Insufficient memory for this operation" ($2501)
Problem: Your application (or another BDE application) has exhausted the memory available to the BDE.
Solution:
1) Close all BDE applications.
2) Find the program BDEADMIN.EXE. This is usually in a directory somewhere under "\Program Files\Borland...".
3) Run BDEADMIN.EXE and click on the Configuration tab.
4) There should be an item in the treeview on the left side called "Configuration". If it's not expanded, expand it.
5) Next, expand the System entry below it. Under System, select INIT.
6) In the right-side window, find the entry called "SHAREDMEMSIZE". Change this value to 4096.
7) Next, click on the word "Object" in the main window's menu bar, and select Apply.
8) Answer "OK" to the confirmation to "Save all edits...".
You can now try to start your application again. If you still have trouble running the application and you are running Windows NT or Windows 2000, follow the same instructions above, but this time leave the SHAREDMEMSIZE property at 4096, and change the SHAREDMEMLOCATION property to "0x5BDE". Then apply the changes as before, and retry your application. If you still receive the same error, try changing SHAREDMEMSIZE to 8192. If the error continues to persist, you can also try "0x6BDE" for SHAREDMEMLOCATION. If the error still continues to persist, you can also try other values for SHAREDMEMLOCATION. (See solution for error $210D below.)
Problem: Your application (or another BDE application) has exhausted the memory available to the BDE.
Solution:
1) Close all BDE applications.
2) Find the program BDEADMIN.EXE. This is usually in a directory somewhere under "\Program Files\Borland...".
3) Run BDEADMIN.EXE and click on the Configuration tab.
4) There should be an item in the treeview on the left side called "Configuration". If it's not expanded, expand it.
5) Next, expand the System entry below it. Under System, select INIT.
6) In the right-side window, find the entry called "SHAREDMEMSIZE". Change this value to 4096.
7) Next, click on the word "Object" in the main window's menu bar, and select Apply.
8) Answer "OK" to the confirmation to "Save all edits...".
You can now try to start your application again. If you still have trouble running the application and you are running Windows NT or Windows 2000, follow the same instructions above, but this time leave the SHAREDMEMSIZE property at 4096, and change the SHAREDMEMLOCATION property to "0x5BDE". Then apply the changes as before, and retry your application. If you still receive the same error, try changing SHAREDMEMSIZE to 8192. If the error continues to persist, you can also try "0x6BDE" for SHAREDMEMLOCATION. If the error still continues to persist, you can also try other values for SHAREDMEMLOCATION. (See solution for error $210D below.)