/components/paradox/README.txt

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  1. This package installs Paradox support in the lazarus IDE:
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  3. TParadox (Data Access Tab) is a TDataset descendent that enables you to open
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  4. and see Paradox tables. It has support for Blobs and Graphics. There is no
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  5. need to have the BDE from Borland (Codegear) installed.The TParadox
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  6. component itself is located in the FCL, and is an implementation
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  7. based on an open source C library called pxlib.
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  8. This means that you need to install the PXlib library, which you can 
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  9. download from Sourceforge:
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  11. http://pxlib.sourceforge.net/
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  13. The C library can be installed on most linux systems using the native package manager.
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  14. For windows, a pre-compiled binary is available from the sourceforge site.
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  15. The TParadox component code has been tested with version 0.6.2 of the library,
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  16. and should also work with version 0.6.3.
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  19. The component needs version 2.4.0 of Free Pascal, earlier versions contain a bug
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  20. that prevents a TParadox dataset from opening.
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  22. Enjoy !
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