
                        Ek RTF Report for Delphi
                         Version 1.12 (D4, D5)

CONTENTS

  1. Component description
  2. History
  3. License
  4. Installation
  5. Contact information

1. COMPONENT DESCRIPTION

  TEkRtf report is non visual component that allows you to use all 
power of MS Word or other rtf-compatible editor to create, preview, 
edit and print your reports. 

  How to use it:
 - create report template in MS Word
 - save it in RTF format
 - place TEkRTF component on form, fill required properties 

 - prepare data in your application
 - run report using one of Execute methods
 - run MS Word (or other editor) if you want to view, 
   edit or print your document
 
  For more information see help and demo program.

2. HISTORY

   Version 1.12
   ------------
   Some bugs corrected.


   Version 1.1
   ------------
   Added properties TrueValue, FalseValue;
   Added format functions: fexp, ffix, fnum, fcur;

   If variable in VarList will be changed during processing Execute or 
   ExecuteOpen methods, it will take effect in report when this variable
   be requested;

3. LICENSE 

  TEkRTF COMPONENT IS DISTRIBUTED "AS IS".  NO WARRANTY OF ANY
  KIND IS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. THE AUTHOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE 
  FOR DATA LOSS, DAMAGES OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS WHILE USING 
  THIS SOFTWARE.

4. INSTALLATION

   DELPHI 4 and DELPHI 5
  1. Uninstall previous version of EkRTF:
      Select "Component/Install Packages" from the Delphi IDE.
      Select the package file EComp.bpl, click "Remove" button, click "OK".

  2.  Select "Component/Install Packages" from the Delphi IDE.
  3.  Click on the "Add" button and select the package file EComp.bpl 
      in the directory were it unzipped.
  4.  Click "Open" to install the package.
  5.  Select "Tools/Environment Options" from the Delphi IDE.
  6.  Select the "Library" tab.
  7.  Check the path to EComp pakage in "Library Path" edit box.
      It must reference to location where is the new version 
      of EkRTF component.


      Installed component will appear in "Data Access" panel.

  NOTE: if Delphi cannot find file DsgnIntf.dcu then add string 
        $(DELPHI)\Source\ToolsAPI\ in "Tools/Environment Options" 
        Library path.

     The following steps describe how to manually install TEkRTF report 
  Help file.

  1.  Copy the files EkRtf.hlp and EkRtf.cnt into the HELP 
      directory in Delphi main directory.
  2.  Add the line (if it does not exists)
      :Index TEkRTF report component=EkRtf.hlp
      to the "Index" section at the top of the DELPHI4.CNT file
      located in the Delphi HELP directory.

5. CONTACT INFORMATION
  
   if you have any questions, comments or suggestions email to 
 ec@gpb.skiftel.ru
    See the latest version of Ek RTF Report on author's page at 
 http://gpb.skiftel.ru/ec/
   


