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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
* Configuration and System Requirements
* Installation Instructions
* 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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This is crucial to our efforts to provide you with the most comprehensive produc
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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 Borla
nd,
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.
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.
* 16 BIT BORLAND DATABASE ENGINE
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.
To use VDBT on a machine which has an installation of a Borland product
which already contains the BDE:
1) Install BC5.0 with VDBT
2) Run setup.exe from the SETUP\IDAPI16 directory on your BC5.0 CD.
3) Placement of BDE files:

If you are installing VDBT on a workstation that already contains a copy of th
e
Borland Database Engine, install VDBT's BDE files to the same directory. Norma
lly
this directory is called \IDAPI.

If you have an existing installation of the BDE, the installation program copi
es
your default BDE configuration file to whatever location you specified for you
r
VDBT BDE files. (Your default BDE configuration file is specified in the BDE
section of your WIN.INI file as CONFIGFILE01.)

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 yo
u
installed your VDBT BDE files. The installation program changes the CONFIGFILE
01
setting to point to IDAPI.CFG at this new location.
* 32 BIT BORLAND DATABASE ENGINE
Procedure
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This is automatically installed as part of the BC5.0 install.
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.
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:
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:

- 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.

- 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.

- 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.