Copyright (c) 2010-2016 Oliver Valencia
Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Oliver Valencia, Fabrice Tiercelin
Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Oliver Valencia
Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Oliver Valencia, Oliver Kutsche
General notes on compiling cdrtfe
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cdrtfe should compile using Delphi 7 to Delphi 2007, tested with
Delphi 7 Personal and Turbo Delphi Explorer 2006.
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cdrtfe is not unicode capable. So it will not compile on newer
versions of Delphi (Delphi 2009 to Delphi XE4). If it compiles anyway,
it will not work correctly.
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You may need to adjust the output path for the compiled executable
(project options).
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cdrtfe should be compiled with a detailed map file as this file is
needed for a better exception handling (you will get detailed
information where in the source code the exception occurred). The
map file can be converted to a much smaller jdbg file with
MakeJclDbg.exe from the JCL.
External third party components
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cdrtfe makes use of several external third party components (for a
complete list see info.txt):
- JCL/JVCL
- Vampyre Imaging Library
- Drag and Drop Component Suite 5.2
- Mustangpeak Common Library, Mustangpeak EasyListview,
Mustangpeak VirutalShellTools
- Virtual Treeview component
- Windows 7 Component Library
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These libraries and components are completely independent of the
cdrtfe project. They are copyrighted by their respective authors.
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Depending on the settings in the file directives.inc you may not need
all of these components.
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Except for some smaller components these external third party
components are not included in the cdrtfe source archive. You may
download them from the cdrtfe download section at sourceforge
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdrtfe/files/other). These archives
only include those parts of the libraries and components that are
really necessary for a successful compilation of cdrtfe.
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Extract these archives into the appropriate folder in the subfolder
imports.
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Beginning with cdrtfe 1.5.0.1 all these components will be bundled
into one archive thirdparty-comp-.rar where is the version
number of cdrtfe which needs this archive to compile.
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cdrtfe can be either compiled using the DelphiShellControls or the
VirtualShellTools.
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By default the DelphiShellControls are used. You can change this in
the file directives.inc:
Change the line
{$DEFINE xUseVirtualShellTools}
to
{$DEFINE UseVirtualShellTools}
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To use the DelphiShellControls copy the files ShellConsts.pas and
ShellCtrls.pas into the folder imports\ShellControls. These files
are not provided by any cdrtfe download as they are part of Delphi,
you can find them in the Delphi Demo folder. Before using the
DelphiShellControls you may want to apply the patch ShellCtrls.patch.
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When using the VirtualShellTools and depending on your Delphi version,
you may get an compile error that the unit GraphUtil.dcu could not
be found. In this case remove the reference to GraphUtil in
VirtualTrees.pas, Line 4011:
Change
VTAccessibilityFactory, GraphUtil; // accessibility helper class
to
VTAccessibilityFactory{, GraphUtil}; // accessibility helper class
