<div>Thanks Jeremy, does it matter which unit, I placed it in my primary datamodule. </div>
<div>This is what got me thinking I should include the dll, </div>
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<div><span class="para"><font size="2">"Database applications that use client datasets such as <i>TClientDataSet</i> or dataset providers require you to include midaslib.dcu (for static linking when providing a stand-alone executable); if you are packaging your application (with the executable and any needed DLLs), you need to include
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<div><span class="para"><font size="2">Midas.dll normally lives in the windows / system32 it seems.</font></span></div>
<div><span class="para"><font size="2">And re including the BDE in my installs </font></span></div>
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<div><span class="para"><font size="2">"You should use InstallShield Express (or other certified installation program) for installing the BDE. InstallShield Express creates the necessary registry entries and defines any aliases the application may require."
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<div><span class="para"><font size="2">But the distributed InstallShield Express does not have the necessary merge modules readily available. BDE does not even show as a merge module and the appropriate directories are empty!
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<div><span class="para"><font size="2"> I tried searching Borland for "BDE" but came up with only three or four entries none of them relevent.</font></span></div>
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<div>I realised last night that this is the first app in D2005 I was trying to deploy that wasn't using MySql or simple text files. Everything else had been maintenece or extension in D4 Pro as some components I have are not D2005 or .pas available.
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<div>Amyone had to deploy BDE from D2005?</div>
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<div>Paul<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 03/11/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeremy North</b> <<a href="mailto:jeremy.north@gmail.com">jeremy.north@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">If you add the MidasLib unit to the uses clause of a unit in your<br>application you don't have to worry about distributing
midas.dll<br><br>cheers,<br>Jeremy<br><br>>I am aware I should include the<br>> Midas.dll and inclued the .DCU, any thing important about where the<br>> midas.dll goes win/system32 or in App. directrory?<br><br>_______________________________________________
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