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1 < IBX Change Log  version                      (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
1 > IBX Change Log  version           (1.3-2) Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:39:54 +0000
2 >
3 > 1. DBControlGrid,IBDynamicGrid: Ignore down arrow and up arrow in TCustomMemo
4 >
5 > 2. IBDynamicGrid: Now deals correctly with a single column grid which has no indicator and autosize column
6 >
7 > 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: reset timer on each key press - avoids timer going off too early
8 >
9 > 4. IBDynamicGrid: Call event OnUpdateSortOrder even when aliasname not found in dataset
10 >   i.e. when it is a calculated field
11 >
12 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Fix problem selecting a different row when expanded row at end of grid.
13 >   This problem was due to a race condition between recalculating row heights and
14 >   determining which row was selected by the mouse click. The row height calculation
15 >   is now deferred by an extra trip round the message loop allowing the row to
16 >   be always calculated on the current grid layout rather than risking it being
17 >   calculated on the grid layout after the expanded row has been shrunk.
18 >
19 > 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition between cm_killfocus and cm_exit on
20 >   Windows.
21 >
22 > 7. TIBStringField: Now has two new public properties: CharacterSetName: string and CharacterSetSize: integer;
23 >   These properties allow the (Firebird) character set name for the field and the max number of bytes per character
24 >   to be determined at runtime.
25 >
26 > 8. TIBWideStringField: This is a new field type with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
27 >   TWideStringField. This field type is used with the character size reported by Firebird is two.
28 >
29 > 9. TIBMemoField and TIBWideMemoField: new field types with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
30 >   TMemoField and TWideMemoField respectively. These field types are used with Blob subtype 1 and a characterset size of
31 >   1, 3 or 4 (TIBMemoField) or 2 (TIBWideMemoField).
32 >
33 >   Both also have a new published property "DisplayTextAsClassName". If false (default) the displaytext is generated
34 >   from the blob text by truncating the string to the displaywidth (in characters not bytes). A displaywidth of zero
35 >   implies no truncation.
36 >
37 > 10. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force autocomplete when EditingDone called and timer active.
38 >
39 > 11. IBDynamicGrid: Call DataSet.Append when entering edit mode and dataset empty and not in insert state
40 >   (avoids "Not in Edit Mode" error).
41 >
42 > 12. IBDynamicGrid: Correctly resize grid when one column width plus indicator.
43 >
44 > 13. IBDynamicGrid: Ensure Editor Panel has focus when shown - avoids Windows API calling
45 >    DBGrid.DoExit on subsequent mouse click (e.g. on child control such as a tabbed page control.
46 >
47 > 14. IBDynamicGrid: ignore up, down tab and return when editorpanel open and focus in a TCustomGrid descendent.
48 >
49 > 15. DBControlGrid: Stop flashing grid when dataset closed and then re-opened while DisabledControls
50 >
51 > 16. IBQuery: Bug fixed that prevented SQL being set programmatically once the Parser had been invoked.
52 >
53 > 17. IBCustomDataSet: On close, parser is now freed and Select SQL reverts to value before DataSet Opened.
54 >
55 > IBX Change Log  version        (1.3-1) Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:30:50 +0100
56 >
57 > 1.   OnCloseUp Event Handler added to TDBLookupProperties
58 >
59 > 2.   IBDynamicGrid: Call to OnEditorPanelHide is now last editor hide action - avoids
60 >     problem with row size when exception is called.
61 >
62 > 3.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Force pending autocomplete on combobox exit.
63 >
64 > 4.   IBDynamicGrid and DBControlGrid: Keyhandler now ignores up, down, escape and return keys if
65 >     in a TCustomComboBox and ignores return key if in a TCustomMemo
66 >
67 > 5.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that KeyValue is set correctly when full text
68 >     keyed in i.e. when autocomplete not performed
69 >
70 > 6.   Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and add console mode support. IBX should now support
71 >     console mode applications with all LCL required functions (builtin dialogs and
72 >     cursor management) centralised in the  IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is
73 >     not included in your project, IBX should compile and link with a console mode program.
74 >     See consolemode example and its "readme"for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a
75 >     console mode application or the IDE will automatically assume that your
76 >     application is GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
77 >
78 >     IMPORTANT NOTE: IBDialogs must be included in GUI applications in order
79 >     to use the built in dialogs and cursor management. IBDialogs is
80 >     included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source's "uses" clause.
81 >     This should be the case for all projects created through the IDE. This is why
82 >     you do not want to add the ibexpress package to console mode applications. The
83 >     ibexpressconsolemode package has been created to allow console mode programs
84 >     to avoid adding LCL dependencies when using IBX, while still having the
85 >     unit search paths set up correctly.
86 >
87 >     Existing users should check to ensure that the "ibexpress" unit is included in
88 >     each project's source file (*.lpr).
89 >
90 >     You may find that in order for the IDE to recognise that ibexpressconsolemode
91 >     exists, you have to first open the package in the IDE and then close it. This
92 >     adds it to the most recently accessed packages list. To make it permanently
93 >     available, add the package name to lazarus' staticpackages.inc file.
94 >
95 >         Thanks to Julio Jiménez for suggesting support of console mode.
96 >
97 > 7.   SQL Parser can now accept quoted strings that include new lines
98 >
99 > 8.   IBDynamicGrid: Lookup Cell Editor - the cursor is now positioned at end
100 >     of text on start of edit. This is particularly useful when tabbing to a
101 >     column and then inserting text.
102 >
103 > 9.   New Examples provided for IB Services and ISQLMonitor.
104 >
105 > 10. Fix error when writing to blob streams that recorded only the last buffer
106 >    write in the blob stream. In most cases, this did not cause a problem as the
107 >    IB Blob Stream is written in a single write. However, with the TDBImage, write
108 >    of a graphic type prefix was lost which caused a problem when the image could
109 >        not be automatically recognised.
110 >
111 > 11. Improve generation of random cursor names in TIBSQL - avoid risk of "cursor
112 >    already open" errors due to random numbers used for the cursor name being identical.
113 >
114 > 12. IBTable: corrected error that could result in an "Index out of bounds" error
115 >    when opening the table and the Primary Key is the last or only column in the
116 >    table. Thanks to Rick Hoover for the fix.
117 >
118 > 13. Fix TIBDatabase initialisation of lc_ctype under unix. Set to "UTF8" instead
119 >    of "UTF-8", and update list of available database character sets. Existing
120 >    users should check the current lc_ctype setting in their applications.
121 >
122 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
123 >
124 > 1.  Firebird Services: avoid List Index error when opening a service with an
125 >    empty Params property.
126 >
127 > 2.  IBControls: Fix problem with new link mechanism introduced in 1.2.3.
128 >    Link now set up in Loaded method - avoids occasional failure to apply
129 >    SQL markup on initial open.
130 >
131 > 3.  "Employees" example performance improvements when scrolling.
132 >
133 > 4.  DBControlGrid: Correctly handle edit panel removal when panel is child control of a
134 >    TFrame. Force recaching of selected frame to avoid GTK race (results in a
135 >    random image cached).
136 >
137 > 5.  DBControlGrid: Should now react to changes in panel height at run time.
138 >
139 > 6.  IBDynamicGrid: Redraws rows below on panel editor hide - avoids blank space at end of grid  
140 >    even when further rows exist.
141 >
142 > 7.  DBControlGrid: DefaultRowHeight is no longer a published property as it should
143 >    always be derived from panel height and setting this property can cause confusion.
144 >    Note for existing projects: to avoid a missing property error at run time,
145 >    each form using the DBControlGrid must be opened, updated and saved in the IDE
146 >    in order to remove the property value from the lfm.
147 >
148 >
149 > IBX Change Log  version (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
150 >
151 > 1.  TIBStoredProc. Prepare now called by ParamByName to avoid need to always
152 >    call Prepare before setting parameter values.
153 >
154 > 2.  Error message on ParamByName (all cases) not found now includes name of missing parameter.
155 >
156 > 3.  Code tidyup and more robust handling of dsql information result vector.
157 >
158 > 4.  Support for centralised handling of transaction status changes. TIBTransaction
159 >    has been given additional events "AfterEdit", "AfterInsert", "AfterDelete", "AfterPost"
160 >    and "AfterExecQuery". The first three are called after the same event is called
161 >    for an IBCustomDataSet descendent using the Transaction. The fourth is called
162 >    after a call to TIBSQL.ExecQuery, again using this transaction. These new events
163 >    enable monitoring of transaction status changes for a given transaction to be
164 >    handled in a single place. For example, when a change to the dataset occurs
165 >    an indicator can be set that shows the user that in order to save changes,
166 >    the transaction should be committed.  Rather than doing this per dataset, this
167 >    can now be done per transaction.
168 >
169 > 5.  TDataSet.CheckBrowseMode automatically posts changes to the current row when
170 >    the dataset is scrolled. However, any changes to the current row are, by default,
171 >    discarded when the dataset is closed. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery and TIBTable now
172 >    have a new property "DataSetCloseAction" that adds automatic posting of changes
173 >    on dataset close. If this property is set to dcDiscardChanges (default) then the
174 >    behaviour is unchanged from previous versions. if the value is set to dcSaveChanges
175 >    then IBX will attempt to post any unsaved changes before the dataset is closed
176 >    (and after the BeforeClose event handler is called). The exception is when the
177 >    dataset is being closed as a result of a transaction rollback. In this case,
178 >    no action is taken and any unsaved  changes are discarded. This avoids both
179 >    unnecessary overhead and the risk that a validation error may occur in the Post
180 >    raising an exception and thereby preventing a rollback.
181 >
182 > 6.  String Field sizes and Display Widths should now be correct for multi-byte character sets.
183 >    In earlier versions, the Display Width was set to the maximum byte width rather than the character
184 >    width. Display Widths are now corrected by dividing by the max byte width per character.
185 >    For UTF8 character sets, the byte width is four and hence the Display Width will be
186 >    the byte width divided by 4. The byte width of each character set is determined
187 >    dynamically when the database connection is estabished from the RDB$CHARACTER_SETS
188 >    system table. (see also http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=27766).
189 >
190 > 7.  SQLParser will now correctly parse SQL Text which contains ':' within quoted string.
191 >
192 > 8.  IBLookupComboEditBox: List should now always be restored to full list when the
193 >    control loses focus. Default Key press default interval reduced to 200ms.
194 >
195 > 9.  DBControlGrid: Ensure that selection is changed to newly appended row, even
196 >    when dataset rows are less than visible rows.
197 >
198 > 10. IBDynamicGrid: Editor Panel is not shown on indicator click if Datasource
199 >    does not exist or DataSet is empty. More responsive on dataset open. New event
200 >    OnRestorePosition. Column sort disabled if no header row.
201 >
202 > 11. IBTreeView: improved handling of response to "Add Node". Avoid scrolling dataset
203 >    while dataset state is dsInsert. Avoids posting errors.
204 >
205 > 12. IBControls: New mechanism for distributing UpdateSQL and UpdateParams events. This is to
206 >    avoid conflict with DisableControls/EnableControls with Master/Detail linked tables.
207 >
208 > 13. IBLookupComboEditBox: Now avoids SQL Errors when combo box text contains single quotes.
209 >
210 > 14. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new Event - OnValidatePost. This event has been introduced
211 >    to solve a specific problem. That is when the dataset cursor is moved (e.g. by
212 >    a grid mouse click and the current row is being edited or inserted. In this case, TDataset
213 >    always "posts" the current record regardless or whether or not it may be more appropriate
214 >    to cancel any changes; the post occurs before the "BeforeScroll" event fires due to the way the
215 >    "MoveBy" function is implemented by TDataSet. The OnValidatePost event is called
216 >    as the first action of the "Post" method and allows the handler to convert the Post
217 >    into a Cancel if that is the appropriate action on moving to a different row. This is
218 >    achieved by returning with "CancelPost" argument set to true. Note that an exception could be
219 >    raised here, but it may still be more appropriate to validate a post and signal
220 >    a problem in the "BeforePost" event handler. See readme.automaticposts.xhtml)
221 >
222 > 15. On Unix derived systems, the Firebird library name can now be given as a colon
223 >    separated list. Each library name on the list is tried in turn, in left to right
224 >    order with the first found being used as the firebird library. By default, on Linux,
225 >    the library name list is 'libfbembed.so.2.5:libfbembed.so.2.1:libfbclient.so.2'. This can be
226 >    overidden by the FBLIB environment variable or the OnGetLibraryName function.
227 >
228 >    Note: when using the libfbembed.so, if you prefix the database name with "localhost:"
229 >    then it will still attempt to access the database via the Firebird Server and will
230 >    require a username and password. If only the pathname is given, then the username
231 >    and password should be omitted and the unix file permissions are used to grant
232 >    access.
233 >
234 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
235 >
236 > 1.  A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
237 >    rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
238 >    that replicates a TWinControl - typically a TPanel or a TFrame in each row. Each row
239 >    corresponds to a row of the linked DataSource. Any data aware control on the
240 >    replicated (e.g.) TPanel will then appear to have the appropriate value for the row.
241 >
242 > 2. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "SQLHourGlass" has been added to TIBDatabase.
243 >   When set to false (default true), the Hour Glass cursor is supcpressed and no cursor change
244 >   takes place during database access. This may be useful when there are performance issues with
245 >   the change of cursor. Setting the property to false suppresses the change of cursor.
246 >
247 > 3. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "AutoCommit" has been added to TIBDataSet, TIBQuery
248 >   and TIBTable. When set to acCommitRetaining (Default: acDisabled), a call is made to
249 >   Transaction.CommitRetaining immediately after every Post or Delete. This has the effect of
250 >   making all changes permanent immediately rather than when the transaction is explicitly
251 >   committed.
252 >
253 > 4. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
254 >   using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to test this feature.
255 >
256 > IBX Change Log  version      (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
257 >
258 > Development version only.
259 >
260 > IBX Change Log  version   (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
261 >
262 > 1. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
263 >   This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
264 >   "Where" and "Having" clauses to implement user specified filters of arbitrary
265 >   complexity.
266 >
267 > 2. A new Component Palette entry "Firebird Data Controls" is now available. This has
268 >   three new data aware controls dependent on IBX and which make use of the SQL Parser.
269 >   These are:
270 >
271 >   - TIBLookupComboEditBox
272 >   - TIBDynamicGrid
273 >   - TIBTreeview
274 >
275 >   TIBLookupComboEditBox is a TDBLookupComboBox descendent that implements "autocomplete"
276 >   of typed in text and "autoinsert" of new entries. Autocomplete uses SQL manipulation
277 >   to revise the available list and restrict it to items that are prefixed by the
278 >   typed text (either case sensitive or case insensitive). Autoinsert allows a
279 >   newly typed entry to be added to the list dataset and included in the available
280 >   list items.
281 >
282 >   TIBDynamicGrid is a TDBGrid descendent that provides for:
283 >   - automatic resizing of selected columns to fill the available row length
284 >   - automatic positioning and sizing of a "totals" control, typically at the
285 >     column footer, on a per column basis.
286 >   - DataSet resorting on header row click, sorting the dataset by the selected column.
287 >     A second click on the same header cell reversed the sort order.
288 >   - Support for a "Panel Editor". That is on clicking the indicator column, the row
289 >     is automatically expanded and a panel superimposed on it. The panel can have any
290 >     number of child controls, typically data aware controls with the same datasource
291 >     as the grid allowing for editing of additional fields and more complex editors.
292 >   - Reselection of the same row following resorting.
293 >   - A new cell editor that provides the same functionality as TIBLookupComboEditBox.
294 >     Its properties are specified on a per column basis and allows for one or more
295 >     columns to have their values selected from a list provided by a dataset.
296 >     Autocomplete and autoinsert are also available. The existing picklist editor
297 >     is unaffected by the extension.
298 >
299 >   TIBTreeView is a data aware TCustomTreeView.
300 >
301 > 3. When getting a field value using FieldByName.AsVariant, an SQL_INT64 with a
302 >   zero scale will no longer return an error. An Int64 will be returned instead.
303 >
304 > 4. TIBTransaction now has events for Before and After Transaction End and a new function
305 >   "GetEndAction" allowing the EndAction to be accessed by these event handlers.
306 >
307 > 5. TIBQuery can now handle correctly queries which contain the same keyword parameter
308 >   repeated multiple times.
309 >
310 > 6. TIBUpdateSQL will no longer return an error when "RowsAffected" is <> 1. This error
311 >   check used to get in the way of using Stored Procedures, and "Update or Insert"
312 >   statements.
313 >
314 > 7. Insert, Modify and Delete property Editors now support Query Generation from
315 >   Stored Procedures.
316 >
317 > 8. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
318 >
319 >
320 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
321  
322   1. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
323     setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to

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