Cannot see ADO controls in Tool Palette [Delphi 2006]

Tzvika

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Oct 18, 2006, 6:54:07 AM10/18/06

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Hi,
I'm using Borland Delphi 2006 and writing a Win32 app.
For some reason I do not see the ADO Tool palette although Im pretty
sure it's installed.
I can open another instance of Delphi 2006 and copy the ADOConnection
for instance from another application's form (ADOTest that came with
Delphi) to my form and it works,
but I want to add it directly from the tool palette.
Any idea how I do that?

Peter Below (TeamB)

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Oct 18, 2006, 2:14:56 PM10/18/06

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Tzvika wrote:

With your problem project open, call up the Component->Install packages
dialog and verify that the Borland ADO DB package is in the list and
checked.

With a data module or form shown in the IDE designer, do you see a dbGo
category on the Tool Palette? If not, right-click on the palette and
select "Unhide button" from the context menu. Is the missing category
listed in the submenu?

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Tzvika

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Oct 19, 2006, 4:05:16 AM10/19/06

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I have to apologies for being so stupid.
I had no idea that the ADO components are in a tab called dbGO...

Thanks for your help.

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Clay Shannon

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Oct 19, 2006, 8:32:09 AM10/19/06

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"Tzvika" <tzv...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have to apologies for being so stupid.
> I had no idea that the ADO components are in a tab called dbGO...

Blame it on the Redmond crazies--they're constantly changing the names of
their own technologies/initiatives/products.

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Peter Below (TeamB)

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Oct 19, 2006, 2:52:07 PM10/19/06

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Tzvika wrote:

> I had no idea that the ADO components are in a tab called dbGO...

Looks like you have not discovered the palettes filtering capabilies
yet. With the designer active, hit Ctrl-Alt-P or click on the funnel
symbol on top of the palette. Then simply type the start of the
component name, omitting the T, i.e. ado (case does not matter). The
keyboard shortcut even works when the tool palette is not visible...

Clay Shannon

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Oct 20, 2006, 6:56:13 PM10/20/06

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"Peter Below (TeamB)" <none> wrote in message

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>
> Looks like you have not discovered the palettes filtering capabilies
> yet. With the designer active, hit Ctrl-Alt-P or click on the funnel
> symbol on top of the palette. Then simply type the start of the
> component name, omitting the T, i.e. ado (case does not matter). The
> keyboard shortcut even works when the tool palette is not visible...

Clicking the funnel does nothing for me (Delphi 2006)

Peter Below (TeamB)

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Oct 21, 2006, 5:04:57 AM10/21/06

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Clay Shannon wrote:

> "Peter Below (TeamB)" <none> wrote in message
> news:xn0esnwz...@newsgroups.borland.com...
> >
> > Looks like you have not discovered the palettes filtering capabilies
> > yet. With the designer active, hit Ctrl-Alt-P or click on the funnel
> > symbol on top of the palette. Then simply type the start of the
> > component name, omitting the T, i.e. ado (case does not matter). The
> > keyboard shortcut even works when the tool palette is not visible...
>
> Clicking the funnel does nothing for me (Delphi 2006)

After you click it, start to type.

Tzvika

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Oct 22, 2006, 6:19:06 AM10/22/06

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Thats a good feature. Thanks.

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