This file contains last-minute information about Orpheus 3 and additional information that enhances the usability of Orpheus. We recommend you read this entire file before using Orpheus 3.
Unless otherwise noted, all materials provided in this version of Orpheus are copyright (C) 1995-1999 by TurboPower Software Company.
This file, README.TXT, contains release notes for Orpheus 3. See the file DEPLOY.HLP for information on redistributing Orpheus applications and packages. DEPLOY.HLP also contains additional licensing requirements for package distribution. See the license agreement at the front of the user manual for information on licensing allowances and limitations for Orpheus 3.
1.2 Online Resources
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You can get information from any of these online sources:
1.2.1 World Wide Web
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Check TruboPower's Web site regularly. The TurboPower staff will post white papers, competitive analyses, answers to frequently asked questions, sample applications, updated software, and information about new and existing products. You may want to check these URLs in particular:
http://www.turbopower.com/
(Main TurboPower Web site)
http://www.turbopower.com/orpheus/
(Orpheus product information)
1.2.2 Newsgroups
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TurboPower sponsors a variety of newsgroups where users can exchange information about TurboPower development tools and their use. For a complete list and information on connecting to the TurboPower news server, see the page at the URL:
With this version of Orpheus certain data-aware controls have been modified to work with any database engine, not just the BDE. See DBHELPER.HLP for additional information.
Manually installing help using the Help|Customize menu item will not work using early versions of Delphi 4. Copying the Orpheus help files to the Delphi Help directory prior to installing or upgrading to the latest maintenance release of Delphi 4 solves the problem.
Add to the "Installing Integrated Help" section: To manually install Orpheus help into Delphi 4, use Delphi's Help|Customize menu item to start the OpenHelp program. With the Contents tab selected, select Edit|Add files from the menu and browse to and open the ORPH32.CNT file. (Note that the default file mask is *.toc -- you'll need to change it to *.cnt). Now, choose File|Save Project to save the changes and then exit OpenHelp. Context sensitive help should now be available from within the Delphi 4 IDE.
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Added PreserveDate property to the TOvcDbTimeEdit. This property allows the date portion of the attached TDateTime field to be preserved when the time portion is left blank. The default is False.
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Added PreserveTime property to the TOvcDbDateEdit. This property allows the time portion of the attached TDateTime field to be preserved when the date portion is left blank. The default is False.
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Added a Store property to the TOvcMRUList component. Simply hook this property to one of the Orpheus store components (TOvcIniStore, TOvcRegistryStore, or TOvcVirtualStore) and the list will automatically be saved when your application exits and restored the next time it is started.
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The Options property for the entry fields is missing from the printed manual. Here it is: