Is there a way to trap a connection error, as in the event of an inexistent
directory or a directory with no dat file at all?
I have tried this but the control never passed to the except section:

 With DBISAMDatabase1 do
   begin
     Connected := False;
     Directory := 'D:\CRAP';
     try
       Connected := True;
      except
       ShowMessage('Error');
     end;
   end;

Thanks,
Marcio

"Marcio Ehrlich" <marcioehrlich_at_ig.com.br> wrote in message
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> Is there a way to trap a connection error, as in the event of an
> inexistent
> directory or a directory with no dat file at all?

I look for a table that I know has to be there, before I even try to connect
the database. If D:\crap\mytable.dat is not there, bye bye.

Robert

if not DirectoryExists('crap') then
   write_err('Directory ' + 'crap' + ' does not exit')
else

Marcio Ehrlich wrote:

> Is there a way to trap a connection error, as in the event of an inexistent
> directory or a directory with no dat file at all?

Marcio,

<< Is there a way to trap a connection error, as in the event of an
inexistent directory or a directory with no dat file at all?
I have tried this but the control never passed to the except section: >>

DBISAM doesn't check the existence of the directory until it tries to open a
table in that directory.  I would recommend that you check the directory
with DirectoryExists() if you want to verify its existence.

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Tim Young
Elevate Software
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