Adding IDEs after Installing the SDK

PDAC2IDE.exe, installed in the SDK\PDAC subdirectory, will configure the Borland Delphi 3/4/5/6 and C++ Builder 3/4/5 Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) for the PDAC components. This utility is run automatically when the SDK is installed, but can be used at a DOS command line if new IDEs are installed or if problems occur.

When installing, there is no need to uninstall first; any old entries are automatically updated prior to installation.

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Note
No files are deleted, copied, or installed; the program simply updates the IDEs to support PDAC.

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The command is used as follows:

To install PDAC to all Borland IDEs found on a system

pdac2ide  

This will find all supported Borland environments and make the appropriate Registry entries for the components to appear on the Palette and be available for use.

To uninstall PDAC from all Borland IDEs found on a system

pdac2ide -u  

To install or uninstall to/from specific IDEs

pdac2ide [-u] [D5] [D6] [D7] [C5] [C6] 

One or more IDEs can be listed on the command line.

The -u parameter runs the uninstall only; if it is not given, PDAC will first be uninstalled, then re-installed into each listed IDE.

PDAC2IDE also accepts a -q parameter, for "quiet" mode, that does not write to the console; this is useful for inclusion in batch files.