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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">savefrm.dcu</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">SaveGrid component</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">savegrid.dcu</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">Source Code Finder expert</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">adfindex.dcu</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">DateTime Suite (main
      components)</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">addsuite.pas (Note: install
      the pas file )</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">DateTime Suite (Baselevel
      components)</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">adbase.pas (Note: install the
      pas file )</font></td>
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  </center></div><p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">You can multi-select in the usual
  Windows way (holding the Control key down).</font></p>
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      <td width="100%"><img src="install3.gif" alt="Selecting the components (in this example, compiled units) to the package" WIDTH="426" HEIGHT="264"></td>
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  <p>&nbsp;</p>
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      <td width="100%"><img src="install4.gif" alt="All ready - about to compile up the package..." WIDTH="535" HEIGHT="256"></td>
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  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Once you've selected the units - OK the 'Install
  Component' dialogue - you'll be prompted to confirm building and installing the package...</font></p>
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      <td width="100%"><img src="install5.gif" alt="OK'd - now confirm the build and install" WIDTH="385" HEIGHT="296"></td>
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  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">And confirm changes necessary to continue the
  build...</font></p>
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      <td width="100%"><img src="install6.gif" alt="Confirm necesary changes to the Adrock lib" WIDTH="367" HEIGHT="287"></td>
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  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">If you've set the show compilation progress in the
  environment options you'll see the package compiling and installing.&nbsp; You should end
  up with a dialogue showing you the components that have been installed.</font></p>
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      <td width="100%"><img src="install7.gif" alt="All done!" WIDTH="475" HEIGHT="142"></td>
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  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">You will notice on your VCL Palette bar in Delphi
  that there is now a new tab called ADROCK, inside here will be an icon to represent the
  component you just installed. </font></p>
  <p><strong><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Delphi 4 installation notes:</font></strong></p>
  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">I dunno, but <strong>the install of unit files
  (dcu's) into D4 is a bit weird</strong>.&nbsp; The <em>unit files will open in the package
  editor window (and you'll consequently get a lot of messages about lines being too long)</em>.
  </font></p>
  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">What I've been doing is simply closing all these
  windows - and then continuing (re-doing) the&nbsp; build.&nbsp; I've also noted it won't
  build and install in one step.&nbsp; You'll probably have to use the Install button on the
  Package dialog.</font></p>
  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Additionally, the dcr (VCL palette icon) files
  often do not get included in the Package source.&nbsp;&nbsp; To fix this, right click the
  Package dialog (see the picture - right click, for example, where the mouse is below and
  you get the context menu)...</font></p>
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      <td width="100%"><img src="install8.gif" alt="We've just right clicked where the mouse is, we'll select the 'View Source' option" WIDTH="368" HEIGHT="403"></td>
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  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Select the 'View Source' menu option.</font></p>
  <p>You should have something like this:</p>
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      <td width="100%"><img src="install9.gif" alt="... viewing the source for our Adrock.dpk" WIDTH="437" HEIGHT="343"></td>
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  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Note the dcr files at the top of the list. &nbsp;
  While yours may not match the sample picture above, it sure should include dcr files
  appropriate to the components you're installing.</font></p>
  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">If you don't have 'em in the list - you could cut
  n' past appropriate lines from the list below - then re-compile the library and your VCL
  palette will now show the correct icons.&nbsp; </font></p>
  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">NB: the DateTime Suite does not seem to be
  affected, as the files you install are pas files (and these in turn register all the
  components to Delphi).&nbsp; Likewise, if you're using the Adrock source code, you won't
  have the problem either.&nbsp; This problem just affects installation of compiled units
  (dcu's) that have the Delphi VCL register code imbedded.&nbsp; <br>
  (Any other (better) workarounds or solutions, please e-mail us at: <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]</a>) </font></p>
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      <p><font face="Arial" size="3">{$R ADALARM.DCR}<br>
      {$R ADCLOCK.DCR}<br>
      {$R ADGRAD.DCR}<br>
      {$R ADGROUP.DCR}<br>
      {$R SAVEFRM.DCR}<br>
      {$R SAVGRD32.DCR}<br>
      {$R *.RES}<br>
      </font></p>
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<p><a name="Delphi 2:"><strong><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Delphi 2:</font></strong></a></p>

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  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Go: 'Component', 'Install'</font></p>
  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Click the 'Add' button and browse to 'c:\adrock\d2'</font></p>
  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Install the components according to the following
  table:<br>
  (Source code owners: can copy the contents of the Source subdirectory into the D2
  subdirectory (overwrite any duplicate names) and install the .pas files instead of the
  pre-compiled units)</font></p>
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      <td width="50%" align="center" bgcolor="#808080"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2" color="#FFFF00"><strong>Name</strong></font></td>
      <td width="50%" align="center" bgcolor="#808080"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2" color="#FFFF00"><strong>Install this file</strong></font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">AlarmList component</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">adalarm.dcu</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">Bitmap Property Editor</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">adtbitma.dcu</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">Analogue Clock component</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">adclock.dcu</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">Date Functions Class</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">NA (see <a href="installation.htm#Date Functions Class">Date Functions Class</a> for more...)</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">Message Dialogue component</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">NA (see <a href="installation.htm#Message Dialogue Class">Message Dialogue Class</a> for more...)</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">adgrad.dcu</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">Group Box component</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">adgroup.dcu</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">SaveForm component</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">savefrm.dcu</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">SaveGrid component</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">savegrid.dcu</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">Source Code Finder expert</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">adfindex.dcu</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">DateTime Suite (main
      components)</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">addsuite.pas (Note: install
      the pas file )</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">DateTime Suite (Baselevel
      components)</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">adbase.pas (Note: install the
      pas file )</font></td>
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  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">If you're installing more than one component Delphi
  2 forces single selection of units or source to add.&nbsp; However, it doesn't take long
  to repetitively add more in; ('Add', 'Browse', &lt;select component&gt;, 'Add', 'Browse',
  &lt;select component&gt; ... etc).</font></p>
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  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">And when you're ready, press the 'OK' button to
  compile.&nbsp; (You should see the compile progress and then the library link process).</font></p>
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<p><a name="Delphi 1:"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2"><strong>Delphi 1:</strong></font></a></p>

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  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Go: 'Options', 'Install Components'.</font></p>
  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Click the 'Add' button and browse to 'c:\adrock\d1'<br>
  (You'll need to change the 'List Files of type:' to show 'Unit File (*.DCU)' - and indeed
  you need to do this repetitively if installing several components at once)</font></p>
  <p><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Install the components according to the following
  table:<br>
  (Source code owners: can copy the contents of the Source subdirectory into the D1
  subdirectory (overwrite any duplicate names) and install the .pas files instead of the
  pre-compiled units)</font></p>
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      <td width="50%" align="center" bgcolor="#808080"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2" color="#FFFF00"><strong>Name</strong></font></td>
      <td width="50%" align="center" bgcolor="#808080"><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2" color="#FFFF00"><strong>Install this file</strong></font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">AlarmList component</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">adalarm.dcu</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">Bitmap Property Editor</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">adtbitma.dcu</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">Analogue Clock component</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">adclock.dcu</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">Date Functions Class</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">NA (see <a href="installation.htm#Date Functions Class">Date Functions Class</a> for more...)</font></td>
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      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">Message Dialogue component</font></td>
      <td width="50%"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#800000">NA (see <a href="installation.htm#Message Dialogue Class">Message Dialogue Class</a> for more...)</font></td>
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