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                     Dimeric Software

                    Product Information

                           Rinse

                       FULL Version

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Thank you for purchasing Rinse -- we hope you will find it as
useful and reliable as we do.  If you have any questions or
comments, please vist our website...

  http://www.Dimeric.com/

or send us an email...

  Support@Dimeric.com


Release Notes
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2.1.9 - May 13, 2003

  * RinseThreadedClient

    - Fix a problem with processing the WM_QUIT message;
      this issue was preventing the client application from
      closing properly.

  * General Enhancements

    - A new Wizard (File | New | Other | Rinse Implementation)
      automates the task of defining a unit to implement a
      remotable interface.  The wizard generates a class
      including all methods of the remotable interface (you
      have to insert your code here, naturally).  You can
      choose between two styles for the generated code: a
      basic object that inherits from TInterfacedObject, or
      a more advanced one that inherits from TRinseVDBService.
      The basic option is good for non-database services, and
      the VDB option is ideal for services that employ VDB for
      data access.

    - Enhanced smart record type information (TypeName & SRList).
      This allows you to determine at run-time the type name of
      each property, and which properties are smart lists.

    - New attribute: IsList (for use with the TypeInfo attribute).

    
Getting Started
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After you install Rinse, you can use the New Rinse Unit Wizard,
File | New | Other | Rinse Unit, to create a new Rinse unit and
add it to your project.  Also, the Tools | Rinse Explorer command
allows you to configure the Rinse Translator (this command can be
found on the Help menu in Delphi 5).


Documentation
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Rinse comes with extensive documentation, as well as an in-depth
tutorial (which is the best place to begin).  The tutorial can be
found in Dimeric\RinseTutorial\Tutorial.rtf.  The source code for
each step of the tutorial can be found in the folder
Dimeric\RineTutorial\Step N, where N is the step number.  These
projects represent the completed tutorial step, and are ready to
compile and run.

The Rinse documentation is Dimeric\Doc\Rinse Intro.rtf, and is
partly a reference -- the tutorial is a better place to begin.

Documentation on the units in RinseLib is located in the
Dimeric\Help folder.  The install program automatically integrates
this help file into Delphi's IDE help system.


Deploying Applications Built With Rinse
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Rinse features royalty-free application deployment.  You may
distribute free of charge applications (EXE files) and
libraries (DLL and BPL files) built with Rinse and/or DSUtil.
You may not distribute Rinse or DSUtil source code (PAS, INT,
DCU and DCP files).

See the software license (License.txt) for more information.