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Installation Instructions

(Written on 30th January 2018, corrected on 13th January 2025)

Dew Lab Studio Delphi Installation

These instructions are applicable to both Core and High Performance version of Dew Lab Studio. The installation was performed on Windows 10 64bit. After downloading the zip file and running the executable, you will be presented with Smart Screen question, if you want to run the application of the Publisher "Rosa Raziskave in Razvoj". The installation will also require "Run as administrator" elevation. Once confirmed, you can continue to the next screen:

1.)First screen:

The setup's welcome screen for Dew Lab Studio Core 2018

2.) Press next and you get to see:

The license agreement, with the option to accept its terms

3.) Agree to the terms, if you wish to continue. Press next to get to:

The list of Delphi and C++Builder versions to install the components for, with the versions not found on the computer shaded out

Here you get see the list of supported platforms. If the platform is shaded out, it means, it could not be found on your computer. If all platforms are shaded out, you can still continue, but the "Binaries" will not be installed to your computer. Only Help files, documentation and Examples will be present.

4.) After making the selections, press Next:

TeeChart support, with the option to recompile the TeeChart dependent packages checked

This is recommended to leave checked.

5.) Press next and you are presented with:

Choose Components: the required dlls, MtxVec, Stats Master, DSP Master and Data Mining, all selected

Select all or MtxVec at minimum.

6.) Press Next:

Choose Install Location: the destination folder, with the space required and the space available

Some AntiVirus software may prevent writes to the specified folder. Additionally you also needed have full read/write access to this folder. After installation verify that files actually exist in this folder. Press Install.

7.) Shows files being copied:

Installing: the progress bar over the log of the files being extracted

If there is a problem with AntiVirus or Read/Write access to the folder, the installer will not stop. Instead some lines will show "skipped" in the log. For the installation to succeed there should be zero "skipped" messages in the displayed log.

8.) After file copying has finished, and if you have selected "Recompile TeeChart" under point number 4 above, you are presented with:

The welcome page of the separate recompile tool for TeeChart support

This a separate executable launched by the installer.

9.) After pressing next

The recompile tool's list of platforms to install TeeChart support for

Here you should select platforms for which you want the TeeChart support to be installed and then press next.

10.) We get to:

The recompile tool's build log, above its Install and Uninstall buttons

There should be no errors reported in message dialogs or displayed in the log! Scroll down to verify the build process.

11.) A message will pop up at the end of the build process:

A message that the Delphi library path was modified, and that in Delphi 2007 and 2009 a space must be typed into the library path before it takes effect

This is not an error. It only provides additional information. Press OK.

12.) Press Finish to close the build tool. This will return you back to the installer:

The setup's last page, Completing Dew Lab Studio Core 2018 Setup, with its Finish button

Press Finish.

13.) Finally verify the installation and existence of folders and files:

File Explorer showing the installed Dew Lab Studio 2018 Trial folder with its Binaries, Documentation, Help and Sources folders

14.) If everything went OK, you can now start your Delphi or C++Builder and build the demo applications, which were installed to:

C:\Users\YourWinUser\Documents\Dew Research\BCX Examples (for C++Builder)

C:\Users\YourWinUser\Documents\Dew Research\Examples (for Delphi)

After opening for example:

C:\Users\YourWinUser\Documents\Dew Research\Examples\MtxVec\MtxVecDemoW32_D16.dproj

You should be able to compile and run the applications without any further changes. The D16 stands for Delphi version and you need to open the project which matches your Delphi version. D16 means Delphi XE2. D25 stands for Tokyo 10.2, etc..

15.) Sometimes only copying of dlls to "C:\Windows\System32" and "C:\Windows\SysWOW64" will be blocked. In this case locate the "Dll" folder in the installation dir and copy the files manually.

32bit to C:\Windows\SysWOW64

64bit to C:\Windows\System32

Possible error messages

1.) When starting Rad Studio or the Demo application, the error (0xc000007b) is reported:

An application error of MtxVecDemoW32_D24.exe: the application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)

This error means, that one of the dlls was not correctly copied or that the Visual Studio Runtime libraries are not present on the system. The Visual Studio runtime libraries need to be installed both for 32bit and 64bit. MtxVec requires VC Runtime since version 6.3.

2.) When starting Rad Studio or an application the error:

Missing procedure entry point __kmpc_masked

is reported. This means that the version libiomp5md.dll is too old and a newer version needs to be copied.