementation TIdHttp.Post call just hangs.
P.S. I solved the absence of DLL by copying it to app folder, but my question is about catching such errors.
To avoid this error, you can use the OpenSSL DLLs available on https://indy.fulgan.com/SSL/
They do not have this dependency on MSVCRT.
Or, use TNetHTTPClient.
From this answer:
TNetHTTPClient was introduced in Delphi XE8.
The most important benefit of TNetHTTPClient is that it allows your
application to support HTTPS without having to provide your own
support for SSL/TLS. TNetHTTPClient relies on the SSL/TLS support
provided by the operating system.
Using the information from Remy Lebeau's comment, I experimented with SetErrorMode function in Delphi 6.
The setup consists of three projects:
Host application, that links caller DLL dynamically,
caller DLL, that links worker DLL statically,
and a worker DLL.
At first I place both DLLs in host app folder, test that everything works, and then delete worker DLL and test without it.
Here is some code:
Host application
program MyHost;
uses
Windows, SysUtils;
var
hLib: HMODULE;
procedure Box(msg: WideString);
begin
MessageBoxW(0, PWideChar(msg), 'MyHost Message', 0);
end;
procedure ShowLastError();
begin
Box('LastError: ' + SysErrorMessage(GetLastError()));
end;
type
TDoWork = procedure();
var
DoWork: TDoWork;
begin
SetErrorMode(SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS);
try
{Without SetErrorMode it displays modal dialog.
No exception is generated.
After clicking at [Ok], it goes to "if hLib = 0".
With SetErrorMode it just goes to "if hLib = 0"}
hLib := LoadLibrary('CallerLib.dll');
if hLib = 0 then begin
ShowLastError();
Halt(1);
end;
try
#DoWork := GetProcAddress(hLib, 'DoWork');
if #DoWork <> nil then DoWork();
finally
FreeLibrary(hLib);
end;
except
on ex: Exception do Box(ex.ClassName + ': ' + ex.Message);
end;
end.
Caller DLL
library CallerLib;
uses
Windows;
//Static linking
procedure Function1(); stdcall; external 'MyLib.dll';
procedure Function2(); stdcall; external 'MyLib.dll';
//To be dynamically linked
procedure DoWork(); stdcall; export;
begin
Function1();
Function2();
end;
exports
DoWork;
end.
Worker DLL
library MyLib;
uses
Windows;
procedure Function1(); stdcall; export;
begin
MessageBox(0, 'MyDLL.Function1', 'MyDLL', 0);
end;
procedure Function2(); stdcall; export;
begin
MessageBox(0, 'MyDLL.Function2', 'MyDLL', 0);
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exports
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JclMapi mapi general failure

I have the code:
procedure TfrmMain.btnSendClick(Sender: TObject);
var
aMail: TJclEMail;
begin
aMail := TJclEMail.Create;
Screen.Cursor := crHourGlass;
try
aMail.Recipients.Add('service#blabla.com');
aMail.Subject := '[IMPORTANT] blablba';
aMail.Body := 'text text text text';
aMail.Send(True);
finally
Screen.Cursor := crDefault;
aMail.Free;
end;
end;
This throws: MAPI Error: (2) "General MAPI failure"
Any idea?
ps:
OS Windows 7
Outlook 2010
Delphi 2007
I have the same as you, just wrapped inside a class and it is working.
I use to check if MAPI is OK at the first time I execute Send():
function TMAPIPrerequisites.IsClientAvailable: Boolean;
var
SimpleMAPI: TJclSimpleMapi;
begin
SimpleMAPI := TJclSimpleMapi.Create;
try
Result := SimpleMAPI.AnyClientInstalled;
finally
SimpleMAPI.Free;
end;
end;
function TMAPIPrerequisites.IsMapiAvailable: Boolean;
var
SimpleMAPI: TJclSimpleMapi;
begin
SimpleMAPI := TJclSimpleMapi.Create;
try
Result := SimpleMAPI.SimpleMapiInstalled;
finally
SimpleMAPI.Free;
end;
end;
My problem was that my Jedi library wasnt up to date. I search into jedi repository and JclMapi has change in Tue Dec 27 (Mantis 5748: JclMapi incompatibilities with 64-bit.)
Download this changes, re-compile pkg and now works perfectly!
Thank you anyway!!
The above code works fine IF email client is not already running.
After struggling with same problem i found that the MAPI client has to run in same user context as the MAPI server (e-mail client - Thunderbird in my case).
However, if calling from an app started with administrator privileges (for example an app running in the debugger) then the MAPI calls would fail with error code 2. If both caller and email client are running as admin then everything works (but who's crazy enough to run e-mail client as admin these days?).

Preventing Windows shut down

To detect and prevent shutdown the computer I use very simple program. It has only one form and one private procedure like below:
TForm3 = class(TForm)
private
procedure WMQueryEndSession(var Msg : TWMQueryEndSession) ;
message WM_QueryEndSession;
end;
and the implementation
procedure TForm3.WMQueryEndSession(var Msg: TWMQueryEndSession);
begin
Msg.Result := 0; //so I don't want to shutdown while my program is running
end;
I compiled it Delphi 5 and Delphi 2010. Both of them detect shutdown. But when I compiled in Delphi 2010; after preventing shutdown my program closes. (PC doesn't shutdown)
How do I get the same result from both of them?
EDIT: changed to intercept WM_ENDSESSION instead of WM_QUERYENDSESSION.
As you cannot directly change the behaviour of TApplication, you can install a TApplication message hook instead that neutralizes the WM_ENDSESSION message.
Installing such a hook is quite simple, you only have to add a method similar to the following to your mainform and register the hook in FormCreate.
function TForm25.HookEndSession(var Message: TMessage): Boolean;
begin
result := false;
if Message.Msg = WM_ENDSESSION then begin
Message.Result := 0;
result := true;
end;
end;
procedure TForm25.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
Application.HookMainWindow(HookEndSession);
end;
I usually run "shutdown -a" command. You can do the same from your code to interrupt Windows from shutdown.
Regards
This looks like a bug in Delphi. I suggest you to post this on Quality Central.
Edit: Here's an approach that doesn't work. Thanks
Procedure TMyForm.FormClose(Sender: TObject; Var Action: TCloseAction);
Begin
Action := caNone; //The form is not allowed to close, so nothing happens.
End; // Note: the OP says he tried this, doesn't help. See the comments.
Are you testing on the same OS? There are some application shutdown changes in Vista. Read this: Application Shutdown Changes in Windows Vista
If you are testing on the same OS, maybe Delphi 2010 handles WM_ENDSESSION messages in a different way. In Delphi 7, WM_ENDSESSION message are handled in Application.WndProc.
In all versions should you not be using the FormCloseQuery event?
procedure TForm3.FormCloseQuery(Sender: TObject; var CanClose: Boolean);
begin
Canclose := Not StillDoingImportantStuff;
end;
Oops - just read comments to "this does not work" :( Is win 7 different?
In all my apps this gets called if windows is trying to shut down...
ShutdownGuard is built with Delphi and it's open source, you can download it tweak it for your needs

Image list loading fails on Delphi 6 and Vista service pack 2

Delphi 6 on Vista service pack 2 seems that can't load imagelist from dfm and save back again in the IDE.
The project with the dfm corrupted can't be rebuilt.
the error when I run the project is:
EReadError Error reading imagelist1.Bitmap: Failed to read ImageList
data from stream
any suggestion?
thanks in advance
Have you done anything funny to your Delphi installation, such as adding a delphi32.exe.manifest file to Delphi's directory in an attempt to make the IDE have XP or Vista theming? Don't do that. If you have that file there, delete it, and you should be back to normal.
The image-list format changed with version 6 of the Common Controls library, and Delphi 6 is not capable of using it. The manifest tells the IDE to use version 6, so when it saves your DFM, it uses that format. Then, when loading, prior versions can't read it anymore.
The problem may be on ImageList_Write of the comctl32.dll
// delphi 6
procedure TCustomImageList.WriteData(Stream: TStream);
var
SA: TStreamAdapter;
begin
SA := TStreamAdapter.Create(Stream);
try
if not ImageList_Write(Handle, SA) then
raise EWriteError.CreateRes(#SImageWriteFail);
finally
SA.Free;
end;
end;
// delphi 2005
procedure TCustomImageList.WriteData(Stream: TStream);
var
SA: TStreamAdapter;
ComCtrlHandle: THandle;
const
ILP_DOWNLEVEL = 1;
begin
if CachedComCtrlVer = 0 then
begin
CachedComCtrlVer := GetFileVersion(comctl32);
if CachedComCtrlVer >= ComCtlVersionIE6 then
begin
ComCtrlHandle := GetModuleHandle(comctl32);
if ComCtrlHandle <> 0 then
ImageListWriteExProc := GetProcAddress(ComCtrlHandle, 'ImageList_WriteEx'); { Do not localize }
end;
end;
SA := TStreamAdapter.Create(Stream);
try
{ See if we should use the new API for writing image lists in the old
format. }
if Assigned(ImageListWriteExProc) then
begin
if ImageListWriteExProc(Handle, ILP_DOWNLEVEL, SA) <> S_OK then
raise EWriteError.CreateRes(#SImageWriteFail)
end
else if not ImageList_Write(Handle, SA) then
raise EWriteError.CreateRes(#SImageWriteFail);
finally
SA.Free;
end;
end;

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