tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post1577962778536018057..comments2024-03-10T12:04:17.661-07:00Comments on The Oracle at Delphi: VCL Component registration.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10119008505905401707noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-71265960480091395542004-09-01T05:43:38.000-07:002004-09-01T05:43:38.000-07:00Do I dare hope that component/package registration...Do I dare hope that component/package registration will be cleaned up? To make a consistant method for devs to distribute components? After a fresh install of Delphi it takes a half day to install all the components.<br><br><br>- Some devs only give up a .pas to add to an existing package or new one.<br><br><br>- Some give us an installer that simply copies packages to a new folder, but no installation, no adding to the library path. That is the worst, you have no idea if it did or did not install it for you.<br><br><br>- The best companies copy the files, install the components into the IDE, add to the library path and give you an uninstaller. Those are far and few between though.<br><br><br>Give component developers an easy, *consistent* method of packaging components, one that wraps it in an installer, that puts packages for different versions in a best-practices location, that knows how to merge in the help files, etc.<br><br><br>Please... Please... my boss hates Delphi for that one reason; because it is an utter, god pounded pain in the butt to install components.Shawn Osternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2428374771421713311.post-45514196312531373902004-09-02T19:08:14.000-07:002004-09-02T19:08:14.000-07:00Something like Eclipse's plugin installation: ...Something like Eclipse's plugin installation: just drop zip/jar files in a plugin/component directory, and the IDE will do it all. For Delphi.NET, this should be easy.Alec Yunoreply@blogger.com