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System requirements

Please refer to this page: system requirements.

Installation notes

After successful installation, following changes are required to be made in Borland Delphi/C++Builder IDE in order for you to be able to re-compile our demos, or build own applications with Evaluation version of VC 2.5 components:

  • add VC 2.5 Evaluation components package to the components palette:
    • select Project\Options menu command and select Packages tab;
    • press Add... button;
    • browse to the folder where VC 2.5 Evaluation product was installed and select the following file:
         common\vc2eval_40.bpl -- for Borland Delphi 4.0;
         common\vc2eval_50.bpl -- for Borland Delphi 5.0;
         common\vc2eval_60.bpl -- for Borland Delphi 6.0;
         common\vc2eval_70.bpl -- for Borland Delphi 7.0;
         common\vc2eval_90.bpl -- for Borland Delphi 2005;
         common\vc2eval_A0.bpl -- for BDS 2006;
         common\vc2cbEval_50.bpl -- for Borland C++ Builder 5.0;
         common\vc2cbEval_60.bpl -- for Borland C++ Builder 6.0;
    • press Open to install the package;
       
  • add VC 2.5 Evaluation components package to run-time packages:
    • make sure "[x] Build with runtime packages" check box is checked;
    • make sure "vc25eval_X0" (for Delphi X.0) or "vc25cbEval_X0" (for C++Builder X.0) is listed in the Runtime packages edit box:


     
  • select Directories/Conditionals tab on the Project Options dialog, and add common\ path from VC 2.5 Evaluation installation to Search\Include path in project options:

Uninstalling

To remove VC 2.5 Evaluation from your environment, make sure you have removed the components package from Delphi/C++Builder IDE before starting uninstallation program.

Following limitations are applied to the Evaluation version of VC 2.5 components:

  • runtime package vc2eval_X0.bpl (for Delphi X.0) or vc2cbEval_X0.bpl (for C++Builder X.0) must be located somewhere in your PATH, or in C:\Windows\System32 for example;
  • wave components are limited to handle about 300 seconds of audio only;
  • WAVe file reading component (TunavclWaveRiff class) is limited to load first 30 seconds of audio only;
  • TCP/IP stream components are limited to receive about 16 MB of data only;
  • ipServer component (TunavclIPInStream class) is limited to support maximum 3 clients only;

NOTE: none of this limitations are applied to VC 2.5 Personal or Enterprise licenses.