07-May-2012 Pacific Standard Time
The FREE Lite and Evaluation editions of Rubicon are available for download NOW. The Lite edition supports Delphi and CPPBuilder XE2.
The Evaluation edition supports the same compilers and database bridges as the paid edition. All the Unicode compilers, i.e. Delphi and CPPBuilder 2009 through XE2, are supported. With XE2, 64-bit compilation is possible.
Check the Rubicon News Page for the latest details on supported database bridges, or the
Rubicon Product Info Page for all other details.
You will find the installer (SETUP) in this folder.
FREE Rubicon Editions and Their Limits
Evaluation Edition
The FREE evaluation version of Rubicon allows you to test it with any of the compilers and database bridges that are ordinarily included in the paid version. However:
- Source code is not included
- You must generate an unlock code for yourself at http://www.href.com/unlock
- You must use packages when compiling the demos, the utilities and your own test projects
- There is a time limit, after which the components will not work
- After the time limit, EXEs compiled previously will no longer work
- The Delphi IDE must be running for many, but not all, operations.
Lite Edition
The lite edition uses the same files as the evaluation edition. The difference is that your lite license does
not expire (no timeout). The lite edition is suitable for small, personal applications, education/training situations, and rare small-scale commercial applications.
The limitations to the lite edition are:
- Source code is not included
- Your must compile with packages
- The Words table may not contain more than
1500 words.
- There is a 1.5 second delay on all searches.