Delphi odac installation method explained:
I checked a lot on the Internet but failed to install it. Maybe it’s because of my poor understanding!
I researched it myself and it said that the automatic installation was successful.
Delphi and C++ Builder for Win32
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1) Go to one of the following folders (let's denote this folder %MakePath%):
Source/Delphi5 - for Delphi 5
Source/Delphi6 - for Delphi 6
Source/Delphi7 - for Delphi 7
Source/Delphi9 - for Delphi 2005
Source/Delphi10 - for Delphi 2006
Source/Delphi11 - for Delphi 2007
Source/CBuilder5 - for C++ Builder 5
Source/CBuilder6 - for C++ Builder 6
2) Find in the 'Make.bat' line containing
Find the Make.bat that suits your version in the Source directory of your OADC package.
set IdeDir=D:/Program Files/Borland/Delphi7
Modify the installation path of your system
and make sure that correct path to IDE is set (always include forward
quote and do not include ending quote)
3) Run 'Make.bat'. Binaries will be copied to %MakePath%/Odac subfolder
Execute MAKE.BAT to copy the file to your Source/delphixx
4) Copy %MakePath%/Odac/*.bpl files to a folder that is included in the
PATH environment variable
Copy the *.bpl files in the source/delphixx/odad directory to your program installation directory. There are also lib and dcu files in CRGrid under the /Projects/Bpl directory and copy them to the system's lib directory.
This is where I went wrong. The BPL files under ODAC for production processing should be copied.
5) Run IDE and add dclodacXX.bpl via Component->Install Packages... menu
I believe I don’t need to explain this step.
6) To compile ODAC based application add ODAC Source directory path
to the Library Path list