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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=815123203-08032011>Hi
all,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=815123203-08032011>I've recently taken
over the development of a legacy Delphi project, and have been struggling with
some component issues.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=815123203-08032011>This project in
Delphi 2007 uses several third party components, but these don't appear to be a
problem:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=815123203-08032011>TeeChart, Dev
Express, ReportBuilder etc.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=815123203-08032011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=815123203-08032011>Then it also uses a
number of in house components that are shared between several applications. They
have been written and extended over a long period by several different people
and are in need of repair.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=815123203-08032011>These components are
unstable and some days they drop off the list of installed packages. Rebuilding
them and reinstalling them introduces all sorts of strange errors unless they
are installed in the correct order (sometimes repeated cycles are needed), the
library paths are correct, stray dcus cleaned up etc.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=815123203-08032011>What we need is an
expert in component design to come and check these, refactor some so that design
and run time code are properly separated, remove undesirable dependencies,
properly check each package's contains and requires list, properly set library
paths and search paths etc.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=815123203-08032011>This will be a short
term contract - a few days to a few weeks at most. Located on the North Shore
although remote development is a possibility.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=815123203-08032011><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Please contact me if
interested.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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Barker<BR><STRONG>Webdata Ltd </STRONG><BR></DIV>
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