» FAQ : Turbo Delphi Explorer
What is Turbo Delphi Explorer for Win32?
It is the free edition of Turbo Delphi for Win32, but a few features
are locked. Its main restriction: you can not add extra components to the
Tools Palette.
Notes: Turbo Delphi for Win32 is the successor of Delphi 7. It is the long awaited
single language version
of Delphi
2006.
Delphi 2006 contains four programming
environments: Delphi for Win32, Delphi for .NET, C++ Builder and C# Builder.
Why Turbo Delphi Explorer?
- Turbo Delphi Explorer is FREE, whereas Turbo Delphi Pro costs about $400 ;-)
- Distributor Borland explicitly allows you to distribute commercial applications programmed
with Turbo Delphi Explorer!
- It contains the database components and
the Borland
Database Engine (BDE)!
This very important stuff was absent from the previous free Delphi versions, like7 Personal
and 6 Personal.
From where can I download Turbo Delphi Explorer?
- Surf to Borland's CodeGear
Turbo download page and in the Downloads table, click Turbo Delphi Explorer.
Note: don't select the item "...for .Net Explorer", that's not what we want.
- Next you are asked to login. That's for the email address where you want to receive
the license
activation file.
Note: if you're not a registered user the Borland Developer Network, you should click Create a
new account.
- Once logged in, in the table "PART l: PREREQUISITES", click the download link next
to one of the four "Full prerequisite install" items (English, German, French, or Japanese). You'll
receive the file prereqs.zip, about 230 MB.
- When the prerequisites download is complete, click in the table "PART 2: MAIN INSTALLATION" on a
download link for the language of your choice (English, German, French, Japanese). You'll receive the
file TurboDelphi.exe, about 330 MB.
- Download the BDS2006 Update 2/Turbo Hotfix Rollup (about
7 MB). This fix ensures that you have all of the latest updates installed, it will increase the performance
and reliability of Turbo Delphi Explorer.
How to install Turbo Delphi Explorer?
- Unzip prereqs.zip, allowing the unzipping program to create directories. Five directories
will be created:
dotNETRedist - contains Microsoft .NET setup files
dotNETJSharp - contains Microsoft J # setup files
dotNETSDK - contains Microsoft .NET SDK setup files
ie60sp1 - contains Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 setup files
MSXML - contains Microsoft XML V4 setup files
- From directory dotNETRedist, run dotnetfx.exe
- From directory dotNETJSharp, run vjredist.exe
- From directory dotNETSDK, run setup.exe
- Reboot your computer.
- I you don't have Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher on your computer:
from directory ie60sp1,
run ie6setup.exe. If you get a message saying that it's already installed, then cancel the IE6 installation.
- From directory MSXML, run msxml.msi
- Put the license activation file in the correct directory; this is very well explained in
Borland's email that you received.
- Finally, install your Delphi Explorer by executing TurboDelphi.exe.
- Start Turbo Delphi Explorer by running bds.exe -- by default, it sits in the directory \Program Files\Borland\BDS\4.0\Bin
Don't try anything else yet -- just stop Delphi and perform step 11.
- Unzip the the "Turbo hotfix rollup" zip-file and run BDS2006HotfixRollup.exe.
This fix ensures that you have all of the latest updates installed. It increases the performance
and reliability of Turbo Delphi Explorer.
- Start playing with Delphi Explorer ;-)
Enjoy!
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