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hello! it's my first project with unidac, so for some time most of my questions will inevitably be extremely lame. sorry for that, working on it :)
so there goes the first tough one: any ideas why unidac can't find its data providers? i have all the unidac vcl components on the palette, only when i drop a tuniconnection on a form/datamodule, the providername property combobox has no items in its drop-down menu to select from.
i've re-installed unidac just to ensure that the required installation components had been selected. then I rebooted the machine to make sure anything-that-may-need-to-load-during-booting really loads during booting. then I spotted some *.bpl files (for instance: "msprovider100.bpl") in the "Bin" subfolder of the Unidac installation path, and tried installing them on the delphi packages list to no avail since they all seem to be aldready installed, at least that's what delphi is throwing at me along with other funny error messages.
i went to play with the demo project included in the installation package. at first it didn't compile, throwing an error about a missing file (orascriptprocessor.dcu).
commenting-out one by one the offending lines in the uses section got me to the point where the project compiled but no providers were available to connect to a demo database.
i suppose it's some kind of a problem with the include paths, but I can't figure it out. please help...
(my specs: d2006, unidac standard 1.00.00.6)

The Standard edition of UniDAC does not include any providers. You get corresponding provider for the Standard edition when you buy ODAC, SDAC, MyDAC, or IBDAC.

You can upgrade UniDAC to the Professional edition to get all providers.

thanks for the informative reply. i must say that's a very dissapointing level of usability for a commercial product. should i have known i wouldn't have even purchased it. and personally, having to pay twice to get one thing is like adding insult to the damage.

lukenio wrote:thanks for the informative reply. i must say that's a very dissapointing level of usability for a commercial product. should i have known i wouldn't have even purchased it. and personally, having to pay twice to get one thing is like adding insult to the damage.

You should read with attention before buying a product. The information is clear enough

http://www.devart.com/unidac/

"UniDAC Standard Edition includes the UniDAC common engine, but does not include server-specific data providers. Required providers can be installed with ODAC, SDAC, MyDAC, IBDAC. UniDAC Standard Edition is a cost-effective solution for those database application developers who need only several of supported data providers, or already have some of DACs."


http://www.devart.com/unidac/ordering.html

"Standard Edition
The right choice for existing DAC users...."

if you not a DAC user you can make a Upgrade.

Upgrade to Professional from Standard
Get all database providers and DataSet Manager

thanks, that cleared things up a bit. i realize i probably shouldn't have gone on a rant like that, sorry :)
i'll probably follow your upgrading idea.

cheers!

"... You can upgrade UniDAC to the Professional edition to get all providers. ..."

Can you please point me to where on the site can I upgrade from standard to professional versions.