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Delphi Zip

Version 1.90

DOES NOT support before Delphi 4

If you already have an earlier version installed, remove it before you

install this.  Make sure you rebuild the Component library with the updated

 VCLs included with this release.

This is a complete release, so you DO NOT need to have any prior   

version before installing this release.

Instructions for manual installation - don't know why you would want too but...

This ZIP should go into a base directory of \ZipMstr190.

IMPORTANT!

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You need to copy the redistributable modules to your desired

directory on your development computer.  

Copy \ZipMstr190\DLL\DelZip190.DLL to your Windows System directory.

Copy \ZipMstr190\SFX\SFX\dzsfx??.BIN to your Windows System directory. ??=language

Unsupported Properties

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Since I normally use the latest Delphi release, sometimes new properties

of Delphi's VCLs will get saved with DFM files.  Please tell it to

"Ignore" and "Property not found" type of error you may see.

Changed Event Signitures

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Because of support for larger files some handlers will now use int64.

Please tell it to "ignore".

Installation

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This is one of the biggest freeware software releases for Delphi and

C++ Builder.  To get going quickly and correctly, please follow these

instructions.  Read them over once before starting.  If you don't

understand a step, get help before you start the install!

1. You MUST install this package on a computer that has Delphi (any 

   version from 4 thru 7).

2. The VCLs included with this release are:

      TZipMaster19 - the main ZIP support VCL

    The files required to support these VCLs are located in the

    VCL subdirectory  

    You have two choices for how to proceed

    (option A is recommended):

	  A) add the directories C:\ZipMstr190\Source 

                  to your VCL search path

         IMPORTANT! If you have the non-beta C:\ZIP\VCL path on

         your system, you should remove it from the search path.

                             or

	  B) copy the files in C:\ZipMstr190\Source to another directory already

         in your VCL search path

    If you want to use option A, the instructions for this are

    included below.  If you want option B, then please copy those

    files now.

3.  Install the VCLs       

    This procedure will install the VCLs into the IDE.  After

    this, you will be able to see them on the "DelphiZip" tab.

    Un-install old version(s) first.

    If you are not installing into same directory as previous version then the old version 

      must be completely removed. 

    Delphi 4, 5, 6, and 7:

      Here's some new instructions that will install into a new package.

    Preferred method

      1) From the Delphi directory 

         a) open and build ZMstr190D?.dpk (where ? is Delphi version) Design and Run-Time package

    OR

      1) Menu | Component | Install Component...

        a) Tab->Into New package

        b)   Package file name:   ZMstr190

        c)   Package description: Freeware Zip and Unzip package

        d)   Unit Filename:  Choose Browse and select ZipMstr.pas 

                             from the directory where you put it in.

        e)   Click Ok

	 ( Message "ZMstr190D?.bpl will be built then installed", Continue )

	 2) Click No

	 3) Menu |Comoponent | Install Component...

		a) Tab->Into Existing package

		b)   Unit Filename:  Choose Browse and select

				ZipMstr19.pas

				ZMCenDir19.pas

				ZMCompat19.pas

				ZMCtx19.pas

				ZMCore19.pas

				ZMDefMsgs19.pas

				ZMDelZip19.pas

				ZMDlg19.pas

				ZMDllLoad19.pas

				ZMDllOpr19.pas

				ZMDrv19.pas

				ZMEOC19.pas

				ZMExtrLZ7719.pas

				ZMHash19.pas

				ZMIRec19.pas

				ZMMatch19.pas

				ZMMsg19.pas

				ZMMsgStr19.pas

				ZMSFXInt19.pas

				ZMStructs19.pas

				ZMUTF819.pas

				ZMUtils19.pas

				ZMWAux19.pas 

				ZMWorkFile19.pas

				ZMWrkr19.pas

				ZMXcpt19.pas

				ZMZipFile19.pas

			 from the directory where you put it in.

		c)   Click Ok

	( Message "ZMstr190.bpl will be built then installed", Continue )

	 4) Click Yes

       After the compilation a message should popup that TZipMaster19 

         has been installed and registered.

                            DELPHI DEMO

   NOTE: You should have the compiler option "break on exception"

   turned off because the demos that use the SortGrid VCL use 

   exceptions to determine datatypes.  This is only a concern 

   when running the demo programs from the IDE.

1.  From the IDE, open the project C:\ZipMstr190\Demos\Demo1\ZipDemo1.DPR.

    Examine the forms and decide if you need to resize any of

    the controls, or change the position of anything. This is

    sometimes necessary if I developed the forms at a different

    screen resolution than you are using.

    The demo1 program is a fairly straight-forward example

    of what you can do with this package!  Everything revolves

    around the TSortGrid, which always shows you the contents 

    of your ZIP archive.  Use right-click on a column header to

    do an descending sort, or a left-click for an ascending sort.

                  Deployment of Your Programs

Any program you write using this package will require the Dll

 DelZip190.DLL to be present of each user's

hard disk.  You should have your install procedures put this

file into the WINDOWS SYSTEM directory (which is named differently

on some systems - especially WinNT systems).  If that isn't 

possible, then you should put them into the same directory as 

your .EXE program that uses them.

Also, the dzsfx??.BIN module must be installed into the same

directory as the DLLs.  This module is only needed if your

application program needs to make .EXE archives.

IMPORTANT: Any .EXE archives you make with this package do

NOT need any supporting files on the end-user's computer!

This is very handy!

Of course, there are no distribution fees for the DLL, or

any other part of the package.  This whole package is 

freeware, but does have some minor distribution restrictions

(mainly that you can't profit from the ZIP DLLs, and you need

to document where users can get source code).  Please see 

README.TXT for these restrictions.

See README.TXT for more general information about this release,

and also check out the DOC subdirectory.

                Problem Reports or Suggestions

We DO want to hear your ideas!  If you find a problem with

any part of this project, or if you just have an idea for us

to consider, send us e-mail!

But, please make sure that your bug has not already been

reported.  Check our "official" web sites often:

Latest Versions and changes available at

http://www.delphizip.org/index.html

Amended and updated by

R.Peters

problems@delphizip.org