Title
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DbiProcs Help File version 1.0 for Delphi 1.0x

Distributed as Freeware

Description
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This is a help file for all definitions and functions defined in the
dbiprocs.int and dbitypes.int files.  The help context was generated
directly from the source code in these files and can be tied into Delphi's
help system for instant access to the DbiProcs help topics.

Author
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Michael Lang
Vice President,
Real Estate Software Concepts, Inc.
3510 Bridle Ridge Drive
Suwanee, GA  30174

E-Mail: mlang@america.net
Home Web Page: http://www.america.net/~mlang

Disclaimer
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"This Project" consists of all files included in this archive, including the following:
        DbiProcs.HLP    -- The Help file.
        Readme.txt      -- The documentation for this archive.
        DbiProcs.kwf    -- Delphi Keyword file for integrating with the Delphi IDE.

This Project is distributed as freeware and when redistributed, must include all files
listed above in their original, unmodified form.  You may use This Project in any way you
like without monetary reimburshment with the exception that you may not sell or distribute
This Project for profit.  However, this project may be included, free of charge, in archives
or cd-roms which are sold for a nominal distribution fee, but no fee may be charged
specifically for the extraction, download or use of This Project.

The author accepts no reponsibility for any and all risks and/or liability for damages
associated with using This Project.  You use this help file at you own risk.  By using
This Project, you accept all responsibility. for any and all risks.

Overview
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The dbiprocs help file was generated directly from Borland's dbiprocs.int and dbitypes.int
files using parsing techniques which I've developed over the years.  I got tired of not
knowing what the Dbi calls were while studying the VCL library and especially hated wading
through the *.INT files for the information.  So...I did something about it, and the result
is this help file, which took most of an afternoon to generate.

Installation
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1. Copy the dbiprocs.hlp and dbiprocs.kwf to your ...\Delphi\Help directory.
2. Close Delphi and run the HelpInst program and open ...\Delphi\bin\delphi.hdx file.
3. Add dbiprocs.kwf to the list, save, and exit the program.

How to use
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Use the dbiprocs.hlp just like you would any other windows help file.  Once it is installed
in the Delphi help environment, you can place the cursor on a Dbi function call and press
F1 for immediate help on that function.  All definitions defined in the DbiTypes.Int file
are also available when you click on the underlined item once you're in the help file.

One caveat:  Even though standard defines such as "Integer", "Word", "Bool", etc. have the
underlining that indicates they are jump references, they do NOT actually have anywhere to
jump to and you'll get a windows error message stating this fact.  I did not have the time
to spend figuring out which were part of dbitypes and which were part of the larger Delphi
system.

About the Author
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I am the chief software engineer and Vice President of Real Estate Software Concepts, Inc..
I've been hacking on computers for 12 years and have learned to program in some 15 programming
languages.  I can say hands down, Delphi knocks the socks off all other languages.

Being a "traditional" programmer from the UNIX world, OOP never was my strong point until Delphi
came along.  It took great pains to unlearn the traditional top down approach and to master
the object oriented approach.  But thanks to Borland's release of the VCL source, I was able to
learn from the masters.  I'll never go back to the old days.

Real Estate Software Concepts' main bread and butter winner, DataComp, is over 1.4 megs in size
and would not have been possible to create in VB or C++, my former Windows developing
environments.  I trully enjoy browsing and studying other people's freeware contributions to the
Delphi community, even if I never use their components, I usually learn something about Delphi
that'll improve my own code libraries.


Michael Lang
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