JCL & JVCL Installation
I found a website link when crawling the web, named JEDI Visual Component Library. Somehow I believe the initiator of this project is a big fans of StarWars. Maybe it’s just me.
It’s a collection of great components for Delphi, which lead me to believe I found a treasure.
After I downloaded the ZIP file, I read the manual carefully but cannot found an instruction of installation. No, installing the DPK itself is useless.
I did spotted an install.bat file, but I can’t make it work.
After some googling events, I saw a light of hope, and managed to install it successfully. I’ll describe them in a very short steps:
- Download the package (Duh!). I was downloading the version 3.33, but after some time, they launch the 3.34. The file should be named JVCL333CompleteJCL1101-build2725.7z with the 333 part as the version number.
- Decompress this file (You might need a 7z unpacker for this) into {Your Delphi Directory}\Source. This is the reason why I can’t install the package. I was extracting these files into \Lib directory.
- Run install.bat in the JCL folder. This will compile and run the installer. I guess the JEDI team does a great job huh?
- The installer will show you all your available Delphi version.
- Install the JCL.
- Repeat step 3 for JVCL folder, this time the installer will be a little bit different, but you’ll get the grip.
- Run Delphi. You should see lots of component tabs appear.
I’m still trying to figure out how to use them in my projects. Maybe I’ll add more entries after I learned some.