How can I activate a possibility to work with some direct database engine?
You may open in any editor the sme.inc file. There you’ll find the similar strings: //{$DEFINE ADO_SUPPORT} //{$DEFINE IBX_SUPPORT} //{$DEFINE DOA_SUPPORT} //{$DEFINE INFOPOWER_SUPPORT} //{$DEFINE DEVEXP_SUPPORT} //{$DEFINE DEVEXP_CX_SUPPORT} //{$DEFINE DECISIONCUBE_SUPPORT} //{$DEFINE DBGRIDEH_SUPPORT} //{$DEFINE VOLGAGRID_SUPPORT} //{$DEFINE RAIZE_SUPPORT} //{$DEFINE FXCUBE_SUPPORT} You can uncomment desired engine and recompile a project. After recompilation you’ll see new components on SMExport and SMExport+ pages of component palette. For example, if you have a DOA installed (direct access to Oracle), uncomment the DOA_SUPPORT line (just remove first two slash-chars. If you have installed Delphi 5 or 6 or 7 Enterprise edition, you can uncomment the ADO_SUPPORT and IBX_SUPPORT lines.