I used BDE before and deployed it with my apps and databases, and everything was very easy to setup. Now, I have Delphi XE7, FireDAC components and a MySQL database. Since I have WAMP, MySQL works for me and my database is located withing my local server. I would like to use my app on another computer, which has no servers running. Is it possible to do? I tried it today and all got is a few more gray hairs. I tried to do things listed here: http://docwiki.embarcadero.com/RADStudio/XE8/en/Connect_to_MySQL_Server_(FireDAC)
I have my .exe file. I have 'libmysqld.dll' in the same folder. I have 'data' folder which has another folder ('ccvs'), and in it I have .frm and .idb files (MySQL database with InnoDB storage engine). I even tried with a 'my.ini' file. In the end, I installed MySQL server and administrator (I think it was the name of the application). I copied my database to 'c:\programdata\mysql...\data' and I could finally browse it, but I could not access the database. Even though I could visually see it, program told me it does not exist.
I tried this as well: www.da-soft.com/forums/anydac-general-english/howto-configure-and-setup-a-mysql-embedded-server.html
Downloaded the sample app, but those components do not exist anymore and I cannot load the project successfully.
Also this looked great, but my components don't have those options... https://www.devart.com/mydac/docs/loggingembeddedserver.htm
I would like to avoid installing MySQL and embed the database if possible.