Delphi 7

Installation Notes

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CONTENTS

* ABOUT THE INSTALLER

* PRODUCT COEXISTENCE ISSUES
* INSTALLING FOR MULTIPLE USERS [WINNT/2000/XP ONLY]
* GENERAL INSTALLATION NOTES
* KNOWN INSTALLATION ISSUES
* REGISTERING THIS PRODUCT
* UNINSTALLING THIS PRODUCT

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ABOUT THE INSTALLER

This product uses the Microsoft Installer (MSI) 2.0

service to perform the installation. Among the more
significant changes are:

* In many cases, rebooting after installation is no

longer necessary. The Borland Debugger kernel and
other Borland components are automatically registered
during installation. However, the installer may
update some Windows system components, which will
require you to reboot at the end of the installation.
In addition, if you are installing on Windows 95/98
or Windows Me, you may wish to reboot to have your
PATH environment updated.

* An installation maintenance mode is available by

simply rerunning the installation. The maintenance
dialog lets you add or remove features, repair the
installation, or remove the product. Choosing
"Modify" lets you install features that you did not
previously install, or remove features that you no
longer use. Choosing "Repair" causes the installer to
search for and reinstall any files that are missing
or damaged. "Remove" uninstalls the product.

* On Windows 2000 and higher (including Windows XP),

the Microsoft Installer service provides an auto-
repair feature that constantly tries to detect and
repair damaged applications. One of the ways that it
does this is by monitoring the installed directory
structure of an application. If you delete or rename
any of the directories installed by Delphi 7, the
Microsoft Installer will detect this and will,
without warning, attempt to restore the missing
directories. To prevent the auto-repair function from
 being unintentionally invoked, you should not
manually delete or rename any of the installed Delphi
7 directories. To add or remove features, always use
the installer application.

Setup will install MDAC 2.7 if it fails to detect MDAC

2.7 or later on your machine. You might get a reboot
prompt at the end of installation if MDAC 2.7 was
installed by the Setup program.

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PRODUCT COEXISTENCE ISSUES

Using the Web App Debugger in Delphi 6 (or) C++Builder 6

after uninstalling Delphi 7
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If you install Delphi 7 on a machine on which either

Delphi 6 or C++Builder 6 is installed, then uninstall
Delphi 7, the Web App Debugger will no longer work as
expected.

Solution: After uninstalling Delphi 7, you can

reregister the WebApp Debugger by running the following
from your Delphi6\Bin (or) CBuilder6\Bin directory:

1. Run ServerInfo for the Web App Debugger:

serverinfo

2. Use the tregsvr utility to reregister the debugger

library: tregsvr weblib.tlb

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INSTALLING FOR MULTIPLE USERS [WINNT/2000/XP ONLY]

[Note: This section applies only to installations on

Windows NT, 2000, and later Windows operating systems,
including XP. It does not apply to installations on
Windows 95, 98, or Me systems.]

The procedure for installing and uninstalling Delphi 7

for multiple users on Windows NT and Windows 2000
systems has changed.

The new installation procedure no longer requires each

user to install Delphi 7 separately. The product is
installed only once, by any user with Administrator
privileges, and is immediately available to all users
of the same machine. It is also available to any new
users you may add later.

In releases prior to Delphi 6 or C++Builder 6, an

Administrator installed the product, and all other
users of the same machine who needed to use product had
to install it separately using the "Registry Only"
option.
The new uninstallation procedure has also changed. The
Administrator who initially installed the product must
first uninstall it (through the Control Panel's
Add/Remove Programs applet); after that, all other
users of the product must log in and run the provided
D7RegClean.exe utility in order to remove user-specific
data from the Windows registry. (Note: D7RegClean.exe
is installed to your \Bin directory and is also
available on your CD in the \Info\Extras folder.)

and you later reinstall Delphi 7 to a different

location, you will need to manually delete this
registry key for dbExpress to recognize your new
configuration file location.

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