Windows 7 and Delphi 7, 32 or 64 bit?

I am in the process of getting a new PC and these days there is a choice between 32 and 64 bit operating system (Win7).
I have both Delphi7 Pro and BDS2006, where most of my work tends to still be done in Delphi 7.
My question now is:
Does Delphi 7 work correctly in Windows 7 x64 or do I have to install the 32 bit version in order to work with Delphi 7?
This is about the IDE, not programs created with Delphi, which I already know work fine in Win7x64.

I am worried about the impact of new security measures in Win7 and incompatibilities between the Delphi7 debugger and Win7x64.....

Bo Berglund

In article <[email protected]>, Bo Berglund <> says...
> 
> I am in the process of getting a new PC and these days there is a choice between 32 and 64 bit operating system (Win7).
> I have both Delphi7 Pro and BDS2006, where most of my work tends to still be done in Delphi 7.
> My question now is:
> Does Delphi 7 work correctly in Windows 7 x64 or do I have to install the 32 bit version in order to work with Delphi 7?
> This is about the IDE, not programs created with Delphi, which I already know work fine in Win7x64.
> 
> I am worried about the impact of new security measures in Win7 and incompatibilities between the Delphi7 debugger and Win7x64.....
> 
> Bo Berglund

Bo,
I have tried Delphi 7 on Win 7 x64 and have not had any problems; but I 
have not test every thing.

-- 
Jon.

> {quote:title=Bo Berglund wrote:}{quote}
> I am in the process of getting a new PC and these days there is a choice between 32 and 64 bit operating system (Win7).
> I have both Delphi7 Pro and BDS2006, where most of my work tends to still be done in Delphi 7.
> My question now is:
> Does Delphi 7 work correctly in Windows 7 x64 or do I have to install the 32 bit version in order to work with Delphi 7?
> This is about the IDE, not programs created with Delphi, which I already know work fine in Win7x64.

I'm using Windows 7 64 bits OS with Delphi 7. It works like a charm.

Here are some tips:
1. Install not in "C:\Program Files" nor "C:\Program Files (x86)" but in another folder - I use C:\Progs ("Program Files" folders are virtual directories, so you can't write under those with normal user rights by default)
2. Install WinHlp32 from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=166421
3. It's a good idea to install DDevExtensions at http://andy.jgknet.de/blog/?page_id=10 and DelphiSpeedUp at http://andy.jgknet.de/blog/?page_id=8

Another possibility, which may be used without any problem, is to use Windows XP compatibility mode.

> I am worried about the impact of new security measures in Win7 and incompatibilities between the Delphi7 debugger and Win7x64.....

As far as I found out on my PC, there is an issue with Delphi 2007/2009 debugger (which can be fixed by http://cc.embarcadero.com/item/27521).
But I didn't have any problem with Delphi 7 debugger under Windows 7 x64.

I can also confirm that Windows 7 x64 and Delphi 7 are working without problems. I support Arnoud's suggestions. In my case I have installed Delphi in %Windows%\Program Files (x86) and had to make some modifications to that directory. See the description for that in  http://weblog.hansotten.com/?p=833

Christian

On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:09:44 -0700, Arnaud BOUCHEZ <> wrote:

>> {quote:title=Bo Berglund wrote:}{quote}
>> I am in the process of getting a new PC and these days there is a choice between 32 and 64 bit operating system (Win7).
>> I have both Delphi7 Pro and BDS2006, where most of my work tends to still be done in Delphi 7.
>> My question now is:
>> Does Delphi 7 work correctly in Windows 7 x64 or do I have to install the 32 bit version in order to work with Delphi 7?
>> This is about the IDE, not programs created with Delphi, which I already know work fine in Win7x64.
>
>I'm using Windows 7 64 bits OS with Delphi 7. It works like a charm.
>
>Here are some tips:
>1. Install not in "C:\Program Files" nor "C:\Program Files (x86)" but in another folder - I use C:\Progs ("Program Files" folders are virtual directories, so you can't write under those with normal user rights by default)

I am usually nowadays installing software in a different tree from
"Program Files" for much the same reasons as you list, plus the fact
tha i do not like paths with embedded whitespace, so I remove that as
well.

>2. Install WinHlp32 from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=166421

Didn't think about that one....

>3. It's a good idea to install DDevExtensions at http://andy.jgknet.de/blog/?page_id=10 and DelphiSpeedUp at http://andy.jgknet.de/blog/?page_id=8

Will have a look, did not know about these.

>Another possibility, which may be used without any problem, is to use Windows XP compatibility mode.

Well, I do use virtualization a lot, but then I would surely use
VMWare Workstation 7 instead of the "integrated" XP-Mode. In fact I
already have a few dev machines as virtuals. But I did not want my
main dev tool to be virtualized unless that is the last resort.

>> I am worried about the impact of new security measures in Win7 and incompatibilities between the Delphi7 debugger and Win7x64.....
>
>As far as I found out on my PC, there is an issue with Delphi 2007/2009 debugger (which can be fixed by http://cc.embarcadero.com/item/27521).
>But I didn't have any problem with Delphi 7 debugger under Windows 7 x64.

Thanks for the input!
I am actually using GExperts plug-in to my Delphi, but if D7 itself
works I have no worry that GExperts will have problems. :-)

I did not think about the help issue, though, good to be reminded. I
know that MS has abandoned WinHelp in favor of CHM help, but I did not
think about it just now. Good that there is a solution!

--

Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden

On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:39:41 -0700, Bo Berglund
<[email protected]> wrote:

I'm back again...
Now I haver my new laptop with Win7 Pro X64 and as soon as I started
to install Delphi7 Win7 barfed up a dialog box telling me that there
are "known issues" with Delphi 7 and that it was incompatible with
Win7. So I exited the setup--- :(

What can I do in order to actually install? And what are the
incompatibilities really?
I usually install these kinds of programs in a folder structure
starting at C:\Programs rather than C:\Program Files.

--

Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden

> {quote:title=Bo Berglund wrote:}{quote}
> On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:39:41 -0700, Bo Berglund
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I'm back again...
> Now I haver my new laptop with Win7 Pro X64 and as soon as I started
> to install Delphi7 Win7 barfed up a dialog box telling me that there
> are "known issues" with Delphi 7 and that it was incompatible with
> Win7. So I exited the setup--- :(
> 
> What can I do in order to actually install? And what are the
> incompatibilities really?
> I usually install these kinds of programs in a folder structure
> starting at C:\Programs rather than C:\Program Files.
> 

Ignore the warning and continue with installation. Warning is there just
to let you know that there might be issues, but as long as you don't install
it into C:\Program Files you should be fine.

Dalija Prasnikar