                    DELPHI INSTALLATION NOTES

PLEASE READ this file in its entirety before installing this
field test release of Delphi. When you've completed the
installation, make sure you read README.TXT. The printed
documentation and the README assume you have installed Delphi
using the default directory structure.

IF YOU HAVE A PREVIOUS RELEASE OF DELPHI
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If you have the Client/Server beta release of Delphi, we suggest
that you archive it and remove it from your system before
installing this new release. Do not install this version into the
same directory tree structure as the previous one. Refer to the
extensive section in the README file for information on updating
your existing projects to work with this latest release.


RUN SETUP
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To install Delphi, run the setup program (SETUP.EXE) found on the
CD or on DISK 1 of the distribution disks. The installation
process requires at least 3 MB of free disk space in your Windows
temporary directory.

Before you do so,
please review the installation notes in this section:

o Borland Database Engine

  Delphi installs a new beta version of the Borland Database
  Engine (BDE, also known as IDAPI). This pre-release version of
  BDE has not been rigorously tested with other Borland products
  you may have on your system, such as Paradox or dBASE for
  Windows. For that reason we recommend that you do not use this
  pre-release version of BDE with other Borland products you may
  have on your system. Here are the steps to take to ensure this
  does not happen:

  o When you install Delphi, do not overwrite an existing BDE
    with this new one. We recommend you use Delphi's default
    directory structure, which installs this pre-release version
    of BDE into \DELPHI\IDAPI. The rest of this discussion
    assumes you have installed the pre-release version of BDE in
    C:\DELPHI\IDAPI, and that any releases of BDE that are
    shipped with Paradox, dBASE or Quattro Pro for Windows are
    installed in C:\IDAPI.

  o Here's how to change WIN.INI to allow you to switch back
    and forth between the BDE releases:

    Find the [IDAPI] section in WIN.INI:

      [IDAPI]
      CONFIGFILE01=C:\IDAPI\IDAPI.CFG
      DLLPATH=C:\IDAPI

    Make two copies of it with different section names:

      [shipping IDAPI]
      CONFIGFILE01=C:\IDAPI\IDAPI.CFG
      DLLPATH=C:\IDAPI

      [pre-release IDAPI]
      CONFIGFILE01=C:\DELPHI\IDAPI\IDAPI.CFG
      DLLPATH=C:\DELPHI\IDAPI

    Then just rename the appropriate section to [IDAPI] and run
    the corresponding application.

  o Don't run Delphi and any other BDE-based application
    simultaneously because they will both use the same in-memory
    version of BDE. Before running Delphi, first close the other
    application, change WIN.INI to use the "pre-release IDAPI",
    and then run Delphi. To switch back to the other application,
    close Delphi (and all Delphi-generated applications that use
    BDE), change WIN.INI to use "shipping IDAPI", and then run
    the other application.

  Of course, none of these measures will be necessary when Delphi
  is shipping.

o Using Oracle

  Install places both ORA6WIN.DLL and ORA7WIN.DLL in your IDAPI
  directory. Remove the one you DON'T use or your system may not
  correctly access data from your Oracle server.

o ODBC Connectivity

  This release of Delphi has been certified with Microsoft's 2.0
  ODBC Driver Manager. If you have a different version of the
  ODBC Driver Manager, back up your existing ODBC.DLL and
  ODBCINST.DLL files. Next, copy the ODBC.NEW and ODBCINST.NEW
  files from your \DELPHI\IDAPI directory into your existing ODBC
  directory (by default this is \WINDOWS\SYSTEM). Finally, rename
  them to ODBC.DLL and ODBCINST.DLL. Note that the ReportSmith
  installation process does this for you automatically.

o ReportSmith Installation

  This release of Delphi includes a design-time and run-time
  version of ReportSmith, Borland's award-winning report writer.
  By default, two directories are created:

    \RPTSMITH - Contains full ReportSmith installation
    \RS_RUN   - Contains run-time DLLs only

  To complete the ReportSmith installation process, manually copy
  RS_SQLIF.INI from \RPTSMITH to \WINDOWS. The following
  additional ReportSmith files will be provided electronically:

    o RS_DATAD.DLL - Enables ReportSmith's data dictionary
    o RS_DFW.DLL, RS_DFWEN.DLL - Allow access to dBASE/Windows
      QBE files
    o ReportSmith sample reports and data files

o Running in networked environments

  If you're in a networked environment (includes Windows for
  Workgroups) and have not previously installed the Borland
  Database Engine (IDAPI) on your system, run IDAPICFG.EXE, the
  BDE configuration utility, select the DRIVERS page, and set the
  Paradox driver's NET DIR parameter.
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