Question and Answer Database FAQ2562C.txt runtime error 255 Category :Install Issues Platform :All Product :C++Builder 3.x Question: I am getting runtime error 255 when using BCB 3. What does it mean? Answer: This error is reported if there is a hardware or other exception that isn't caught (and that is not one of the errors listed below). As of this writing, Error 255 in Delphi 3 [BCB3] appears to be caused by certain video drivers, and by workstations using the AMD NexGen x586 CPU. Changing driver configuration, getting a newer video driver, or using the generic S3 drivers provided by Microsoft or S3 Inc. usually solves the problem. In the case of the AMD NexGen x586, AMD no longer officially supports it, but there is a "tool" reported as fixing this error with Delphi 3 [BCB3] available from their web site at: "http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/nx586/support/toolbox.html" called "winid20.exe", packaged in "updtpi31.exe". Listing of Delphi 3 Runtime Errors: STATUS_INTEGER_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO: ErrCode := 200; STATUS_ARRAY_BOUNDS_EXCEEDED: ErrCode := 201; STATUS_FLOAT_OVERFLOW: ErrCode := 205; STATUS_FLOAT_INEXACT_RESULT, STATUS_FLOAT_INVALID_OPERATION, STATUS_FLOAT_STACK_CHECK: ErrCode := 207; STATUS_FLOAT_DIVIDE_BY_ZERO: ErrCode := 200; STATUS_INTEGER_OVERFLOW: ErrCode := 215; STATUS_FLOAT_UNDERFLOW, STATUS_FLOAT_DENORMAL_OPERAND: ErrCode := 206; STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION: ErrCode := 216; STATUS_PRIVILEGED_INSTRUCTION: ErrCode := 218; STATUS_CONTROL_C_EXIT: ErrCode := 217; STATUS_STACK_OVERFLOW: ErrCode := 202; 5/18/98 8:38:18 AM
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