From: markus.humm1@freenet.de   
      
   >> Sadly the explorer version is unuseable for me since I do need 3rd pary   
   >> components for some projects and creating all of them from source is   
   >> just a bit to tendious.   
   >   
   > Exactly, and if the free version, which is probably limited in db   
   > can't have plug in components, then the use becomes limited.   
      
   Hello,   
      
   this free version is said to have the same limitation for db usage as   
   the professional edition. So you can use databases (e.g. via dbExpress   
   or ado) but not all only desktop ones. So this is a huge difference to   
   the personal editions where afaik no db support at all was included. In   
   the explorer version even a developper version of Interbase will be   
   included (they say in official blogs and websites).   
      
   Greetings   
      
   Markus   
      
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