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- Free Trial-Run Components for Delphi
- ------------------------------------
-
- TurboPower Software wants to make it easy for Delphi programmers to
- try our native VCL components. So we are offering *free* Trial-Run
- components based on our commercial products. These free tools have the
- full functionality of the commercial versions, but can run only when
- Delphi is also running on the PC. To deliver an application using
- these components, you must purchase the applicable commercial
- products.
-
- Check back from time to time at the download site where you found this
- file, or at one of the sites listed at the end of this file. We will
- be enhancing and adding to the Trial-Run components.
-
- Feel free to pass the TurboPower Trial-Run components along to other
- Delphi programmers.
-
-
- TurboPower Products for Delphi
- ------------------------------
-
- Orpheus
- =======
- A collection of native VCL data entry components, including:
- o validated data-aware fields for string, numeric, currency,
- and date/time variables
- o form controller for managing validation error events and
- providing configurable command/key mappings for all Orpheus
- components
- o text editor with 16MB capacity, undo/redo, word wrap,
- find/replace
- o list box with unlimited capacity, multiple selection,
- multiple colors
- o notebook page with Win'95 style top or side tabs
- o flexible table that holds edit fields, combo boxes, bitmaps,
- checkboxes, and more
- o two-way, four-way, and five-way spinners
- o calendar with an extensive library of date/time routines
- o progress/meter component
- o text file viewer with buffered, unlimited capacity
- o rotated label component
- o timer pool, array editors, and more
- o fully customizable table component which can hold up to 16K columns
- by 2 billion rows
- o transfer component to facilitate data transfer to and from
- components on forms
-
-
- For additional information about Orpheus, download ORPHEUS.BRO
- (ORPHS.BRO on CompuServe) or ORPHBRO.EXE (contains a Windows Write
- file that includes screen shots from the product). For the
- Trial-Run version of Orpheus, download ORPHTR.EXE, available now.
-
- The commercial version of Orpheus has a list price of $199 and
- discounts for existing TurboPower customers.
-
- Async Professional for Delphi
- =============================
- A collection of native VCL serial communication components,
- including:
- o comport component for controlling the serial port attributes
- including baud rate, parity, hardware and software control
- and so on
- o comport properties and methods for sending and receiving data
- o comport events for received data, matched received data, line
- errors, modem status events and timed events
- o advanced event-driven architecture that allows all
- operations to run in the background with high efficiency
- o support for COMM.DRV and compatible replacement drivers
- o built-in debugging tools (I/O tracing and low-level dispatch
- logging)
- o ANSI emluation component
- o terminal window component
- o Xmodem and Ymodem file transfer protocols
- o Zmodem file transfer protocol with crash recovery and 8K
- block option
- o Kermit file transfer protocol with sliding windows and long
- block options
- o CompuServe B+ file transfer protocol with 2K block support
- o built-in protocol status dialog
- o built-in protocol logging component
- o modem database with configuration commands for 100+ modems
- o modem control component for configuring, dialing and
- answering a modem
- o phonebook and dialer components to use with the modem and
- modem database
-
- For additional information about Async Professional for Delphi,
- download APD.BRO or APDBRO.EXE (contains a Windows Write file
- that includes screen shots from the product). For the Trial-Run
- version of Orpheus, download APDTR.EXE, available now.
-
- The commercial version of Async Professional for Delphi is
- scheduled to ship in August 1995 with a list price of $179. Owners
- of Async Professional and Async Professional for C/C++ can
- upgrade to Async Professional for Delphi for $119. Owners of
- Async Professional for Windows can upgrade to Async Professional
- for Delphi for free. (A one-time patch will be available in June
- 1995 to upgrade the Windows version to the Delphi version.)
-
- Win/Sys Library
- ===============
- System level tools for Windows, including:
- o fast 1D and 2D arrays up to 64MB
- o DPMI access
- o quick sort up to 64MB of data
- o general purpose data structures for lists, stacks, queues,
- balanced trees, bit sets, dictionaries, and huge collections
- o comprehensive routines for string, date, and time
- manipulation
- o heap analysis reports for finding memory leaks
- o support for Delphi, Pascal, BC++, and VC++
-
- For additional information about Win/Sys Library, download
- WINSYS.BRO. The current version of Win/Sys Library is compatible
- with Delphi, although the data structures are implemented as
- language independent pseudo-objects rather than Delphi classes.
- No Trial-Run version of Win/Sys Library is planned. The list
- price of Win/Sys Library is $149.
-
- B-Tree Filer
- ============
- A small, fast, network-compatible database toolbox, including:
- o databases up to 2 billion records with up to 100 indexes
- o support for single user, NetWare, and any network that
- supports the DOS locking call
- o fixed length and variable length records
- o coded linked directly into your EXE or stored in a DLL
- o compatible versions for Delphi/Pascal and C/C++
- o support for DOS, DOS protected mode, and Windows in the same
- package
- o utility units for sorting, reindexing, reorganizing,
- importing/exporting dBase data files
- o visual database browsers for Turbo Vision, ObjectWindows
- Library, Object Professional, generic DOS, and Delphi
-
- For additional information about B-Tree Filer, download
- BTREE.BRO. The current version of B-Tree Filer is compatible with
- Delphi and includes a fileblock browser component. Further
- enhancements that will better integrate B-Tree Filer with Delphi
- are planned. Watch this file on our download sites or contact
- TurboPower for current status. The list price of B-Tree Filer for
- Pascal/Delphi is $199.
-
-
- Using the Trial-Run Components
- ------------------------------
-
- The Trial-Run files you download are self-extracting archives. Create
- a directory for each Trial-Run product and run the Trial-Run file from
- that directory. Then look for a Windows Write file named README.WRI in
- that directory for additional information about using the Trial-Run
- version. README.WRI contains an abbreviated version of the
- documentation for the product.
-
- The Trial-Run components are supplied in the form of DCU (Delphi
- Compiled Unit) files. Once installed into Delphi, they are used just
- like any other Delphi component. You can design with them and even
- compile and run applications as long as Delphi itself is concurrently
- running. If you attempt to run a compiled executable when Delphi isn't
- running, you'll get a warning dialog and the application will then
- halt.
-
- In addition to the compiled DCU files, the Trial-Run archive also
- includes the interface sections from the component source units
- and/or a complete help system ready to install into Delphi. The
- interface files (files with an INT extension) are provided to allow
- you to view the actual component class declarations and to provide
- a simple reference to the unpublished methods and properties.
-
- Please note that technical support is not available for the Trial-Run
- components. If you have comments or suggestions, however, we would
- appreciate hearing about them by e-mail as described in the following
- section.
-
- Download sites where TurboPower places the Trial-Run components
- include:
-
- CompuServe : PCVENB library 6
- DELPHI library 22
-
- Internet ftp : rmii.com:/pub2/turbopower/tpsfiles
-
- TurboPower BBS : 719-260-9726
-
-
- How to Buy TurboPower Products
- ------------------------------
-
- For more information or to place orders, contact us by any of the
- following methods:
-
- Telephone : 800-333-4160 (sales in the USA & Canada)
- 719-260-9136 (international sales)
- 719-260-7151 (fax)
-
- CompuServe : e-mail to 76004,2611
-
- Internet : e-mail to 76004.2611@compuserve.com
-
- Postal mail : TurboPower Software
- P.O. Box 49009
- Colorado Springs, CO 80949-9009
-
- TurboPower business hours are 8am to 6pm Mountain Time.
-
-
- When You Purchase TurboPower Products
- -------------------------------------
-
- Commercial products from TurboPower include full source code, free
- technical support via phone, e-mail, and fax, comprehensive
- printed documentation, extensive demos, and a 60 day money-back
- guarantee. There are no royalties for distributing applications based
- on TurboPower products.
-
- TPTRIAL.TXT: updated 08/04/95
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