Re: Installing Turbo Async

From: Bruce Roberts (ber_at_bounceitattcanada.xnet)
Date: 03/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:18:59 -0500

"Vic Fraenckel" <victor522@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
news:Abg%d.84180$vK5.33463@twister.nyroc.rr.com...

> I have accomplished the first three of these I cannot understand how to do
> items 4 and 5. If someone could explain them (4 and 5) to me it would be
> very helpful. What are the runtime packages and how do I compile them?
Same
> question for the designtime packages?

Packages are Delphi libraries. Design-time packages contain code that
interacts with the Delphi IDE and typically provide code for property
editors, etc. Run-time packages contain component and other code that does
not interact with the Delphi IDE. Design-time packages are usually what one
installs in Delphi when adding components. The instruction to compile
run-time packages first is made because design-time packages usually require
them.

To compile and install these packages use File | Open. Set the file type to
.dpk (Delphi package) and go to the TA source directory. IIRC, you should
see a number of files of the form Annn-X99.dpk. Where nnn is the AsynchPro
version, X is either R for run-time or D for design-time, and 99 is the
Delphi version. At least this was the TurboPower convention. Don't know what
it is for the open source version.

Once you have loaded the run-time package do a full Build of the package -
right click in the package contents list and select Build. After a
successful build you should be able to open and build the design-time
package. After building the design-time package click on the Install button
in the package window toolbar.