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- Getting Started :
- ----------------
-
- UNZIP the archive (eg: DBEXUS32.ZIP) to a directory temporally.
- Create a directory to hold this component and any others that you will
- install in the future. (eg: C:\DELPHI\COMPONEN) It is easier to put new
- components in a separate directory since you can update them easily and
- if there is a new release of DELPHI it will not effect
- your component directory.
-
- Installation of the HLP and KWF files:
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-
- ╖Exit DELPHI is you are running it, as you can not install the KWF file
- while delphi is running.
-
- ╖Move or copy help file (e.g.: DBEXPORT.HLP) to your Delphi Bin directory
- (suggest C:\DELPHI\BIN), it only really needs to be somewhere on the path,
- but the DELPHI bin directory is a good place.
-
- ╖Delphi has a program to add our help index to Delphis help index.
- What this does is allow you to search for both delphi commands and the
- commands and properties of the component you want to install.
- This program is called HELPINST and is found in the DELPHI\HELP sub
- directory. Copy the keyword file (DBEXPORT.KWF) to the delphi help directory.
-
- ╖Change the current directory to the Delphi Help directory
- (e.g.: CD C:\DELPHI\HELP)
-
- ╖Run the HELPINST program and load the DELPHI.HDX file from the DELPHI\BIN
- directory.
-
- ╖Add the .KWF file (e.g.: DBEXPORT.KWF) to the list of indexs.
-
- ╖Save the new index file and then exit the HelpInst program.
-
- Installation of the DCU, DCR, FRM, AND TXT files:
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-
- We next must add the component to the Delphi VCL Library
- Copy the DCU, DCR, FRM, and TXT files to the directory that you made for
- the components. (e.g.: C:\DELPHI\COMPONEN)
-
- Load delphi and selected the Options menu Item, and then selected the
- Install Components option.
-
- ╖Add the directory where you have installed the components to the search
- path directory. All components that get installed must be in this search
- path.
-
- ╖Click the add button and then the browse button to navigate to the
- directory where you copied the .DCU file (e.g.: C:\DELPHI\COMPONEN)
-
- ╖Select the List Files Of Type and select Unit File *.DCU, you should then
- see the DCU file that you copied to the directory. Select the file
- DBEXPORT.DCU and clic OK, you will be returned to the Install Components
- dialog box.
-
- ╖Click on the OK button and the VCL library will be re-built.
-
- ╖You will notice on your VCL Palette bar in DELPHI that there is now a
- new tab called DB DIALOGS, in side here will be an icon to represent the
- component you just installed.
-
- - load the test.dpr project to test your component. enjoy!
-