Thank You for Your Interest in Our Products and for Choosing Data Abstract for Delphi.
Our goal with Data Abstract (or “DA” as we call it for short) is to provide you with a powerful and
flexible framework to build your applications solutions upon.
Data Abstract is not standing still. we will continue to improve the product over time and these improvements
will be available to you as part of your subscription. To ensure continued access to the latest release and to
stay up to date with the most recent fixes and new features, please make sure that your subscription stays active.
Please check our website regularly, to keep your product up to date with the latest additions.
Find Out What's New
The Summer 2009 builds are a major new release for
both Data Abstract and the underlying RemObjects SDK.
Check out our What's New page for an extensive look at all the new features and
enhancements in this release. Or visit the Change Logs to get a more detailed list
of all changes, including bug-fixes, of which there are over 150, this time around.
Delve into the Documentation
Our documentation wiki at wiki.remobjects.com also
continues to be a rich and growing source of information, providing introductory texts about different concepts in
Data Abstract, articles and how-tos, as well as thorough class reference help.
The Wiki is community driven, allowing you and all other Data Abstract customers to participate and contribute content, as well.
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New: Build Native Mac and iPhone apps with Data Abstract for OS X
The Data Abstract product family is growing, as we're adding a third fully native edition to the product suite, designed specifically
for building native client applications for Macintosh computers an iPhone and iPod touch devices using Cocoa and Xcode.
Leverage your exiting investment into Data Abstract by exposing your existing servers to new clients written for these two exciting
and platforms, for example to deliver a first-class mobile front-end for your DA based enterprise application.
Data Abstract for OS X is available for pre-order with immediate beta access now
(and access to the already shipping RemObjects SDK for OS X).
Please check our Shop for purchasing options, or contact our sales team if you have ay further questions.
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Some More Technical Information
The remainder of the README provides some more general information and a few guidelines that you should
follow in order to install and get started with Data Abstract.
Software Requirements
Data Abstract for .NET supports the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, 3.0 and 2.0 and has been tested for 32 and 64 bit.
Client-side support is also provided for the Compact Framework 2.0. as well as Silverlight 2.0. The Data Abstract library is
fully usable under Mono 2.0. Monos sample as provided and the other .NET samples shipped should work in concept, but might need
adjustments for WinForms library differences on Mono.
Experimental support is provided for the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 and Silverlight 3.0, which are still in BETA or pre-BETA status
as this release is shipping. As these technologies progress, Data Abstract for .NET will be updated to fully support them.
Some features of Data Abstract, such as DA LINQ require version 3.5 (or later)
of the .NET runtime. We strongly encourage customers to update to 3.5 and leverage these new technologies, to make best use of DA.
Supported Languages and IDEs
Data Abstract should be accessible from CLS compliant .NET 2.0 languages, but explicit support is provided for C#, Delphi Prism/Oxygene,
and Visual Basic .NET. IDE Integration is provided for Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008.
Service Pack 1 is required for both of these IDEs.
Experimental support is provided for the upcoming Visual Studio 2010, which is expected to be available as beta around the time
this release ships.
Component Installation
Upon install, Data Abstract will automatically register its components
(together with those for RemObjects SDK and Internet Pack)
with the supported Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008 and (experimental) Visual Studio 2010 IDEs, if present.
If you are using a different development environment, please consult your IDE's documentation to find out how to register
components. The components provided by Data Abstract are contained in the various assemblies in the \Bin
folders of the install.
License File
To avoid piracy and abuse, the Data Abstract install contains a time-limited license for tools auch as Schema Modeler and Service Builder, as
well as the pre-compiled component libraries. This license file will expire after 30 days of use.
You will be prompted about this trial period and offered to download your personal license file when you start the tools
for the first time, or when you build your application using Data Abstract
or RemObjects SDK
components. You can
choose to either download your own license file right away, or keep working with the trial license until such a time
when the download is more convenient for you. Alternatively, it's possible to download it directly
from my.remobjects.com.
Please note that applications built with the trial license will be marked as such and display the trial notification
dialog on startup. Download your personal license when prompted, in order to build your applications without this limitation.
Sample Projects
A number of sample projects are included in the RemObjects Samples folder of your Shared Documents folder.
A detailed introduction to the available samples can be found in the Samples.html files included with each of them.
After the first start of your development IDE, the Welcome Page
for Data Abstract will be presented, giving you the option to directly open any of the sample client applications.
The matching server application comes pre-compiled with Data Abstract for Delphi and can be launched fro the Start Menu.
Please Note: Samples have been moved from underneath the product install to the Shared Documents folder, to make them more
easily usable on Windows Vista and Windows 7, where the Program Files folder is read-only during normal operation.
Support
Support for Data Abstract is available via our newsgroups at
remobjects.public.dataabstract.delphi.
You can use these newsgroups to report any problems or suggestions you might have in regards to Data Abstract, you can communicate
with fellow Data Abstract users and exchange ideas and solutions. More information about our support offerings, including the
Premium Support subscription, can be found at remobjects.com/support.
Known Issues in this Release of Data Abstract
While we try our best to get all known issues fixed and addressed for each build, sometimes less important issues need to be
deferred for later releases in favor of getting a version released at all (Perfect is the enemy of shipping, after all).
Please check our list of known issues for any crucial known problems with
the current release.
Thank You
Let us thank you again for choosing Data Abstract. We are confident that you
will find it to be a worthwhile addition to your development toolset.
Should you, at any time, encounter a problem or need assistance using Data Abstract, please feel free to ask on the newsgroups
or contact us directly via email at support@remobjects.com.