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TI1207D.txt - Delphi 2.0 Install Issues
Category :Delphi 2.x
Platform :All-32Bit
Product :Delphi2.x,
Description:
Install Issues for Delphi 2.0
Last updated 3/13/96
1) Minimum System Requirements
2) a. Canceling the Delphi 2.0 install
b. Canceling Delphi 2.0 Online Registration
3) Un-Installing
4) Re-installing Delphi 2.0 on Window's 95
5) Installing to systems with Paradox 7.0
6) Installing Delphi 1.0 and 2.0 on the same
system
7) Errors During the Install
1) Minimum System Requirements
Disk space:
a) OCX, DLL, and licensing files will require
approx. 10 megs in your \windows\system directory.
b) Expansion of files during installation
temporarily requires 10-15 megs in the drive that
contains your \temp directory. For example, if
you are installing Delphi 2.0 to drive D:, and
your temporary directory path is C:\WINDOWS\TEMP,
so that drive C will require 10 - 15 megs during
file expansion.
Minimum system requirements:
Processesor
Desktop : intel 386dx based pc or higher with
math coprocessor
Developer: intel 486/25 based pc or higher
C/S Suite: intel 486/25 based pc or higher
MS windows '95 or NT 3.51
8 meg memory (12 recommended)
50 meg hard disk space
CD rom drive (3.5 floppy disks available seperately)
mouse or Windows pointing device
The chart below shows disk space used resulting
from sample installs run on a Windows '95 system.
"Permananet Megs Used" represents the amount of
disk used after a sample install to a stock
Window's '95 system with no other applications
running. These figures are approximate. Your
disk cluster size may cause the file sizes to
vary. Also, Window's '95 handling of swap file
may vary according to your system configuration.
Permanent
Megs \Windows (Swap
Product Used \Borland \System File)
CSS compact 45 39 6 9
CSS full 105 98 7 24
Dev compact 43 37 6 9
Dev full 104 97 7 20
Desk compact 32 30 2 9
Desk full 61 59 2 15
2)
a) Canceling the Delphi 2.0 install
Canceling before 10 - 15% may not clean the
Window's '95 registry. This appears to be a
limitation of the Install Shield engine.
Canceling the install after 15% will cause Delphi
2.0 to be un-installed.
b) Canceling Delphi 2.0 Online Registration
If you wish to register Delphi 2.0 at a later
time, you may cancel the Registration Wizard.
Canceling the Registration Wizard will not cause
an un-install. You may register Delphi 2.0 later
from the "Delphi 2.0 Online Registration" icon
located in the Borland Delphi 2.0 directory.
3) Un-Installing
Files created after the install of Delphi 2.0 and
the directories that contain them, will not be
deleted. For example, if you were to create a new
project in \Borland\Delphi 2.0\Bin, the un-install
would leave your project files and the
\Borland\Delphi 2.0\Bin directory that contained
them.
A general rule of thumb is that only files from
the most recent install will be un-installed.
Files marked as shared, OCX's and DLL's for
example, that have a "use" count of zero will
cause a delete confirmation dialog to appear for
each file. Microsoft standards for un-installing
do not include a "Delete All" option at this
stage.
4) Re-installing Delphi 2.0 on Window's 95
If an earlier installation of Delphi 2.0 already
exists on your Window's 95 system, you must run
the un-install program. This is necessary to
cleanup the system registry. The un-install
utility is located off the Start menu,
Settings|Control Panel|Add/Remove Programs.
5) Installing to systems with Paradox 7.0
The necessary order to install both Delphi 2.0 and
Paradox 7.0 is to
a) install Paradox 7.0
b) install Delphi 2.0.
If Delphi 2.0 already exists on the system,
un-install Delphi 2.0, then do a) and b) listed
above. If you un-install either Delphi 2.0 or
Paradox 7.0, you will need to re-install the 32
bit IDAPI.
6) Installing Delphi 1.0 and 2.0 on the same
system
Although Delphi 1.0 and 2.0 will run on the same
system, don't combine Delphi 1.0 and 2.0 into the
same directory. Installing to the same directory
will cause difficulty when the Delphi IDE attempts
to locate the Help file.
7) Errors During the Install
Error 101
Error 112;
There is not enough room in the \Temp directory to
expand files. Expansion of files during
installation temporarily requires 10-15 megs in
the drive that contains your \temp directory. For
example, if you are installing Delphi 2.0 to drive
D:, and your temporary directory path is
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP, so that drive C will require 10 -
15 megs during file expansion.
"Cannot install Delphi, Local Interbase is
Running"
Shut down Interbase from the system tray by right
clicking the Interbase icon. The System Tray is
the indentation located on right hand side of the
task bar)
Registration Wizard dialog appears as a blank
InstallShield could not find the install script.
Cancel the dialog and run the Registration Wizard
from the icon "Delphi 2.0 Online Registration".
Temporary directories remain after install to NT.
On NT systems temporary directories named
\ISTEMP0x may be left over. These directories
will probably be empty, and may be deleted.
Reference:
3/30/99 12:37:32 PM
Last Modified: 01-SEP-99