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There are various ways to copy/duplicate databases. Using TBatchMover you can copy the structure and data but can’t copy the index files. Then again when you use FileCopy() you can’t copy the tables corresponding index files automatically and you have to define all the files. One of the ways to duplicate a database is to [...]

To change the date format you have to launch the BDE Administrator and set the data separator and the preferred date format. This is set in a different way the standard Windows regional settings so you may want to look up the BDE help. Then use the following code in your project source file:

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