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Patrick,
Our team just upgraded to BCB 4.0 from BCB 3.0 .
Here is a step by step of what we did.
Uninstalled BCB 3.0
Uninstalled BDE (make sure you make a backup of .CFG file)
Unsinstalled Infopower (3rd Party)
Removed any directories and stuff  in then
Installed BCB 4.0
Installed BCB 4.0 patch
Installed BDE 5.1 upgrade. Merged old .CFG into new .CFG  (this was great - see
merge utility)
Installed Infopower Upgrade.

(Infopower only - in a text editor change references to info power 3 to 4)

Now Open BCB 4.0, Open your Project, (BCB 4.0 automatically converts your
project)
Convert and Run

We didn't have any problems except with QuickReports.  The new version of
quickreports has a bug that causes an access violation in view mode after 4-8
accesses.
If they don't come up with an update we may have to convert to Crystal.

The whole conversion took about 1.5 hours on my PC, less on subsequent
developers PC's.  It really went smooth.  It took a little time to get used to
the newer IDE. All in all about the easiest and safest upgrade conversion I've
been through in years.

Good Luck on yours

Patrick wrote:

> Dear builder list,
>
> I am in a real fix!   I have run into a confirmed bug in BCB3.0 and need to
> upgrade to BCB4.0.  The problem is that I have upgraded compilers in the
> past and ended up having to spend months to get the old project files to run
> correctly as a native project on the new compiler.  I need advice from
> people who have upgraded from C++Builder3.0 to C++Builder4.0.
>
> How much time did it take to get your Builder3.0 projects to run as a native
> Builder4.0 project???
>
> Can Builder4.0 read the Builder3.0 project and convert it to a native
> Builder4.0 project??
>
> Did you have BCB3.0 code or components which were incompatible with
> BCB4.0???
>
>  WHAT WAS YOUR UPGRADE DOWN TIME ?  1 Day, 1 Week, 1 Month !?
>
> Thank you for taking the time to help.
> Patrick.