At 03:12 PM 27/05/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>Hi Helen
>
>I really appreciate your efforts to help me.
>
>I first tried deleting and reinstalling from the Components...Packages
>dialog - same thing with error messages. I then copied bpl and dcp
>files to the LIB directory (I thought that was what you meant by
>System directory) - still the same. Then I took you literally and
>copied the files to the Windows/System directory ... and it works!
>This is both amazing (I would never have thought of that) and pathetic.
>
>Thanks so much. What is the story with Delphi 7 update pack? I don't
>see any updates on Borland's website for Delphi 7.

Don't be too surprised about that. That site is a nightmare.

http://community.borland.com/article/0,1410,32337,00.html

Mind you, whether this fixes the problem, I couldn't say. It seems quite
extraordinary for an update pack to be issued for a two-year-old release.

Helen