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- Delphi Installation Notes
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-
- We recommend that you read the entire contents of this file
- prior to installing Delphi.
-
- Certain portions of this file pertain only to some editions
- (Standard, Professional, Client/server, Enterprise) of
- Delphi 4. Wherever possible, when a topic concerns only
- specific editions this is also noted within the topic.
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- 1. BEFORE INSTALLING
- 2. INSTALLING Delphi
- 2.1 Starting the installation program
- 2.2 Installing from a network or shared drive
- 2.3 Installation directory
- 2.4 Installing the Borland Database Engine
- 2.5 InterBase Installation
- 2.6 Other Installation Considerations
- 2.7 Installation Conflicts
- 3. AFTER INSTALLING
- 4. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- 4.1 Delphi 4 Requirements
- 4.2 Delphi 4 Installation Size
- 5. CUSTOM INSTALLATIONS
- 6. UNINSTALLING Delphi
- 7. INTERBASE
- 7.1 Certificate Key and Certificate ID
- 7.2 Other InterBase files
- 7.3 Installing InterBase separately
- 8. KNOWN INSTALLATION PROBLEMS
-
- 1. BEFORE INSTALLING
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- IMPORTANT:
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- Before installing, if you have a previous version of
- Delphi and wish to install Delphi in that same directory,
- you must uninstall the previous version. You should also
- back up your existing IDAPI.CFG file before installation.
- If you have installed any previous release of the MS
- Internet Control Pack, uninstall that version before
- installing Delphi.
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-
- Delphi 4 works when installed on a computer on which the
- last release of Delphi 3 has already been installed
- (although it is not necessary to have Delphi 3 installed
- before installing Delphi 4). To be safe, back up important
- data, including projects that you intend to share between
- Delphi 3 and Delphi 4, before installing Delphi 4.
-
-
- 2. INSTALLING Delphi
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- 2.1 Starting the installation program
- -------------------------------------
- Install Delphi from the Setup Launcher on the Delphi
- CD-ROM. Under Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, the Setup
- Launcher starts automatically when you insert the CD in
- your CD drive.
-
- From the Setup Launcher, you can install Delphi, Install-
- Shield Express, and other programs (which vary depending on
- the edition you have). You can also connect directly to
- INPRISE Online to register your copy of Delphi (requires a
- working Internet connection).
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- IMPORTANT! Be sure to reboot the computer (as prompted by
- the installation program) after installing and before using
- Delphi 4.
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-
- 2.2 Installing from a network or shared drive
- ---------------------------------------------
- If installing from a network or shared drive, you must map
- a drive letter to the drive such that the root of this
- mapped drive contains INSTALL.EXE.
-
- 2.3 Installation directory
- --------------------------
- By default, Delphi installs into the directory:
-
- \Program Files\Borland\Delphi 4
-
- If you install to a different location, make sure you do
- not install over any previous Delphi release. The
- README.TXT file and all other documentation assume that you
- have used the default directory structure.
-
- 2.4 Installing the Borland Database Engine
- ------------------------------------------
- This release of Delphi includes a new version of the
- Borland Database Engine (BDE). Unless you specify other
- than the default setup directories during installation,
- Delphi will overwrite existing 32-bit BDE and SQL Links
- installations. (SQL Links is only available in the Client/
- server and Enterprise editions.)
-
- 2.5 InterBase Installation
- --------------------------
- Delphi 4 includes the latest release (version 5.1.1) of
- Local InterBase. InterBase must be installed separately
- from Delphi (a separate icon appears in the launcher
- program).
-
- 2.6 Other Installation Considerations
- -------------------------------------
- If you are installing Delphi and SQL Links for use with
- Sybase version 4.2 or lower, select DB-Lib when prompted by
- the installation utility. CT-Lib is recommended for use
- with System 10 and higher.
-
- 2.7 Installation Conflicts
- --------------------------
- To avoid potential conflicts when system files are
- installed or modified, we recommend you close all other
- running applications before installing Delphi 4. To se a
- list of currently running programs: look at the Task Bar
- or press Ctrl-Alt-Del (once, only!) and running programs
- are listed in the Close Program dialog.
-
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- 3. AFTER INSTALLING
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- After installing, reboot your system so it can replace any
- files that may have been locked during installation.
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- Please review README.TXT once installation is complete.
- Before distributing Delphi applications, please review
- your license agreement and DEPLOY.TXT (on the Delphi CD
- or in the Delphi directory).
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-
-
- 4. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- 4.1 Delphi 4 Requirements
- -------------------------
- * Intel 486/66 MHz or higher.
- * Microsoft Windows 95 or NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3).
- * Memory 16Mb of RAM (32Md or higher recommended).
- * 60Mb hard disk space (Compact install).
- * CD-ROM drive.
- * VGA or higher resolution monitor.
- * Mouse or other pointing device.
-
- * Networks supported: Any Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows
- NT or higher compatible network.
-
- 4.2 Delphi 4 Installation Size
- ------------------------------
- The table below shows the amount of hard disk space req-
- uired for an installation of Delphi and the BDE. These fig-
- ures include approximately 10 Mbytes of disk space that are
- used only during installation.
-
- Version Full Compact
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- Standard 120Mb 40Mb
- Professional 160Mb 48Mb
- Client/Server 190Mb 60Mb
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- 5. CUSTOM INSTALLATION
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- To conserve disk space, you can perform a custom inst-
- allation, selecting only the options you require. To do so,
- select the Custom radiobutton in the Setup Type dialog
- during the installation set-up. Disk space required for the
- total custom installation and individual options is dis-
- played as options are selected and unselected.
-
- One of the options of a Custom install is to install
- Registry keys only. This option can be used to repair keys
- damaged as a result of a computer crash or to set up sets
- of Registry keys for different user profiles. During a
- Custom install using Registry keys only, you may select to
- install minimal files. These are files in the Windows
- system directory, and the files are installed and Registry
- keys defined.
-
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- 6. UNINSTALLING Delphi
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- To remove Delphi from your computer:
-
- Open the Control Panel folder, and double-click the
- Add/Remove Programs icon. Select Delphi from the list dis-
- played, then click the Add/Remove button. Follow the inst-
- ructions that appear on the screen.
-
- 7. INTERBASE
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- 7.1 Certificate Key and Certificate ID
- --------------------------------------
- For the Certificate Key and Certificate ID needed to
- install InterBase, see the file (on the Delphi 4 CD):
-
- \IB5\IBKEY.TXT
-
- 7.2 Other InterBase files
- -------------------------
- The following files are not installable from the Delphi
- launcher. You must install them separately using the
- installation executables listed below:
-
- Adobe \IB5\ADOBE\SETUP.EXE
-
- W32CLNT \IB5\W32CLNT\SETUP.EXE
-
- 7.3 Installing InterBase separately
- -----------------------------------
- To install InterBase separately, not using the Delphi 4
- launcher, use the InterBase installation executable on the
- Delphi CD:
-
- \IB5\IBASE50\SETUP.EXE
-
-
- 8. KNOWN INSTALLATION PROBLEMS
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- 8.1 Delphi and InterBase Client
- -------------------------------
- When installing Delphi and InterBase client, an invalid
- error message may occur. With an error code of 401, the
- message is "String variable is not large enough for string.
- Check the string declarations". Ignore the error and click
- the OK button, the installation will proceed normally. When
- this problem does occur, it should only be on installations
- involving very long directory paths.
-
- 8.2 InterBase Install/Registry
- ------------------------------
- If the error "Internal error near: IBcheck" occurs, check
- the PATH value for the registry key:
- HK_Current_user\environment and if it is a hex value delete
- it or convert it to a character string.
-
- 8.3 InterBase 5 and NetWizard
- -----------------------------
- NetWizard may interfere with the installation of InterBase
- 5 (not included with all editions of Delphi), resulting in
- the error "Error trying to interface with Windows shell."
- You must disable NetWizard prior to installing Delphi 4.
-
- 8.4 Japanese Windows 95
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- When installing on a Japanese Windows 95 machine, if you
- incur error messages concerning self-registering files
- failing to register you should complete the installation
- and then manually register the files (TREGSRVR.EXE).
-
- 8.5 InstallShield and Microsoft Outlook 98
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- Having Outlook 98 running when installing Delphi 4 will
- cause InstallShield to hang. We strongly recommend that you
- close this and all other Windows programs when installing
- Delphi 4.
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- Unless otherwise noted, all materials provided in this
- release are Copyright 1983 - 1998 by INPRISE Corporation.
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