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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 visit our online support forums...

  http://www.Dimeric.com/DSWeb/support/index.php

or send us an email...

  Support@Dimeric.com


Release Notes
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2.2.3 - May 27, 2004

  * RinseTypes.rinse: Support for several additional data
    types -- for more info see the VDB readme, under the
    unit DSPersistTypes.

  * RinseProxy: Fixed re-entrancy issues with QueryInterface.

  * RinseServerComp: Define LoggingEnabled and OnLog properties.

  * New Unit: RinseGraphics.rinse.

  * Enhancements to the TSmartRecListView property editors.

  * Honor Hide attribute on Rinse units and type definitions.

  * Add sub-properties to "Add Properties" dialog.

  * Define virtual methods for smart record classes when using
    the Class attribute.

  * Allow smart records to have methods & properties.

  * Support FromVariant/ToVariant when defining external types.

  * Support for inline code blocks, allowing Rinse units to
    contain custom Delphi code.

  * Support multi-line strings with [~ ... ~]

  * Include line/col info in MiniCalc errors for calculated
    properties.

  * Allow multi-line calculated field expressions.

  * Implement "experimental" directive (similar to "deprecated").

  * Support smart lists of remotable interfaces.

  * Include field names in SR class object.

  * Calculated properites are now automatically MiniCalc functions.

  * Rinse Intro.doc:
    - Terminology change: smart records have "fields", not "properties".
    - Document inline code blocks.
    - Document custom methods/properties on smart records.


Getting Started
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After you install Rinse, you can use the New Rinse Application 
Wizard, File | New | Rinse | Rinse Application, to create a new 
Rinse client and server application.  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.