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Delphi 6
Installation Notes
============================================================
This file describes issues that may affect the installation
of this product. We recommend that you read it in full
before continuing. The contents of this file are available
on your CD for later printing or viewing.
Other notes, including known issues, compatibility
information, and uninstallation information, are contained
in the product README file, also available for review or
printing after installation from your CD or from your
installation directory root.
============================================================
CONTENTS
* ABOUT THE NEW INSTALLER
* INSTALLING FOR MULTIPLE USERS [WINNT/2000 ONLY]
* GENERAL INSTALLATION NOTES
* KNOWN INSTALLATION ISSUES
* REGISTERING THIS PRODUCT
* UNINSTALLING THIS PRODUCT
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ABOUT THE NEW INSTALLER
This product now uses the new Microsoft Installer (MSI)
service to perform the installation. Among the more
significant changes are:
* In many cases, rebooting after installation is no longer
necessary. The Borland Debugger kernel and other Borland
components are automatically registered during
installation. However, the installer may update some
Windows system components, which will require you to
reboot at the end of the installation. In addition, if
you are installing on Windows 95/98 or Windows
Millennium, you may wish to reboot to have your PATH
environment updated.
* An installation maintenance mode is available by simply
rerunning the installation. The maintenance dialog lets
you add or remove features, repair the installation, or
remove the product. Choosing "Modify" lets you install
features that you did not previously install, or remove
features that you no longer use. Choosing "Repair" causes
the installer to search for and reinstall any files that
are missing or damaged. "Remove" uninstalls the product.
* On Windows 2000 and higher (including Windows XP), the
Microsoft Installer service provides an auto-repair
feature that constantly tries to detect and repair
damaged applications. One of the ways that it does this
is by monitoring the installed directory structure of an
application. If you delete or rename any of the
directories installed by Delphi, the Microsoft Installer
will detect this and will, without warning, attempt to
restore the missing directories. To prevent the auto-
repair function from being unintentionally invoked, you
should not manually delete or rename any of the installed
Delphi directories. To add or remove features, always use
the installer application.
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INSTALLING FOR MULTIPLE USERS [WINNT/2000 ONLY]
[Note: This section applied only to installations on Windows
NT, 2000, and later Windows operating systems, including XP.
It does not apply to installations on Windows 95, 98, or
Millennium systems.]
The procedure for installing and uninstalling Delphi for
multiple users on Windows NT and Windows 2000 systems has
changed.
The new installation procedure no longer requires each user
to install Delphi separately. The product is installed only
once, by any user with Administrator privileges, and is
immediately available to all users of the same machine. It
is also available to any new users you may add later.
In previous releases, an Administrator installed the
product, and all other users of the same machine who needed
to use Delphi had to install the product separately using
the "Registry Only" option.
The new uninstallation procedure has also changed. The
Administrator who initially installed the product must first
uninstall it (through the Control Panel's Add/Remove
Programs applet); after that, all other users of the product
must log in and run the provided D6RegClean.exe utility in
order to remove user-specific data from the Windows
registry. (Note: D6RegClean.exe is installed to your \Bin
directory and is also available on your CD in the
\Info\Extras folder.)
In previous releases, no uninstall mechanism was provided
for users other than the Administrator who installed the
product.
Cautions
------------------------------
* Some utilities--such as the Image Editor, the Package
Collection Editor, Database Desktop, and the XMLMapper--
will not work correctly until the Delphi IDE is run at
least once. This is because the IDE copies a set of
global registry entries from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to the
user's registry space. In the past, the installation
program performed this task.
* If you perform a partial install, then add other
components later, the new components will not
automatically appear in the IDE. To make the new packages
appear, you can manually add them to the IDE using the
Install Packages dialog (Component menu). An alternative
is to run the D6RegClean.exe utility to force the IDE to
refresh its settings from the global environment space.
Note: Using the latter procedure will restore the default
settings, replacing any customized settings you may have
made.
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GENERAL INSTALLATION NOTES
The following items describe known issues, behavior, and
functionality that can affect installation of this product.
For other installation issues, including how to remove the
product, see the INSTALL document at the root of your CD.
Minimum system requirements
------------------------------
* Intel Pentium 166 MHz or higher (P2 400 MHz recommended)
* Microsoft Windows 98, 2000, Me, NT 4.0 with Service Pack 5
or later
* 64 Mb RAM (128 Mb recommended)
* 115 Mb hard disk space (compact install)
* 350 Mb hard disk space (full install)
* CD-ROM drive
* VGA or higher resolution monitor
* Mouse or other pointing device
Before you install
------------------------------
You should always protect your data by backing it up. Before
loading a project that was created with an earlier version
of this product, be sure that copies of all of the files
related to the project you're about to load are backed up
and securely stored.
Back up your BDE configuration
------------------------------
This product includes a new version of the Borland Database
Engine (BDE). Unless you specify other than the default
setup directories during installation, Delphi will overwrite
your existing 32-bit BDE and SQL Links installations, so it
is strongly recommended that you back up all current BDE
configuration files before installing this release.
Installation directory
------------------------------
By default, this release installs into the directory
\Program Files\Borland\Delphi6
Product release notes and most other documentation assumes
these defaults.
WARNING:
Do not install Delphi 6 in a directory that contains an
older version. Always install a new version of Delphi in a
new directory. Different versions of Delphi can coexist on
the same system, but each version must be installed in its
own directory.
If you've installed this product before
------------------------------
You can install to the same machine (though to a different
location) as another version of the product. If you want to
install to the same directory as an existing version,
uninstall the existing version first. In either case, you
should back up your IDAPI.CFG file (if one is present) and
any other important data, including existing projects that
you intend to use with this version.
Uninstall Internet Control Pack
------------------------------
If you have installed any previous release of the Microsoft
Internet Control Pack, uninstall that version before
installing this product.
Installing from a network or shared drive
------------------------------
If installing from a network or shared drive, you must map a
drive letter to the server and folder that contains the
INSTALL.EXE program that initiates installation of this
product.
Performing a Custom installation
------------------------------
To conserve disk space, you can perform a custom
installation, selecting only the options you require. To do
so, select the Custom radio button in the Setup Type dialog
during installation. Disk space required for the total
custom installation and individual options is displayed as
you select or deselect options.
Avoiding a VisiBroker version conflict
------------------------------
During installation you are asked which type of CORBA
support you want installed: either the VisiBroker 3.3/CORBA
DII solution or VisiBroker 4/CORBA IDL2Pas solution (or no
CORBA at all).
Note:
If you choose VisiBroker 4, the installer looks for Sun's
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit
(JDK) version 1.2.2 or higher. If neither is found, JRE
1.2.2 is installed.
Just-In-Time Debugging
------------------------------
If the installer detects that another application is
registered as your Just-In-Time debugger, you will be asked
if you want to change this setting to use the Delphi
debugger. For proper operation of this release, you should
choose to update this setting.
To preserve your existing AEDebug settings for later
restoration, follow these steps:
1. Run Regedit.
2. Select the AEDebug key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AEDebug\Debugger
3. Choose Registry|Export Registry File.
4. Name and save the file containing the AEDebug key.
To restore the AEDebug settings:
1. Run Regedit.
2. Choose Registry|Import Registry File.
3. Specify the file in which you saved the AEDebug key.
Manually registering the debugger kernel
------------------------------
The new installer does not, in most cases, require you to
reboot after installation. The Borland Debugger Kernel is
automatically registered by the new installer. If, however,
you receive "BORDBK60 not registered" errors when running
the program, then you will need to manually register the
debugger.
To manually register the debugger, open a command window,
switch to the Debugger Kernel location (default c:\program
files\common files\borland shared\debugger\bordbk60.dll) and
run the Microsoft Register Server utility with the following
command:
regsvr32 bordbk60.dll
Note:
If REGSVR32 is not on your path, switch to your
Windows/System directory and run the utility with a full
path specification to the Debugger Kernel file.
Legacy Windows libraries
------------------------------
In past releases of this product, updated versions of some
Microsoft Windows DLLs were installed for you. These
included OLEAUT32.DLL, OLEPRO32.DLL, MSVCRT.DLL,
MSVCRT20.DLL, and MSVCRT40.DLL. We updated these libraries
because Windows 95 systems required the updates in order to
run provided demos and examples.
However, we are no longer checking for and updating these
libraries, since the versions provided by current Windows
versions (2000, 98 and higher, and NT 4.0 Service Pack 5 and
higher) support the demos we provide.
For Windows 95 users and anyone else who may need them, the
library updates will instead be available for copying from
the installation CD. The files are located in the directory
/Info/Extras/Win95Support.
Installer may require additional temporary space
------------------------------
If the drive containing the folder specified in your TMP
environment variable is low on space, the Installer may halt
with an error message noting the shortage. If this occurs,
you'll need to assign your TMP variable to a folder on a
drive with more disk space, then rerun the installation.
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KNOWN INSTALLATION ISSUES
JRE, InterBase paths require manual entry
------------------------------
Neither the VisiBroker 4 or Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
installers set your PATH or CLASSPATH specifications to
point to the JRE installation location. Unless you manually
set these environment variables, programs requiring the JRE
(including all VisiBroker programs except the OSAgent and
the console, which uses a batch file) will not run.
The InterBase Administration components IBInstall and
IBUninstall will not work correctly unless you manually add
the <InterBase>\Bin location to your PATH variable.
Installer may misreport disk space requirements
on Windows 95/98/ME
------------------------------
On Windows 95, 98, and Millennium systems, the Microsoft
Windows Installer may misreport the amount of disk space
required by Delphi. The Installer may report that it needs
more than 2GB of disk space. Delphi does not require this
much space. To work around this issue, exit the Installer
and restart the installation.
VisiBroker install dialog displays incorrect information
------------------------------
The VisiBroker 4.1 installer displays a dialog which
suggests an evaluation version is being installed. You may
disregard this information. A "Named User" development
license, as described in the VisiBroker license agreement,
will be provided by the Delphi installer.
JRE error message on Japanese Windows systems
------------------------------
On Japanese Windows systems, Sun's JRE installer issues the
following error message: "JRE_UPDATE_VERSION entry not found
in the string table." The message may be ignored;
installation of the JRE is not affected, and you may safely
continue the installation by pressing the OK button in the
error dialog.
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REGISTERING THIS PRODUCT
Registration is required of all users.
The Registration dialog appears on first use of the product.
If you choose not to register on first use, you can run the
Registration application any time thereafter by selecting
Start|Programs|Borland Delphi 6|Register Now, or running the
program D6reg.exe from your Delphi6\Bin folder.
The Registration program offers three ways to register:
Online (direct registration through a secure connection), by
telephone, or through a Web form. If you choose to receive
your activation key over the phone or via email through the
Web form, the unregistered product will remain fully
functional until you enter your activation key in the
appropriate field in the Registration dialog.
Each of the Registration options is driven by Wizards, with
Help provided where necessary.
IMPORTANT
Online registration requires an active Internet
connection. The process uses port 443 for the transaction;
if there is a problem using that port, an attempt is made
through port 8080. If your machine is protected by a
firewall and the process fails, you must either contact
your system administrator to request that the ports noted
above be made available, or use an alternate registration
method, such as telephone or Web registration. Online
registration also requires that all users of this copy of
the software use the same software registration account
when registering.
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UNINSTALLING THIS PRODUCT
To uninstall this release from your computer, open the
Control Panel folder and double-click the Add/Remove
Programs icon. Select Borland Delphi 6 from the list, click
the Add/Remove button, and follow the instructions that
appear on the screen.
Notes:
* During installation you're asked if you want to save a
copy of the installation database to your hard disk
drive. Doing so will allow you to uninstall without
inserting the product CD. However, if the local copy of
the installation database becomes damaged or is erased,
the CD may be required to uninstall the product. The
installation database ("Borland Delphi 6.msi") can be
found in the Install directory on your CD.
* Delphi 6 and other dbExpress-based applications use the
registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Borland\DBExpress
to locate the database configuration files
(dbxconnections.ini and dbxdrivers.ini).
When uninstalling Delphi 6, you are asked if you want to
remove the dbExpress registry keys. If you know that you
are not using any other dbExpress-based applications, you
can answer Yes. If other dbExpress applications exists on
your computer, you should answer No.
If you do not delete the dbExpress registry entries and
you later reinstall Delphi to a different location, you
will need to manually delete this registry key for
dbExpress to recognize your new configuration file
location.
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Copyright ⌐ 2001 Borland Software Corporation.
All rights reserved.