I created a design package with component registration (the component itself is at runtime) and some IDE menu items.
If I click on the "Install" menu item in the context menu of the project manager, the package will be downloaded and will work fine (always).
If I close the IDE and reboot it, download the package may or may not . It seems by chance. But it usually does not load, it does not load.
If I go to Component / Install packages - I see my package in the list, the box is checked, the Components button displays the components in my package, but the package executable itself does not even load into the IDE! (I checked this through Process Explorer). Reinstalling (uninstall a package → Ok → Component / Install packages → Add → Good) does not help. But uninstalling / installing from the project context menu in the Project Manager always helps.
I added OutputDebugString to the initialization section of each of my modules in the package. And I found that the initialization sections just don't start.
The run-time package is in the same folder as the development-time package. The folder is in the PATH environment variable. I also tried placing packages in the Delphi Bin folder. No error messages. No weird / diagnostic OutputDebugStrings.
Any ideas?
P.S. . - Win7, - WinXP SP 2.
P.P.S. Delphi 7. , D7, .