Using VCL objects in console applications

Frank Darbyshire

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Mar 27, 2002, 3:42:17 AM3/27/02

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Hi Can any one help me?

I need to write a small console application to process some data in the back ground. This will be called by NT scheduler.
I would like to use data base components (non visual e.g. TTable) I think I should be able to use them but I do not know how to instantiate them in Delphi 5 in a Console app.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

Frank

Finn Tolderlund

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Mar 27, 2002, 4:48:38 AM3/27/02

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"Frank Darbyshire" <frank.d...@kvaerner.com> wrote in message
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> I need to write a small console application to process some data in the
back ground. This will be called by NT scheduler.
> I would like to use data base components (non visual e.g. TTable) I think
I should be able to use them but I do not know how to
> instantiate them in Delphi 5 in a Console app.

Have you tried
Table := TTable.Create(nil);

Finn Tolderlund

Nick Ryan

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Mar 27, 2002, 7:06:09 AM3/27/02

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> I need to write a small console application to process some data in the
back ground. This will be called by NT scheduler.
> I would like to use data base components (non visual e.g. TTable) I think
I should be able to use them but I do not know how to instantiate them in
Delphi 5 in a Console app.

Put the table components in a datamodule. In your code make sure that you
manually create the datamodule (ie MyDataModule := TMyDateModule.Create...)
and also destroy it once you're finished with it.

ie.

program Foo;
...
use dmMyDataModule;
...
begin
try
MyDataModule := TMyDateModule.Create( NIL );
<do stuff with the datamodule / components on it>
finally
FreeAndNIL( MyDataModule );
end; {try}
end.

Nick