Bde package reference error in Delphi

Question

I need to recompile a legacy application that came from a company we acquired.

In this project has the reference to what I believe to be the package (Comic), that as far as I know has been discontinued.

I’m using version 10.3 of Delphi with Embarcadero Delphi 10.3 Version 26.0.36039.7899.

When the source is loaded a number of errors for this package appear. The first error is "Cannot resolve Unit name 'Dbtables' at line 7". After this error comes a series of errors related to classes within that namespace, these classes being TQuery and TDatabase.

I’ve been searching the Internet almost all morning, and I couldn’t find a way to fix it. I tried to download a BPL file (bdertl70.bpl) to include as a package, but it didn’t work either.

What I’ve already tried:

1. Tools > Getit Package Manager > Search for package
2. Google several references about this package
3. Download and try to load the package via Conponent > Install package
4. Research conducted at SOEN and SOPT

I don’t have professional experience with Delphi. maybe it’s a simple thing and I’m not getting to see the way. Any help is very welcome.

EDIT: What I need is to be able to include the reference in this project so that I can perform the compilation. Currently I do not follow doing this and for this reason I cannot compile the code.

Answer 1

In the portal of Embarcadero, in your account, where it shows the available downloads, there is the BDE Installer for RAD Studio.

BDE has been discontinued and does not come with Studio from scratch, and migration to Firedac is encouraged.

Also on the site is easy to find the steps to make the installation.