Bde Installer on these Embarcadero days

Question

Somebody could please tell me where I could find the good ol' BDE installer?

These links won't work anymore:

http://info.borland.com/devsupport/bde/bdeupdate.html

Answer 1

http://www.jrsoftware.org/download.php/bdeinst.cab

Extract the archive and run:

regsvr32 BdeInst.dll

Answer 2

Second result in Google for "bde installer download"

Answer 3

Took months for me to realize there's nothing special about the BDE installation except for copying the files and adding the branches into the registy. I use Actual Installer to build the project but these lines from the .aip file should help you understand just what to put in the registry.

Copy the BDE files into the respective folders and then copy these into the registry

0=?Uninstall ?\Uninstall.exe*?????0*?Normal 1=??\watch.exe*?????0*?Normal [Registry] 0=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\BLW32*?BLAPIPATH*?STRING*?C:\Program Files\Common Files\Borland Shared\BDE*?Yes*?Yes 1=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine*?RESOURCE*?STRING*?0009*?Yes*?Yes 2=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine*?UseCount*?STRING*?37*?Yes*?Yes 3=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine*?SaveConfig*?STRING*?WIN32*?Yes*?Yes 4=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine*?DLLPATH*?STRING*?C:\Program Files\Common Files\Borland Shared\BDE*?Yes*?Yes 5=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine*?CONFIGFILE01*?STRING*?C:\Program Files\Common Files\Borland Shared\BDE\IDAPI32.CFG*?Yes*?Yes 6=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\DRIVERS\PARADOX\INIT*?VERSION*?STRING*?4.0*?Yes*?Yes 7=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\DRIVERS\PARADOX\INIT*?TYPE*?STRING*?FILE*?Yes*?Yes 8=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\DRIVERS\PARADOX\INIT*?LANGDRIVER*?STRING*?DBWINUS0*?Yes*?Yes 9=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\DRIVERS\PARADOX\TABLE CREATE*?LEVEL*?STRING*?7*?Yes*?Yes 10=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\DRIVERS\PARADOX\TABLE CREATE*?BLOCK SIZE*?STRING*?32768*?Yes*?Yes 11=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\DRIVERS\PARADOX\TABLE CREATE*?FILL FACTOR*?STRING*?95*?Yes*?Yes 12=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\DRIVERS\PARADOX\TABLE CREATE*?STRICTINTEGRTY*?STRING*?TRUE*?Yes*?Yes 13=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\DATE*?SEPARATOR*?STRING*?/?Yes?Yes 14=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\DATE*?MODE*?STRING*?0*?Yes*?Yes 15=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\DATE*?FOURDIGITYEAR*?STRING*?FALSE*?Yes*?Yes 16=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\DATE*?YEARBIASED*?STRING*?TRUE*?Yes*?Yes 17=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\DATE*?LEADINGZEROM*?STRING*?FALSE*?Yes*?Yes 18=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\DATE*?LEADINGZEROD*?STRING*?FALSE*?Yes*?Yes 19=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\NUMBER*?DECIMALSEPARATOR*?STRING*?.?Yes?Yes 20=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\NUMBER*?THOUSANDSEPARATOR*?STRING*?,?Yes?Yes 21=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\NUMBER*?DECIMALDIGITS*?STRING*?2*?Yes*?Yes 22=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\NUMBER*?LEADINGZERON*?STRING*?TRUE*?Yes*?Yes 23=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\TIME*?TWELVEHOUR*?STRING*?TRUE*?Yes*?Yes 24=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\TIME*?AMSTRING*?STRING*?AM*?Yes*?Yes 25=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\TIME*?PMSTRING*?STRING*?PM*?Yes*?Yes 26=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\TIME*?SECONDS*?STRING*?TRUE*?Yes*?Yes 27=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\FORMATS\TIME*?MILSECONDS*?STRING*?FALSE*?Yes*?Yes 28=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\INIT*?VERSION*?STRING*?4.0*?Yes*?Yes 29=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\INIT*?LOCAL SHARE*?STRING*?FALSE*?Yes*?Yes 30=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\INIT*?MINBUFSIZE*?STRING*?128*?Yes*?Yes 31=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\INIT*?MAXBUFSIZE*?STRING*?2048*?Yes*?Yes 32=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\INIT*?LANGDRIVER*?STRING*?DBWINUS0*?Yes*?Yes 33=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\INIT*?MAXFILEHANDLES*?STRING*?48*?Yes*?Yes 34=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\INIT*?SYSFLAGS*?STRING*?0*?Yes*?Yes 35=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\INIT*?LOW MEMORY USAGE LIMIT*?STRING*?32*?Yes*?Yes 36=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\INIT*?AUTO ODBC*?STRING*?FALSE*?Yes*?Yes 37=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\INIT*?DEFAULT DRIVER*?STRING*?PARADOX*?Yes*?Yes 38=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\INIT*?MEMSIZE*?STRING*?16*?Yes*?Yes 39=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\INIT*?SHAREDMEMSIZE*?STRING*?2048*?Yes*?Yes 40=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE*?SOFTWARE\Borland\Database Engine\Settings\SYSTEM\INIT*?MTS POOLING*?STRING*?FALSE*?Yes*?Yes