Delphi 7 IDE Stack Overflow Error

Question

Could anyone tell me, why I keep getting the following errors?

Background:

The project has 320 Embedded Forms.

The projects search path has 205 folders, at a length of just over 11,000 chars.

If I remark out just 1 of the embedded form units, then it compiles without an error.

IMAGE #1 - From Delphi IDE

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IMAGE #2 - From DCC32.EXE

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Here is the unit I use for my embedded forms

unit EmbeddedForm;
interface
{$INCLUDE '..\INCLUDE\BUILD.INC'}
uses
 Windows, Controls, Messages, Forms;
type
 TEmbeddedForm = class(TForm)
 procedure FormCloseQuery(Sender: TObject; var CanClose: Boolean);
 procedure FormClose(Sender: TObject; var Action: TCloseAction);
 private
 { Private declarations }
 procedure StopFlicker(var theMessage: TWMEraseBkgnd); message WM_ERASEBKGND;
 protected
 { Protected declarations }
 procedure CreateParams(var Params: TCreateParams); override;
 public
 { Public declarations }
 procedure InitializeForm(); virtual; abstract;
 procedure FinalizeForm(); virtual; abstract;
 end;
implementation
{$R *.DFM}
procedure TEmbeddedForm.StopFlicker(var theMessage: TWMEraseBkgnd);
begin
 theMessage.Result := 1;
end;
procedure TEmbeddedForm.CreateParams(var Params: TCreateParams);
const
 ParamStyle = WS_VISIBLE or WS_POPUP or WS_OVERLAPPED or WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW;
begin
 inherited CreateParams(Params);
 Params.ExStyle := (Params.ExStyle and (not WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE)
 and (not WS_EX_STATICEDGE) and (not WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME) and (not WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE));
 Params.Style := (Params.Style and (not WS_CAPTION) and (not DS_MODALFRAME)
 and (not WS_DLGFRAME) and (not WS_THICKFRAME));
 Params.Style := Params.Style and not ParamStyle;
end;
procedure TEmbeddedForm.FormCloseQuery(Sender: TObject; var CanClose: Boolean);
begin
 CanClose := False;
end;
procedure TEmbeddedForm.FormClose(Sender: TObject; var Action: TCloseAction);
begin
 Action := caNone;
end;
end.

• David Heffernan: can you suppress the problem by removing any form?
• eyeClaxton: Yes, It doesn't care what form I remove.
• David Heffernan: you could try using a PE editor to increase stack size of IDE or dcc32. But make backups first! Editbin should do this.
• Lieven Keersmaekers: @eyeClaxton - a wild shot but you could try removing unused units from your uses clause. CnPack has a wizard to do this automatically for you.
• eyeClaxton: @Lieven - No unused units to remove I always use Icarus.

Answer 1

You could try using a PE editor to increase the stack size of IDE or dcc32. But make backups first! Editbin should do the trick.

Answer 2

Try to change these values:

Project->Options->Linker->Memory sizes

Min stack size as hex value

Max stack size as hex value