Rave BE and Windows Vista

I received last week an email about problems with Rave BE and Windows Vista. I installed a version of Vista in VMWare and then Delphi with Rave BE.

Rave Version 8 (it should be available in the next few days!) works with Vista, of course.
Rave BE and BEX < 8 works with Vista, too

If you have problems try the following:

Rave BE is installed in the same directory structure as the version of Delphi was. In general, this will be the "c:\Programme" here in Germany or "c:\Program Files" in english. To attempt to resolve the Windows Vista security restrictions, you need to make sure that your "Group" or "User Name" has the "Full Control" permissions set to "Allow".

1. Go to Program Files directory where you install the CodeGear / Borland product Program File\CodeGear\RAD Studio\5.0
2. Highlight RaveReports
3. Right Click on RaveReports and Open properties
4. Click the Security Tab
5. Select your own user name from the list displayed
6. Click the Edit button
7. Select your own uses name again
8. Go to the "Permissions for Users" dialogue box
9. Click the 'Full Control' Allow box
10. Click Apply
11. accept all the prompts

In my next post I'll explain the steps for Rave Reports BEX (Borland Edition eXtended) versions 7 or earlier.