Afterwarp

Introduction

Asphyre Sphinx requires BDS 2006, Turbo Delphi, BDS 2007 or FPC/Lazarus. In this article the installation process is explained for Delphi compilers. Installation procedure for FPC/Lazarus is explained in separate article.

Preparation

The first step is to download the latest version of Asphyre Sphinx. Once this is done, unpack the archive to the local hard drive. Make sure that all folders within the archive are extracted. These at least should include \License, \Source and \Tools. If you have downloaded the complete package, \Examples folder will be also present.

Library Path

Once the package has been extracted, an entry to Asphyre source code folder needs to be added in Delphi's library path. It is located in [Tools] - [Options] - [Environment Options] - [Delphi Options] - [Library - Win32]. Include the complete path to the unpacked \Source folder as illustrated on the screenshot below.

Conclusion

If the above steps are performed well, Asphyre Sphinx is ready to be used. It is important to note that Asphyre Sphinx is not a VCL framework and does not install anything on component palette. If examples have been downloaded as well, it is recommended to open \Basic or \Basic3D example and try to recompile it, to see if installation was done properly.

Note: In order to load images from external files such as PNG and TIFF, you need to install Vampyre Imaging Library. Refer to the library documentation for the installation steps (usually found in \Doc\imaging.html).