Delphi 2005 Update 1 Release Notes

This file contains important supplementary information that may not appear in the main product documentation. Borland recommends that you read this file in its entirety.

For information about installation, deployment, and licensing issues, see the Install, Deploy, and License files located, by default, at C:\Program Files\Borland\BDS\3.0.

Contents

• General Notes
• Installation Notes
• Verifying That The Update Was Successful
• Updating International Product Versions
• Changes In This Update
• Known Issues
• Files installed By This Update
• Warning About Editing the Registry

General Notes

• This update contains fixes and improvements for a number of areas in the previous release of the product. The full list of changes is available in a separate file.

Installation Notes

• This is a self-executing update. Double-click the file to begin the installation and follow the prompts.
• Delphi 2005 must be closed before installing this update.
• You will need the original Delphi 2005 installation media to install this update. You will be prompted for both Delphi2005Disk1 and Delphi2005Disk2 disks while installing this update.
• This update can not be removed after it is installed.

Verifying That The Update Was Successful

The final dialog of the update installer indicates whether the update was successful. You can also verify using one of the following methods:

• Open the Windows Control Panel, click Add/Remove Programs, and then choose the Borland Delphi 2005 product. Use the "Click here for support information" link and verify that the version is 9.0.1.
• Open the registry using regedit and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BORLAND\BDS\3.0 and verify that the "ProductVersion" and "UpdatePackInstalled" string values are 9.0.1 and 1 respectively.
• If you have installed all personalities,you can open Delphi 2005 and use "Help | About" to display the About Box. The product name and version should be "Borland Delphi 2005 version v9.0.1761.24408 Update 1"

Updating International Product Versions

This update applies to all language versions of Delphi 2005.

International users may have to swap disks repeatedly to install this update.

To work around the disk swapping issue:

1. Select a location with sufficient space to hold the contents of the \Install directories of Delphi 2005 disc 1 and 2 (approximately 900 MB). This could be on a local drive or a network share.
2. Create a directory to store the files (e.g. C:\Program Files\Delphi2005\SetupFiles\Install) and copy the contents of the \Install directories of disc 1 and disc 2 to this area.
3. After doing this process, launch the update 1 install.
4. When prompted for the location of the source media, click the 'Browse' button and browse to the location where the original media setup files were copied to (e.g. C:\Program Files\Delphi2005\SetupFiles\Install).
5. After doing this, the update 1 install should install files without asking the user to swap CDs.

Changes In This Update

• For a full list of changes in this update, please see changes.htm.

Known Issues

• If you have installed only the Win32 personality, you will see a crash on exiting the IDE. To fix this issue, please open regedit and add a new string entry, "$(BDS)\Bin\dotnetcoreide90.bpl"=".NET Core IDE Package" to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\BORLAND\BDS\3.0\KNOWN IDE PACKAGES registry key. Please read the warning at the end of this file before editing your system registry.

Files installed by this update

Warning About Editing the Registry

Perform Windows registry edits at your own risk. The registry is a critical component of your operating system, and any mistakes made while editing it can cause your machine to stop functioning. This document and other product documentation describes how to edit your registry. In most cases, Borland recommends using the Microsoft Regedit tool to perform editing. Whatever tool you use, however, you should, before making any edits, make backups of your registry and thoroughly familiarize yourself with the editing tool and the registry editing process.
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