usings Dephi components in CBuilder

[hennep]

I want to use a component written in/for Delphi. I can add it to the list of packages and drag it on a form.
But when I try to compile or save the project it asks for a header file and a lib file.

How can I use Delphi components when I do not have any of these .h and .lib files ?

 

[SilverStray]

Try looking at the Directories/Conditionals page tab when you select the Project>Options menu. Be sure that you have added the directory at which your component is located in the Include and Library paths edit boxes.

 

[hennep]

It is not a matter of setting the path. The component directory only contains bpl,dcp,dcu,dfm files.

The files are really missing.

 

[Tom666]

First, in the unit which contains your Delphi component, add the compiler directive {$ObjExportAll On} and make sure you register the component.
In C++ Builder create a new package. Add to the uses of the package USEUNIT(“YourUnit.pas”);
Build and make the package. The component should now be available in the component pallette of C++ Builder and you can put it onto a form as normal.
When you try to build the project you are using this component with it will probably say “Unable to find header file for component&quot;. What you need to do is go to the .h header file of the .cpp file with the component and add #include <YourUnit.hpp> This .hpp file should have been created automatically when you made the package.

Hope this helps. If anyone knows how to do this the other way around (C++ Builder components in Delphi) could you please let me know.

 

[exodus300]

When I use some 3rd party components, when I try to compile it asks to find xxxxxxxx.h. I have to go into the directory the component's files are in and select xxxxxxxx.hpp (as the files are .hpp, and not .h). After initially selecting each header file, I am not asked to do so again for the project.
Is there a way to make the compiler detect the xxxxxxxx.hpp files by default, and not ask me to find xxxxxxxx.h?