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You must create a temporary directory for a client.

Not all BDE applications create temporary objects, but larger applications do sometimes create them. For example, the result set from a query of the records that cause a key violation in a restructure will be placed in a temporary table. By default, this temporary, or "private" directory, is the startup directory. This will cause a problem if the application is running on a network or a CD-ROM, because the directory cannot be shared, and it must writeable.

Use the function DbiSetPrivateDir to set the private directory for a client:

 

Chk(DbiSetPrivateDir(

  "c:\\bdetemp"));                // Select a directory on a local drive
                                                                                         // not used by other applications.

 

Note:                You must use the full, absolute path. Relative paths are not supported.