3. The Borland Database Engine (
BDE)
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Delphi 7 applications that use the Borland Database Engine
(
BDE) for database
access require that you distribute
the
BDE with the application.
In accordance with the Additional License Terms for
BDE,
you may distribute the
BDE files with your application
using a Borland-certified Redistributable Install program
such as InstallShield Express or another compliant install
program. You may redistribute only those
BDE files selected
by the Borland-certified installation program.
Additionally, Borland supplies a
BDE merge module that is an
approved mechanism for deploying
BDE. This module may be used
with any Windows Installer (
MSI) development tool (such as
InstallShield for Windows Installer, Wise for Windows
Installer and others). The merge module includes the base
BDE and
SQL Links appropriate to the version of Delphi
purchased.
See the
BDE Links deployment notes in the file
BDEDEPLOY.TXT (found in the
BDE directory) for specific
information regarding deploying the
BDE with database
applications created in Delphi.