I recently got project in delphi which I need to rearange, I'm totally new in delphi so I'm searching my way in environment and language. Question, in my project group I have two files with .dproj extension, no corresponding .dpr file so when I try to load them I got msg: "Canot open file xxxx.dpk, system cannot find the file specified" Did the old programmer forgot to copy all files so I'm missing this, or is this some kind of file (.dproj) that I only add as a reference so I don't need to have corresponding .dpk or .dpr file??
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Based on the fact that your are missing some DPK files it is quite possible that you are missing whole packages that contain some third part components in them. So first thing you should find out what third party components did the original author use. We might be able to help you ut with this if you provide the full name of the DPK files that are missing.
– SilverWarior
Hello SilverWarior, here's my situation, I got folder with many delphi form and source files. There are 5 .dproj files and only 3 of those have corresponding .dpr file (with same name). Two of them don't have coresponding .dpr file and I cannot load them in Rad studio throws me an error that I'm missing fileName.dpk file, "System cannot find the file specified". I also noticed that I'm missing AsyncPro components as well as TMSSoftware components but I assume I need to have those installed on my PC.
– djedjica
Then go and first install AsyncPro components on your computer. If you want to use latest version then check stackoverflow.com/a/29456189/3636228 where you can find link to the GitHub page dedicated to AsyncPro. As far as TMS Software components goes I strongly recomend you contact the original author and to get exact information of which component he used. You see TMS Software offer a whole bunch of components in various component packs. And since theese components are not free I guess you would want to buy only those that you actually need at first.
– SilverWarior
Just to gett better idea of what TMS Software actually offers check this page tmssoftware.com/site/products.asp?t=vclp You Will see that they offer quite a lot of different packages. So you definitly want to get only the one that you really need
– SilverWarior
One more question, in USES clause I have "Sockets" but I cannot find anything about what that is, where is that unit, is it some component from the Windows I need to add, or something external??
– djedjica
