Arabic Enablement for Delphi 3.

1.	Introduction
	The Arabic components are a set of standard Delphi components which were modified to take advantage of the capabilities of Arabic Window 95.
2.	Installation
	To install the Arabic components:
2.1	Run SETUP.EXE from the installation CD. Installation files are copied to the <Drive> and <Path> of your choice. The Arabic components are in the Package <Drive>:<Path>Arabicd301.dpl. The Help system is installed automatically during setup.
2.2	Load the Arabic Components onto the Design Palette. Start Delphi3 On the Menu Bar, click Component \| Install Packages... The Project Options - Packages dialog box will appear. Click Add button Navigate to <Drive>:<Path> Choose Arabicd301.dpl Click Open button. Click OK button.
3.	Using the Arabic components
	The Arabic components duplicate, to as great an extent as possible, the behavior of their English counterparts. All Arabic components share a single new property - "Arabic" - a boolean value which defaults to True. See the help file for further details.
4.	Database
4.1	In order to use the Arabic database components, use the language driver 'ascii' ANSI which ships with Delphi. The following 3 paragraphs contain instructions for making 'ascii' ANSI the default language driver for a specific database type, such as Paradox; setting the type of a new table to 'ascii' ANSI; and changing the language driver of an existing table to 'ascii' ANSI.
4.2	To make 'ascii' ANSI the default language driver for a database type, from the Control Panel run the BDE Configuration Administrator, click on the Drivers tab, choose a particular driver type, such as Paradox. Click on the LANGDRIVER drop-down list, and choose 'ascii' ANSI.
4.3	To make 'ascii' ANSI the language driver for a new table, use the Database Desktop. Click File \| New \| Table. Fill in the field names and attributes as usual (using English characters). Click Modify, select Table Language from the Table Properties dropdown list, and choose 'ascii' ANSI from the Table Language dropdown list.
4.4	To change the Table Language property for an existing table, use the Database Desktop. Use File \| Open \| Table, select the table, then click on Table \| Restructure. Click Modify, select Table Language from the Table Properties dropdown list, and choose 'ascii' ANSI from the Table Language dropdown list.
	Interbase tables support Arabic by using the UNICODE_FSS character_set_id. Add the statement 'DEFAULT CHARACTER SET UNICODE_FSS to the Create Database statement. An alternative way is to add CHARACTER SET UNICODE_FSS to Arabic text fields in the Create Table statement. Please look at Interbase help file topic: Specifying a Default Character Set for a Database for more information.
5.	Currency, Time and Numbers
5.1	Delphi Arabic components use the W95 Control Panel Regional Settings. Use these settings to specify a particular currency symbol, positioning, date separator, etc.
5.2	In order to see Arabic (not English) digits, you can choose HINDI in the dropdown list for Numeral Style.
6.	Quick Report Components
	Quick report components add a new property: Arabic. By setting Arabic to true, the text is laid down on the screen or the paper using Right-To-Left reading order which ensures proper line breaks in multi line fields (Memo) and proper handling of mixed language text (Arabic, numbers, Latin and non language specific symbols).
7.	Caveats
7.1	To change Number, Currency, Time and Date properties, it is not sufficient to simply change the country settings in the Windows 95 Regional Settings Dialog. You must go to the appropriate tab (Number, Currency, Time or Date) and explicitly set the new properties. To do this, click the Regional Settings applet in the Control Panel, which brings up the Regional Settings Properties dialog box; then click on the Number, Currency, Time or Date tab. Make the appropriate selection. Remember to click the APPLY button.

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Introduction

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Installation

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Using the Arabic components