• Minimum System Requirements
• General Installation Notes
• Installing by Using Electronic Software Delivery
• Installing by Using Purchased Network Licenses
• Installing the Online Help
• Modifying the Installed Product
• Installing Previous Product Versions Licensed with Delphi and C++Builder XE
• Installing Optional, Add-on Products
• Known Installation Issues
• Uninstalling This Product
• If You Have An Installation Problem

• The following Windows platforms are supported:
  • Microsoft® Windows 7
  • Microsoft Windows XP Home or Professional (SP3)
  • Microsoft Windows Vista^TM (SP1)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (SP1) or 2008
  • The latest service packs and security updates are recommended for all platforms
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later

• Prerequisites: The product requires a number of prerequisites that are automatically installed on your system during the install process if they are not already present. Also, if you do not have the Microsoft .NET Framework on your system, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 will be installed with the product.  
  

  Prerequisites include the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 SP1 Redistributable Package, Microsoft Visual J# version 2.0 Redistributable Package, Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8, Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0, and the Language Pack for MS .NET Framework 2.0.

• Free space requirement: Approximately 3.5 GB of disk space is required for full product installation, and the installer requires 0.5 GB additional temporary space
• Intel Pentium or compatible, 1.4GHz minimum (2GHz+ recommended)
• 1GB RAM (2 GB recommended)
• 1024x768 or higher resolution monitor
• Mouse or other pointing device
• Color quality above 256 colors (32-bit or 16-bit is sufficient)
• The modeling functionality in the product requires the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). You can download the JRE from http://www.java.com.

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    On Windows Vista, must install as Administrator

    Multiple users on one machine

    Installer requires additional temporary space

    Assemblies installed in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC)

    Do Not Use Multibyte Characters in Install Paths

    Source Code for Samples is Available on SourceForge

If the product is purchased using Electronic Software Delivery, you receive a .zip file.

    To install using Electronic Software Delivery:

If you purchased a Network License (managed by the Embarcadero License Server or FLEX) for Delphi XE or C++Builder XE, you must follow these instructions to set up the install image, or your users will be prompted for a serial number and will be unable to install.

If you have a media kit:

1. Copy all of the DVD files to a writeable directory on your network.

2. Copy the networked license .slip file (received in your order confirmation email) to the directory where Setup.exe is located.

3. When your users run Setup.exe, the product detects the .slip file and installs the software. During installation, the .slip file is moved to the license folder in the installation directory.

If you have an electronic software download:

1. Copy over just the setup.exe and slip file into the same directory.

2. Run setup and the install will read the slip to determine which sku (product version) you have purchased.

3. Follow the install program instructions.

4. The install will copy the slip file to the correct directory.

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The online help is now installed in a separate operation from the main product: 

• If you are using the product launcher, you need to install the product in one operation, and then return to the launcher page and select the help in a second operation. 
• If you are using Setup.exe to install the product, you also need to run Help_Setup.exe to install the online help.

    DExplore.exe Required for Online Help

    Installing the MS Windows Platform SDK Help

• After the product is installed, you can add optional products, and add or remove features. Choose either of the following methods to modify the installed product:
  • Use the Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs command, select the product, select the Modify button, and then choose the features that you want to add or remove.
  • Choose Start menu | Programs | Embarcadero RAD Studio | Modify, Repair, Uninstall, select Modify, and then choose features to add or remove.
• See also Known Installation Issues.

    To install another product:

Licenses are included with the product that enable you to download and use previous versions of the product, as follows: 

• Delphi XE includes licenses for Delphi 2010, 2009, 2007 and 7. 
• C++Builder XE includes licenses for C++Builder 2010, 2009, 2007 and 6.
• RAD Studio XE includes all the earlier version licenses for both Delphi and C++Builder.

If you purchase an individual named user license or 5-pack or 10-pack of named user licenses: After installing and registering your XE product, you can go to http://www.embarcadero.com/xe-earlier-versions to obtain serial numbers and software downloads for the older versions. You must request your older version licenses from this page within 180 days of purchase of the XE product.

If you purchase Network/ToolCloud named or concurrent licenses for an XE product: Your network license certificate includes suite licenses that can be used to license any of the included 2007-XE versions plus individual serial numbers for Delphi 7 and/or C++Builder 6. The Delphi 7 and C++Builder 6 serial numbers are single named user serial numbers and are not transferrable between users and not available for concurrent user access via the license server.

Note: Academic products do not include licenses for previous versions of the product.

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Beyond Compare is installed as part of the main product.  

    Optional Tools You Can Install During Product Installation

    Additional Third-Party Products to Install Later

• You cannot have a licensed product installed and then install a Trial version. The personality associated with the trial will not have the files installed.

• During the installation of prerequisites, the Installer does not notify you if you have less than the required free space. If you try to install with too little space, the install hangs. See Minimum System Requirements for exact specification.

• C++ Boost Libraries will not install on Vista if you do not accept the escalation request during the install process. After an install, you should have the following entries under Add or Remove Programs: Embarcadero RAD Studio XE, and Boost Libraries for C++Builder XE (if C++Builder was installed). If either of these is missing, open a command-line window, go to where your install files are located, and run:

  boost_setup.exe (for C++Builder XE users only)

• There is a known issue that will affect a small number of users, including those with Hungarian regional options, where the installer fails to start after preparation of the InstallAware Wizard. To remedy this issue, open the Regional and Language Options in the Control Panel and temporarily switch your Regional Options setting to English. After install, you can safely restore your regional setting.

• Installation of the third-party product AQTime might halt with the following error message:

  MS Help 2.x runtime files are not installed on this PC.
Installation/registration of Help files cannot proceed.

• The AQTime product is installed at this point, but the AQTime online help was not installed. In order to install the AQTime online help, you need to obtain and install the AQTime online help using the following steps:

  1. Complete the RAD Studio product installation.

  2. Install the Delphi and C++Builder online help. This step installs the necessary Help 2.x runtime files (DExplore.exe).

  3. Uninstall AQTime.

  4. Download AQTime installer from the Registered Users Download page (http://cc.embarcadero.com/reg/rad_studio).

  5. Reinstall AQTime.

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• To uninstall the product, the Administrator who initially installed the product must open the Control Panel, select Add or Remove Programs, select Embarcadero RAD Studio XE and click the Remove button.
  After uninstalling, in order to remove user-specific data from the Windows registry, all non-Administrator users of the product must log in and delete the following registry key:
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\8.0
  WARNING: Registry editing is performed at your own risk. This document and other documentation that accompanies this product describe editing your Windows registry. In most cases, Embarcadero recommends that you use the Microsoft Regedit tool to perform editing. Whatever tool you use, before you make any changes, you should make backups of your registry and thoroughly familiarize yourself with the editing tool and the registry editing process. The registry is a critical component of your operating system, and any mistakes you make while editing it can potentially cause your machine to stop functioning.

• In Add or Remove Programs, there will be entries for the following (the list depends upon the third-party products that you chose to install):

  • Embarcadero RAD Studio XE

  • Embarcadero Delphi and C++Builder XE Help System (if you installed the help system)

  • Boost Libraries for C++Builder XE (if installed)

  • CodeSite Express 4.6.1

  • CollabNet Automatic Update 1.2

  • CollabNet Subversion Client 1.6.12

  • FinalBuilder 7.0.0.582 Embarcadero Edition

  • Rave Reports 9.0.0 BE

  You will need to uninstall the Help and the third-party products separately using Add or Remove Programs. If the Boost libraries are installed, they will be uninstalled when you choose to uninstall the RAD Studio XE entry.

• After uninstalling, user-specific data such as default project settings might remain in configuration files found in these directories:

  • Documents and Settings\<username> or All Users\Application Data\Embarcadero\BDS\8.0

    
    

  • Documents and Settings\<username> or All Users\Shared Documents\Embarcadero\BDS\8.0

  You should manually remove these folders.

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Please open a support case on the http://support.embarcadero.com web site if you encounter any problems during installation.

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