1. Unpack the archive to a folder (not for
SVN versions, of course)
2. Copy the required dlls for your database client to the windows system directory (usually Windows\
System or
winnt\system32) or use the database client installer.
Attention : think about licence issues when working with the database client libraries. Not all software is
freely distributable in all situations. These libraries are NOT a part of the zeoslib packages.
3. Add the build Directory of the
package you are about to install to Delphi's library path.
4. Locate the
package directory associated with your compiler and open the ZeosDbo.bpg project group.
Load the project and compile the following components in the order listed (or just choose compile all
from Project-Menu):
• ZCore.bpl
• ZParseSql.bpl
• ZPlain.bpl
• ZDbc.bpl
• ZComponent.bpl
5. If all the packages, listed above are successfully compiled you have to install the ZComponentDesign.
bpl. After that all ZEOS components are available in the
IDE.
If the ZComponentDesign.bpl
package isn't available for your compiler (eg. for fpc/lazarus), you
should just install the ZComponent.bpl
6. Create your own project and start adding the compoents through the
IDE and set connection properties. For
a quick tutorial, use the example provided with the project or browse the resources on the web page.