Delphi 3 third party component installation

[3491]

When I try to install a third party component in Delphi 3 (no source code available, only the *.dcu file) I get a compille error: cannot find *.pas. Has anyone run into this? What to do?

 

[PaulBaxter]

Nothing. If you don't have the .pas file you can't install the component in Delphi 3.<br>
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[jandekkers]

&gt;&gt;PaulBaxter (Programmer) Nov 2, 1999 <br>
&gt;&gt;Nothing. If you don't have the .pas file you can't &gt;&gt;install the component in Delphi 3.<br>
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That is not true. DCU files are the compiled pascal source files and DCU files can be installed inplace of the Pascal Files.<br>
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&gt;&gt;I get a compille error: cannot find *.pas. Has anyone run into this? What to do? <br>
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This is releated to the fact that the Library Searchpath is not pointing to the correct directory. Remove the package , re-install it and make 100% sure the library searchath is correct

 

[PaulBaxter]

Yeah true, but he only said he had the *.dcu file. Which if you only do have the dcu file then you can't install it. Simple as that. If the file has a package included then yes your right. But '3491' never mentioned anything about a package so I assmue that he was tring to install a delphi 2 component that only included the *.dcu file as delphi 2 allowed you to install it.