: Ensure the Sentinel Key drivers are correctly installed.
Runtime error 217 is a general Delphi/VCL application startup exception often caused by corrupted or missing program files, incompatible Windows components, or antivirus/permissions blocking the app. Steps below assume Windows and that "Autodata" is the application throwing the error. autodata runtime error 217 at 00580d29
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Runtime Error 217 is famously linked to midas.dll , a Delphi runtime database component. : Ensure the Sentinel Key drivers are correctly installed