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- * Welcome to Visual Database Tools in Borland C++ 5.0 *
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- This README file contains important information about the Visual
- Database Tools (VDBT) in BORLAND C++ 5.0.
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- * README FILE CONTENTS *
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- * Important Notice
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- * Configuration and System Requirements
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- * Installation Instructions
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- * BDE Configuration Notes
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- * Important Notice *
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- Borland highly recommends that you investigate one of the following resources
- as soon as you have installed your new Borland C++ 5.0 product:
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- World WideWeb: http://loki.borland.com/cpp/patchs.htm
- CIS: GO BCPP, section 3, "From Borland"
- FTP: ftp.borland.com
- BBS: (408)431-5096. 8-N-1 (I bits, No parity, 1 stop bit)
- Listserv: listserv@borland.com Send an email message containing this text:
- SUBSCRIBE<space>BCPP<space>FIRSTNAME<space>LASTNAME
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- This is crucial to our efforts to provide you with the most comprehensive product
- information, updates, and service possible with this new release of Borland C++ and
- its associated products.
-
- For more information on contacting Borland and support services offered by Borland,
- please read the file 'README.TXT' in your \BC5 directory.
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- * CONFIGURATION AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS *
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- Please refer to the file README.TXT in the \BC5 directory on your
- Borland C++ 5.0 CD.
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- * INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS *
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- VDBT is installed as part of the BC5 install. Please refer to
- the file README.TXT in the \BC5 directory on your CD.
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- This install will automatically install the 32-bit version of the
- Borland Database engine. If you require the shipping 16-bit version,
- please run SETUP.EXE from the SETUP\IDAPI16 directory.
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- * 16 BIT BORLAND DATABASE ENGINE
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- Procedure
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- Most times you will be installing VDBT on a machine that already contains
- the 16 bit BDE software. The 16-bit release of BDE contained in VDBT is the
- certified, shipping release, rev 2.51.
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- To use VDBT on a machine which has an installation of a Borland product
- which already contains the BDE:
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- 1) Install BC5.0 with VDBT
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- 2) Run setup.exe from the SETUP\IDAPI16 directory on your BC5.0 CD.
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- 3) Placement of BDE files:
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- If you are installing VDBT on a workstation that already contains a copy of the
- Borland Database Engine, install VDBT's BDE files to the same directory. Normally
- this directory is called \IDAPI.
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- If you have an existing installation of the BDE, the installation program copies
- your default BDE configuration file to whatever location you specified for your
- VDBT BDE files. (Your default BDE configuration file is specified in the BDE
- section of your WIN.INI file as CONFIGFILE01.)
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- If the CONFIGFILE01 setting does not exist in your WIN.INI and you do not have an
- IDAPI.CFG file, a new IDAPI.CFG file is created in the same directory where you
- installed your VDBT BDE files. The installation program changes the CONFIGFILE01
- setting to point to IDAPI.CFG at this new location.
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- * 32 BIT BORLAND DATABASE ENGINE
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- Procedure
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- This is automatically installed as part of the BC5.0 install.
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- If you are upgrading a Windows 3.1 Installation, the SETUP program
- will detect and upgrade your existing configuration if you have one.
- We recommend that you back up your configuration first before installing
- this software.
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- Upgrading Configuration Files
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- WIN.INI parameters and system and driver configuration information
- from the IDAPI.CFG file have been moved to the Registry on
- WinNT and Win95. The information remaining in the IDAPI.CFG
- file is the alias information.
- If you have an existing IDAPI.CFG file that you want to merge
- into the registry, you can use the BDECFG32.EXE utility to
- import the IDAPI.CFG file. Follow these steps:
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- i) Run BDECFG32.EXE.
- ii) Select the File|Open menu item.In the Open File dialog
- box, select the IDAPI.CFG file you wish to merge into
- the registry.
- iii) Once the file is loaded, select the File|Save option.
- iv) A dialog box appears, titled "Save configuration file".
- If you select "Save for only 32bit applications", the
- utility will copy system and driver information to the
- registry and remove it from the IDAPI.CFG file. The
- IDAPI.CFG file will no longer be usable by a 16-bit
- Windows 3.1 program.
- If you select "Save for both 16bit and 32bit applications",
- the utility will copy system and driver information to
- the registry and also write the information to the .CFG
- file. This way, the IDAPI.CFG file will be usable by
- both 16-bit and 32-bit programs.
- V) If your IDAPI.CFG file contained aliases, those aliases
- will still be in the IDAPI.CFG file.
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- * 16-BIT BORLAND DATABASE ENGINE (BDE) CONFIGURATION NOTES *
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- If another 16-bit BDE-based product is already running when you
- start VDBT, VDBT will use the BDE configuration file that is
- already active.
-
- Choose the BDE Configuration Utility icon from Windows Program Manager
- to edit the configuration file. When you open the utility it will display
- the IDAPI.CFG specified in the IDAPI section of the WIN.INI file. If you
- have other Borland products installed that use a different configuration
- file and you want to change the parameters in that file, you must use
- File|Open to explicitly open the file.
-
- Depending on the types of files you are accessing, you might need to
- change some or all of the following IDAPI.CFG settings:
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- - DBASE FILE TYPE -- During installation, if a BDE configuration file
- exists on your machine, its settings are read into the new BDE
- configuration file. This may cause the dBASE FILE TYPE level to be
- set to 4. To use the new Visual dBASE field types, set DBASE FILE TYPE
- to 5.
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- - LOCAL SHARE -- If you do not access any other Borland database software
- over a network, you need to set LOCAL SHARE (System Page) to TRUE to
- use both VDBT and any non-BDE Borland products that may access a
- table at the same time.
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- - NET DIR -- If you are using Paradox tables on a shared drive (network),
- you must enter a valid path into the IDAPI.CFG's Paradox driver
- NET DIR setting. See the instructions above on how to use the BDE
- Configuration Utility.
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