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Andreas Kl?s

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Delphi 5 / ADO / ACCESS 2000 / Installation

Hi,

can anybody tell my what i need to distribute a Delphi 5 application with
ADO access to ACCESS 2000 Databases?
Licence ?

Thanks in advance

   Andreas

 
M.H. Avegaar

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Re:Delphi 5 / ADO / ACCESS 2000 / Installation


MDAC has to be installed to work with ADO (download and install mdac_typ.exe
from www.microsoft.com/data).

Licencing is a gray area. You are allowed to distribute MDAC with any
product made with a Microsoft program, but not with a (non-Microsoft) Delphi
program. However, MDAC is already part of Windows 2000 and Windows 98 SE and
AFAIK as an owner of Windows you are allowed to install MDAC on your system.
So, your Delphi program would be using existing software on the PC, which
should be legal...

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Quote
> Hi,

> can anybody tell my what i need to distribute a Delphi 5 application with
> ADO access to ACCESS 2000 Databases?
> Licence ?

> Thanks in advance

>    Andreas

Dave Schude

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Re:Delphi 5 / ADO / ACCESS 2000 / Installation


Well, you could always write your 'About' dialog in VB.. :)

Seriously, I've heard of people doing that.

On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:42:39 +0200, "M.H. Avegaart"

Quote
<avega...@NOSPAMmccomm.nl> wrote:
>MDAC has to be installed to work with ADO (download and install mdac_typ.exe
>from www.microsoft.com/data).

>Licencing is a gray area. You are allowed to distribute MDAC with any
>product made with a Microsoft program, but not with a (non-Microsoft) Delphi
>program. However, MDAC is already part of Windows 2000 and Windows 98 SE and
>AFAIK as an owner of Windows you are allowed to install MDAC on your system.
>So, your Delphi program would be using existing software on the PC, which
>should be legal...

>"Andreas Kl?s" <andreas.kl...@neosystems.de> schreef in bericht
>news:8l8rkl$2j2n$1@euler.space.net...
>> Hi,

>> can anybody tell my what i need to distribute a Delphi 5 application with
>> ADO access to ACCESS 2000 Databases?
>> Licence ?

>> Thanks in advance

>>    Andreas

M.H. Avegaar

Delphi Developer
Wed, 18 Jun 1902 08:00:00 GMT

Re:Delphi 5 / ADO / ACCESS 2000 / Installation


I know, but recently Microsoft claimed that a SIGNIFICANT part of the
application had to be written with a Microsoft product. You can't really
call an about-box (actually it was the splash screen) a significant part of
an application...

"Dave Schudel " <d...@schudel.com> schreef in bericht
news:3988f6f9.54195398@news-server.kc.rr.com...

Quote
> Well, you could always write your 'About' dialog in VB.. :)

> Seriously, I've heard of people doing that.

> On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:42:39 +0200, "M.H. Avegaart"
> <avega...@NOSPAMmccomm.nl> wrote:

> >MDAC has to be installed to work with ADO (download and install
mdac_typ.exe
> >from www.microsoft.com/data).

> >Licencing is a gray area. You are allowed to distribute MDAC with any
> >product made with a Microsoft program, but not with a (non-Microsoft)
Delphi
> >program. However, MDAC is already part of Windows 2000 and Windows 98 SE
and
> >AFAIK as an owner of Windows you are allowed to install MDAC on your
system.
> >So, your Delphi program would be using existing software on the PC, which
> >should be legal...

> >"Andreas Kl?s" <andreas.kl...@neosystems.de> schreef in bericht
> >news:8l8rkl$2j2n$1@euler.space.net...
> >> Hi,

> >> can anybody tell my what i need to distribute a Delphi 5 application
with
> >> ADO access to ACCESS 2000 Databases?
> >> Licence ?

> >> Thanks in advance

> >>    Andreas

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