Delphi 7 не устанавливается на windows 7

I searched around but I couldn’t find a straight answer to these questions, only bits and pieces: if I install windows seven x64,
1 — will I be able to use delphi 2007+ as I’m used to aka start it, code in it, debug in it, compile in it ? I’ve seen the debugger issue and the hex edit workaround.
2 — will my application compiled in that environnement work on 32 bit versions of windows ?
3 — will my application I compiled with delphi on 32 bit windows work this 64 bit version ?

(of course all this is assuming «normal» applications as-in I don’t expect things to work if I’m playing with pointers expecting them to be 32 bits long, obviously)

The overall question of this would be, as someone who is moving to windows seven 64 bits, will I be able to/should I use this as my main delphi developpement platform or will i be better off keeping a 32 bit boot for delphi dev ?

Thanks to anyone who can give me a clue about this

asked Sep 19, 2009 at 15:37

answered Jan 8, 2010 at 2:19

No idea about Windows 7 64 bit version, but I have been using Delphi 4, 5, 2007 and 2009 for nearly a year now on Windows XP 64 bit, and given the effort Microsoft spends on backwards compatibility I don’t see why things should be very different on Windows 7. This answers your last question — no need to keep a separate partition. Use virtualization for running things on a 32 bit system. Windows 7 does AFAIK offer you a virtualized Windows XP subsystem — at no cost, but you may need to download it separately.

Re 2. and 3.: The OS an application is compiled on does not matter for the deployment, as long as the compilation itself works. I have only ever been compiling 16 bit Delphi programs on 32 bit Windows versions, without problems. You should however always test on clean installations of your target OS versions, as a developer PC is sufficiently different from a user PC to not assume that everything will just work. This however is general advise, and has nothing to do with a 64 bit OS.

Your Delphi programs will run on a 32 bit layer (WOW64 — Windows on Windows 64) of Windows 64 bit which is close enough to the real 32 bit OS that you do not need to care about it, unless you work very closely with the lower system level.

answered Sep 19, 2009 at 15:57

Answers are:

1. Yes - With the workaround for the debugger issue
2. Yes - Delphi 2007 (native) will only build 32 bit applications
3. Yes - Unless it's a Device Driver or low-level service

First apply the patch as mentioned on Olaf’s Blog. This fixes the debugger exit error.

Second, Install Windows XP Mode, which is a fully clean (and legal) windows XP 32bit virtual machine.

Compile application on Windows 7 64bit. Install onto the virtual machine. It should just work. Rinse, lather and repeat for other applications you are developing.

XP Mode is available to all owners of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions. Don’t know about corporate editions.

This is what I’m currently using for development as I had to perform an emergency OSectomy of a Macbook Pro

answered Jan 8, 2010 at 2:33

I run Delphi 2007 on Windows 7 Professional 64 bit and it was fine for a bit until a patch Tuesday a while ago. The IDE would die after throwing the debug error (SetThreadContext failed). I applied the patch found at http://cc.embarcadero.com/item/27521 and no more problems.

HTH. YMMV.

Doug

answered Jan 13, 2011 at 14:08

answered Mar 23, 2011 at 18:52

I searched around but I couldn’t find a straight answer to these questions, only bits and pieces: if I install windows seven x64,
1 — will I be able to use delphi 2007+ as I’m used to aka start it, code in it, debug in it, compile in it ? I’ve seen the debugger issue and the hex edit workaround.
2 — will my application compiled in that environnement work on 32 bit versions of windows ?
3 — will my application I compiled with delphi on 32 bit windows work this 64 bit version ?

(of course all this is assuming «normal» applications as-in I don’t expect things to work if I’m playing with pointers expecting them to be 32 bits long, obviously)

The overall question of this would be, as someone who is moving to windows seven 64 bits, will I be able to/should I use this as my main delphi developpement platform or will i be better off keeping a 32 bit boot for delphi dev ?

Thanks to anyone who can give me a clue about this

asked Sep 19, 2009 at 15:37

answered Jan 8, 2010 at 2:19

No idea about Windows 7 64 bit version, but I have been using Delphi 4, 5, 2007 and 2009 for nearly a year now on Windows XP 64 bit, and given the effort Microsoft spends on backwards compatibility I don’t see why things should be very different on Windows 7. This answers your last question — no need to keep a separate partition. Use virtualization for running things on a 32 bit system. Windows 7 does AFAIK offer you a virtualized Windows XP subsystem — at no cost, but you may need to download it separately.

Re 2. and 3.: The OS an application is compiled on does not matter for the deployment, as long as the compilation itself works. I have only ever been compiling 16 bit Delphi programs on 32 bit Windows versions, without problems. You should however always test on clean installations of your target OS versions, as a developer PC is sufficiently different from a user PC to not assume that everything will just work. This however is general advise, and has nothing to do with a 64 bit OS.

Your Delphi programs will run on a 32 bit layer (WOW64 — Windows on Windows 64) of Windows 64 bit which is close enough to the real 32 bit OS that you do not need to care about it, unless you work very closely with the lower system level.

answered Sep 19, 2009 at 15:57

Answers are:

1. Yes - With the workaround for the debugger issue
2. Yes - Delphi 2007 (native) will only build 32 bit applications
3. Yes - Unless it's a Device Driver or low-level service

First apply the patch as mentioned on Olaf’s Blog. This fixes the debugger exit error.

Second, Install Windows XP Mode, which is a fully clean (and legal) windows XP 32bit virtual machine.

Compile application on Windows 7 64bit. Install onto the virtual machine. It should just work. Rinse, lather and repeat for other applications you are developing.

XP Mode is available to all owners of Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate editions. Don’t know about corporate editions.

This is what I’m currently using for development as I had to perform an emergency OSectomy of a Macbook Pro

answered Jan 8, 2010 at 2:33

I run Delphi 2007 on Windows 7 Professional 64 bit and it was fine for a bit until a patch Tuesday a while ago. The IDE would die after throwing the debug error (SetThreadContext failed). I applied the patch found at http://cc.embarcadero.com/item/27521 and no more problems.

HTH. YMMV.

Doug

answered Jan 13, 2011 at 14:08

answered Mar 23, 2011 at 18:52