EasyTable: Single-File Embedded Database,
a BDE replacement for Delphi and C++Builder
The following steps are general instructions for setting up a table component at design time. There may be additional steps you need to tailor a table's properties to the requirements of your application.
To create a table component,
| 1. | Place EasyTable component from the EasyTable page of the Component palette in a data module or on a form, and set its Name property to a unique value appropriate to your application.
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| 2. | Specify database location by setting the DatabaseName or DatabaseFileName of the component to the name of the database to access.
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| 3. | Set the TableName property to the name of the table in the database. You can select tables from the drop-down list if the DatabaseName or DatabaseFileName property is already specified.
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To access the data encapsulated by a table component,
| 1. | Place a data source component from the Data Access page of the Component palette in the data module or form, and set its DataSet property to the name of the table component.
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| 2. | Place a data-aware control, such as TDBGrid, on a form, and set the control's DataSource property to the name of the data source component placed in the previous step.
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| 3. | Set the Active property of the table component to True.
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