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Install of newest ZeosLib for Delphi 7 is not working.

Posted: 12.01.2007, 20:41
by NeiSep
Hello
i have tried to install this but it seems impossibul whatever i do it just won't install i get all kinds of weirdo errors:
[Fatal Error] ZPropertyEditor.pas(50): File not found: 'ZClasses.dcu'

This is one of them i get when i trying to install and other stuff thats being complaind on is when trying to install the other it says it is not in design mode

What can i do to get this to work in Delphi 7 ?


Have a wonderfull day.

Posted: 12.01.2007, 21:19
by NeiSep
i fixed it hehe rofl well it toke some time after reading alot on the forum.

Posted: 13.01.2007, 05:10
by ThomasW
Well, I had my problems installing it as well, but when things first started to roll, there were no errors what so ever.

I found, that IF you compile any of the packages in the wrong order, you MAY have to delete the whole, and unpack it again - as Delphi starts getting confused about which dcu's belong to where.

As a hint to install ZeosLib 6.6.0.beta:
1. A good hint: Read the installation instructions carefully. ;)
2. All projects until the last, are to be compiled, not installed. If you do try to install, you'll receive an error ie. "Failed to install ZCore70.bpl, project is not a design package."
3. The last project (ZComponentDesign70.bpl) is to be installed.
4. You should get a dialog saying, that the ZeosLib components has been installed. (Please note: I successfully tested the components using the very latest MySQL database version).

The reason why I stumbled into this set of nice utilities, where because of the many wrappers out there discontinued until a DB version that is hardly available at all. Sigh! I have been testing components all night, FINALLY I found somethnig that works. Thanks a lot! :D

Posted: 13.01.2007, 20:04
by NeiSep
yea well i did read it and i did as it stod but it was very annoying becuse it did not work i had to reopen the project in Delphi to get the dialog box to apear.
Now it works perfekt i just have to start to learn how it all works hehe.

Posted: 14.01.2007, 13:24
by ThomasW
Well, I've been working around a lot of different aspects in Delphi, from hardcore Assembler till composing valuable (freeware) components, algorithms, using typecasting, forward streaming, own memory manager, mini-versions of Delphi units etc etc, and I still haven't figured how this giant new set of magic components is hanging along right into the latest standards of protocols.

I guess the best part of being superman, is to be able to hide all the sweat behind a big blue coat of super-knowledge, looking so "easy", that even the most complex parts start looking easy. Something tells me, that it shall take more than a single lifetime for me to get into the depth of it - even though I have worked around a lot of database stuff. :P

I just feel lucky, that I am not the one to sit back and debug these 100.000+ lines of code, and be able to sit back and enjoy the show of performance versus ODBC - or pay $$ for anything worth to mention a comparisson to this marvellous piece of art. Components like this is what defines the standards in the open source scene today.

10 out of 10 from me!

Posted: 14.02.2007, 09:45
by ifajar
Hi all.

I have done all the steps from above, but when compiling / installing ZComponentDesign70.bpl, I get this error :

[Error] ZPropertyEditor.pas(434): Undeclared identifier: 'GetSequences'

from ZPropertyEditor.pas line 434 & 447.

Anyone can help ?
I appreciate for your help.

Posted: 14.02.2007, 09:53
by btrewern
Have you got an old version of Zeos around?

Regards,

Ben

Posted: 14.02.2007, 10:35
by ifajar
Yes, I have succesfully installed zeosdbo-6.1.5-stable on Delphi 7 & I did it with no hassle.
But not for ZEOSDBO-6.6.0-beta :-(

Posted: 14.02.2007, 11:23
by ifajar
Ok, I finally got this thing done.
Can I add another hints ? ;-)

Things need to do before starting the compile / install process :
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1. Remove all previously installed zeosdbo component from Component - Install Packages ( not only unticked the design packages, but remove it with Remove button )
2. Remove/Delete all previously installed z*.bpl files & search path from earlier version zeosdbo
3. Add library search path for ..\packages\delphi7\build
4. Add library search path for ..\src\[all subfolders]

Hope this helps :)