Installation fail

[kazalex]

Delphi XE/6, Windows XP SP3. Error when trying Install of Delphinus package:

Error

Unable to create directory.

OK

[Memnarch]

Delphinus uses the Environmentvariable %LocalAppdata%, which does not exist prior to Vista. Try to create this one and point to a directory(and empty one to be sure) where Delphinus can create files/folders for temporary work/caching.

[kazalex]

Problem with installing of Delphinus package, not other packages via Delphinus.

[Memnarch]

So you compile tze package(which works), click install, and it throws this message?. Really confused right know, as there is no directory created until someone presses refresh. Can you start/install the package with attached debugger to see where it breaks?

[kazalex]

Problem really in environment variable, but arise she at moment of installation of Delphinus package (even if to try installing compiled package Dephinus.bpl). ForceDirectories raise exception:

:7c812fd3 kernel32.RaiseException + 0x52 rtl.System.SysUtils.ForceDirectories('') rtl.System.SysUtils.ForceDirectories('Delphinus') rtl.System.SysUtils.ForceDirectories('Delphinus\Github') Delphinus.DN.PackageProvider.GitHub.TDNGitHubPackageProvider.Create('') Delphinus.Delphinus.Dialog.TDelphinusDialog.RecreatePackageProvider Delphinus.Delphinus.Dialog.TDelphinusDialog.Create(nil) Delphinus.Delphinus.Controller.TDelphinusController.Create Delphinus.Delphinus.Main.Delphinus.Main rtl.System.InitUnits rtl.System._PackageLoad(???,???) :09251442 Sysinit::linkproc PackageLoad(Table=????)

[Memnarch]

oh! Thanks. I'll put the information of the non existing environmentvariable to the wiki for XP. (As the user should select where to store the data since there is no LocalAppData).

Is this solved if you set the enviromentvariable? ('Ill then close the issue)

[kazalex]

I'll put the information of the non existing environmentvariable to the wiki for XP

Maybe will better to use other variable when LocalAppData was not found? AppData, for example?

[Memnarch]

that's an option, too. I'll implement this.

[kazalex]

Thanks ;)

[Memnarch]

i implemented a change, which will use a proper API function that works on XP and later. Please remove the LocalAppData environmentvariable and retry, and tell me if this works.

[kazalex]

Now works. I tested it on clean XP SP3 VM with XE6.