Problems upgrading ROSDK from 7.0 to 9.2 in Delphi 2007

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Yesterday I upgraded my Delphi install of ROSDK from 7.0 to 9.2. When I restarted Delphi, and loaded my projects, there were obvious errors.

The first problem I noticed was when I activated a server project, there seemed to be no way to bring up SErvice Builder from within the IDE. I ended up starting SB manually, loading the RODL, and somehow I overwrote all my exising intf/impl/invk files essentially losing all my code from the 7.0 version.

I had backups, so that is not an issue, but I need to know how to get SB integrated w/ the IDE, or what has changed on that front. How can I properly “upgrade” my exising impl/intf/invk core code without losing all my implementations.

Thanks!

Alan

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We have moved RO menu from main menu into Tools submenu:

also check that RemObjects_Server_IDE_D* package is installed.
if it isn’t, you can open RO\Source\BuildPackages_D*.groupproj and install it manually.

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Thanks much. I’m going to first try an uninstall and reinstall.

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I did a full uninstall, cleaned out the ROSDK for Delphi directory of old files, did a reinstall and it didn’t compile the DCUs at all, so now nothing will load.

trying again. Something is not right.

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can you attach RO\log.html here or sent it to support@ ?

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trying one more tiem, and NOT selecting D7 also. That could be the problem. I’ll let you know shortly and attach that file if need be.

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log.zip (3.0 KB)
I did an uninstall, and reinstalled only selecting D2007. This resulted in the DCUs being compiled, but I still think a path is messed up because none of the build packages were properly loaded, and I couldn’t enable them from ‘INstall Packages’ without errors about not finding a bpl.

Help!

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Can you specify what Indy version you are using in Delphi2007 - Indy9 or Indy10 ?

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9

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pls do these changes:

  • add uROExceptions unit into uses section of uROIndyHTTPChannel.pas and uROIndyTCPChannel.pas
  • use this RemObjects.inc ( RemObjects_inc.zip (2.4 KB))
  • if you are using old RO Encryption, uncomment {.$DEFINE RemObjects_UseEncryption} in provided RemObjects.inc
  • rebuild all RO packages
  • if you have problem with loading RO packages, try to restart (or logoff) Windows - in some cases it helps.
  • another workaround - review your system %path% - it may be too long …
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I installed yesterday’s beta, and i’m seeing the same thing. The DCUs are compiling, but no packages can be compiled. I loaded the build*.groupproj, and tried to do a build all projects, and i’m getting the message:

[DCC Error] uRODECConst.pas(88): F2039 Could not create output file ‘…\Dcu\D11\uRODECConst.dcu’

Could this be a Windows 10 rights issue?

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yes, it is.
you need to have write rights to RO folder, or launch Delphi under Adminstrator for recompiling RO packages

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would it be easier to just install ROSDK on a different drive, or in a different directory other than under \Program Files (x86) ?

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yes, it is possible

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I think that fixed it. now…lets try on my old ROSDK 7.0 projects…

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What do I need to do to properly update the intf/impl/invk skeleton code/declarations without losing my implementation code?

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in 9.2 AnsiString/UTF8String were replaced with String, so you may caught case that declarations in _Impl are different from ones in _Intf

workarounds:

  • generate _Impl in ServiceBuilder
  • copy method’s declarations from _Intf to _Impl
  • uncomment {.$DEFINE CODEGEN4_LEGACYSTRINGS} in RemObjects.inc and again rebuild packages. in this case, codegen will generate code as before.
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How about this one…

in the *_intf.pas files, for the service constructors, there are three Create() methods defined. The last two marked with ‘overload’. Compiler is stating:

[DCC Error] AdEntryLibrary_Intf.pas(3218): E2267 Previous declaration of ‘Create’ was not marked with the ‘overload’ directive

where the first class function Create() is not makred with ‘overload’

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hmm, I can’t reproduce this:

  CoNewService = class(System.TObject)
  public
    class function Create(const aMessage: IROMessage; aTransportChannel: IROTransportChannel): INewService; overload;
    class function Create(const aUri: TROUri; aDefaultNamespaces: String = ''): INewService; overload;
    class function Create(const aUrl: String; aDefaultNamespaces: String = ''): INewService; overload;
  end;
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when I add ‘overload’ to the first declaration, Delphi/RO removes it from the first dec. It wants ‘overload’ on all 3, but it won’t allow it here.