Missing "Install Component.. " in Delphi 2005's Component menu.

[440bx]

Hi,

This is the first time I use the IDE to develop code in Delphi.

I am quite well versed in Pascal but know nothing about the IDE. Today I had to install a component and found a set of instructions - with screenshots and all - that showed an "Install Component..." option under the Component menu.

To my surprise, my installation of Delphi 2005 does not have the "Install Component..." option under Component. It has "Installed .NET components...", "New VCL Component...", "Install Packages..." and "Import Component...".

I reinstalled Delphi 2005 on another machine thinking that my old installation might be corrupted but that didn't fix the problem.

Is there a simple way of getting the "Install Component..." menu item ?

Thank you for your help.

John.

 

[440bx]

Figured it out.

Pre-Delphi 7 (or thereabouts) had the "Install Components" option but Borland/Codegear removed it when they created the "studio" line.

Now it is done by creating packages.

The help file - unfortunately - has not been updated to reflect this change and still refers to the "Install Components"

 

[roo0047]

It sounds like they've adopted the MS convention of moving and renaming where function remains unchanged, which is exactly why I'll continue to run D7 under XP.

Roo
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