Adding old component to 2007 IDE

[David D]

I have an old component that was designed for earlier (than D-2007) IDEs that I have always been able to install previously. It is a simple .pas file that contains its own REGISTER statement to add itself to the palate. In D-2007 I can't seem to be able to add it no matter what I try. In prior versions (E.g. D-7) it was only necessary to load the file and run it but this doesn't work with D-2007. Can anyone gibe tme the instructions for adding older components to the palate for the latest version od Delphi?

TIA

[Peter Below (TeamB)]

David D wrote:

You have to open a design-time package project (e.g. the dclusr.dpk in
the lib folder) or create a new one, add the unit to it, build it,
install it (can be done from the project managers context menu). Or get
this:

Installing components into packages in D2005-2007
VCL Component Installer by Rudy Velthuis
http://rvelthuis.de/programs/compinstall.html

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[David D]

Thanks for the response, I'll give it a try. I could not access the referenced link due to browsing restrictions where I work so I hope that it was not essential to the solution.

David