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1 < IBX Change Log  version      (1.3-0) Tue, 14 Jul 2015 16:32:40 +0100
1 > IBX Change Log  version                                           (1.4-3) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:10:15 +0100
2 >
3 > 1. IBCustomDataset: When calling SetCodePage, no longer request transliteration
4 >   when target codepage is CP_NONE. This is a workaround for
5 >   http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30622.
6 >
7 > 2. DBLog option removed from TIBStatisticalService - not supported by server
8 >   since Firebird 1.5.
9 >
10 > 3. ibxscript: An error is no longer generated for "on commit preserve rows" or
11 >   similar.
12 >
13 > 4. IBCodePage: updated mapping between codepages and character id.
14 >
15 > 5. ftWideString and ftWideMemo withdrawn. There is no UTF16 character set in
16 >   Firebird. Character sets with a char width of two are not UTF16.
17 >
18 > 6. Strings received from the database are now always transliterated into UTF8
19 >   regardless of the database character set or connection character set. This
20 >   is for compatibility with the LCL.
21 >
22 > IBX Change Log  version                                     (1.4-2) Sat, 16 Jul 2016 13:25:48 +0100
23 >
24 > 1. IBBlob: Defer reading of blob until read method called. This avoids having to
25 >   read in an entire blob just to get the size of the blob. General performance
26 >   improvement when opening datasets containing blobs.
27 >
28 > 2. Clearing a  Blob now sets the corresponding field's modified flag.
29 >
30 > 3. IBLookupCombo: When not performing auto-complete, original query sort order
31 >   is now used.
32 >
33 > 4. IBDynamicGrid: Add OnSelectEditor event. Allows editor panel to be dynamically
34 >   determined.
35 >
36 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Recompute column widths after dataset closed and re-opened.
37 >
38 > 6. IBLookupCombo: LazUTF8 added to uses clause to avoid compilation problems post
39 >   lazarus 1.6.0
40 >
41 > 7. IBControls. Removed "runtime" from list of paths to avoid "multiple packages"
42 >   compilation error.
43 >
44 > IBX Change Log  version                                 (1.4-1) Tue, 17 May 2016 09:14:51 +0100
45 >
46 > 1. No character set specified for connection: when a text blob is retrieved, the
47 >  character set is determined by looking up the native character set using then
48 >  Firebird API. Otherwise a text mode blob is assumed to have the same character
49 >  set as the connection.
50 >
51 > 2. TIBGUIInterface: this is an internal interface. Minor type changes to allow
52 >   for Login Dialog returing a change to the database path.
53 >
54 > 3. Design Time Database and Server login Dialogs now allow the Database Name/Server Name
55 >   to be changed from that given in the TIBDatabase/TIBServer component and for the
56 >   entered value to be saved on a project specific basis (design time only).
57 >
58 > 4. IBDynamicGrid: TDBLookupCellEditor now compares its DataFieldName with the
59 >   column fieldname. If they are the same then it is acts as a look up for the KeyValue
60 >   Otherwise, it sets the column text to the selected ListField Value.
61 >
62 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Only visible columns are now taken into account When recalculating
63 >   column width.
64 >
65 > 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Fix error with autocomplete query when a RelationName is given
66 >   and a case insensitive search is requested.
67 >
68 > 7. IBDynamicGrid: No longer ignores notifications removing Column Totals controls
69 >   or column ListSource.
70 >
71 > 8. IBQuery: no longer performs unnecessary refresh of SQL Text (and hence avoids an
72 >   unprepare) when closing and the text has not changed.
73 >
74 > 9. IBSQL: Base the cursor name on a GUID instead of a hexstr version of the class pointer.
75 >   Less likely to cause a cursor re-use error on Windows.
76 >
77 > 10.SV5IPC: include workaround for OSX. FPC 3.0.0 has broken ipc module for darwin.
78 >   Expected to be fixed in 3.0.2. Hence workaround only applies to 3.0.0.
79 >
80 > 11. TIBTreeView: Guard against nil destination on record changed
81 >
82 > 12. AnsiString Code page support: TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString now return a
83 >    string type with the code page set to reflect the returned field encoding after
84 >    Firebird driver transliteration, if any.  FPC 3.0.0 onwards only. Behaviour unchanged for
85 >    earlier versions.
86 >
87 > 13. AnsiString Code page support: Assigning to TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString
88 >    will now result in transliteration to the code page specified for the Firebird driver
89 >    if the assigned string has a different code page. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only.
90 >
91 > 14. TIBDatabase: new property UseDefaultSystemCodePage. When set any lc_ctype parameter
92 >    is ignored and the lc_ctype value, when the database is opened, is set to align with
93 >    the DefaultSystemCodePage (FPC 3.0.0 onwards). Normally, this is what you want and should ensure
94 >    platform independence. Note: this applies to FPC 3.0.0 and earlier versions. Pre FPC
95 >    3.0.0, when this property is true, the lc_ctype is UTF8 except under windows when
96 >    the GETACP is used to determine the Windows code page.
97 >
98 > 15. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCharSetName. This is the Firebird character set
99 >    name used as the lc_ctype when the database was opened. Only valid while the
100 >    Database is connected.
101 >
102 > 16. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCodePage (FPC >=3.0.0 only). This is the codepage
103 >    id that corresponds to the DefaultCharSetName.
104 >
105 > IBX Change Log  version                          (1.4-0) Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:44:24 +0000
106 >
107 > 1. Unix: If Firebird Embedded Server shared object is loaded and a local database
108 >   path is given and database attach fails due to access permission issues on the
109 >   temp directory or security database, then the attach is retried with "localhost:"
110 >   prefixing the databasename. This should avoid problems when the database has to
111 >   be accessed by a local (e.g. classic) server and libfbembed is used.
112 >
113 > 2. Windows: revised search order for Firebird DLL:
114 >     i.   The Firebird Embedded Server in the application Directory.
115 >     ii.  If the FIREBIRD environment variable is set then the directory this
116 >          points to is searched for the FB Client DLL and then then underlying
117 >          "bin" directory.
118 >     iii. Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances
119 >          is used to locate the Firebird installation directory and the underlying
120 >          "bin" directory is searched for the FB Client DLL.
121 >     iv.  The Default installation directories C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_x
122 >          are searched for the FB Client DLL.
123 >     v.   The PATH Environment variable is used to search for the FB Client DLL.
124 >     vi.  Finally the  PATH Environment variable is used to search for IBASE.DLL.
125 >
126 > 3. New Component: TIBXScript. This is an ISQL compatible SQL script execution engine.
127 >   See doc/readme.scriptengine and example applications.
128 >
129 > 4. New Component: TIBlocalDBSupport. This is a TIBDatabase support component intended to
130 >   simplify the use of the embedded firebird server on both Linux and Windows platforms.
131 >   See dpc/readme.localdatabase and example applications.
132 >
133 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Reordering on column header click should now also work for
134 >   dynamic columns.
135 >
136 > 6. ISQLMonitor: (Windows only). Mutex added to TMultilockGate to avoid race condition
137 >   between incrementing/decrementing the lock count and signalling the event.
138 >
139 > IBX Change Log  version           (1.3-2) Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:39:54 +0000
140 >
141 > 1.3.2 was never formally released and only made available as beta copies.
142 >
143 > 1. DBControlGrid,IBDynamicGrid: Ignore down arrow and up arrow in TCustomMemo
144 >
145 > 2. IBDynamicGrid: Now deals correctly with a single column grid which has no indicator and autosize column
146 >
147 > 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: reset timer on each key press - avoids timer going off too early
148 >
149 > 4. IBDynamicGrid: Call event OnUpdateSortOrder even when aliasname not found in dataset
150 >   i.e. when it is a calculated field
151 >
152 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Fix problem selecting a different row when expanded row at end of grid.
153 >   This problem was due to a race condition between recalculating row heights and
154 >   determining which row was selected by the mouse click. The row height calculation
155 >   is now deferred by an extra trip round the message loop allowing the row to
156 >   be always calculated on the current grid layout rather than risking it being
157 >   calculated on the grid layout after the expanded row has been shrunk.
158 >
159 > 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition between cm_killfocus and cm_exit on
160 >   Windows.
161 >
162 > 7. TIBStringField: Now has two new public properties: CharacterSetName: string and CharacterSetSize: integer;
163 >   These properties allow the (Firebird) character set name for the field and the max number of bytes per character
164 >   to be determined at runtime. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
165 >
166 > 8. TIBWideStringField: This is a new field type with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
167 >   TWideStringField. This field type is used with the character size reported by Firebird is two. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
168 >
169 > 9. TIBMemoField and TIBWideMemoField: new field types with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
170 >   TMemoField and TWideMemoField respectively. These field types are used with Blob subtype 1 and a characterset size of
171 >   1, 3 or 4 (TIBMemoField) or 2 (TIBWideMemoField). See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
172 >
173 >   Both also have a new published property "DisplayTextAsClassName". If false (default) the displaytext is generated
174 >   from the blob text by truncating the string to the displaywidth (in characters not bytes). A displaywidth of zero
175 >   implies no truncation.
176 >
177 > 10. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force autocomplete when EditingDone called and timer active.
178 >
179 > 11. IBDynamicGrid: Call DataSet.Append when entering edit mode and dataset empty and not in insert state
180 >   (avoids "Not in Edit Mode" error).
181 >
182 > 12. IBDynamicGrid: Correctly resize grid when one column width plus indicator.
183 >
184 > 13. IBDynamicGrid: Ensure Editor Panel has focus when shown - avoids Windows API calling
185 >    DBGrid.DoExit on subsequent mouse click (e.g. on child control such as a tabbed page control.
186 >
187 > 14. IBDynamicGrid: ignore up, down tab and return when editorpanel open and focus in a TCustomGrid descendent.
188 >
189 > 15. DBControlGrid: Stop flashing grid when dataset closed and then re-opened while DisabledControls
190 >
191 > 16. IBQuery: Bug fixed that prevented SQL being set programmatically once the Parser had been invoked.
192 >
193 > 17. IBCustomDataSet: On close, parser is now freed and Select SQL reverts to value before DataSet Opened.
194 >
195 > IBX Change Log  version        (1.3-1) Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:30:50 +0100
196  
197   1.   OnCloseUp Event Handler added to TDBLookupProperties
198  
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207   5.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that KeyValue is set correctly when full text
208       keyed in i.e. when autocomplete not performed
209  
210 < 6.   Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and console mode support. IBX should now support
211 <     console mode applications with all LCL required functions centralised in the
212 <     IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is not included in your project, IBX
213 <     should compile and link with a console mode program. See consolemode example
214 <     for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a console mode
215 <     application or the IDE will automatically assume that you application is
216 <     GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
210 > 6.   Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and add console mode support. IBX should now support
211 >     console mode applications with all LCL required functions (builtin dialogs and
212 >     cursor management) centralised in the  IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is
213 >     not included in your project, IBX should compile and link with a console mode program.
214 >     See consolemode example and its "readme"for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a
215 >     console mode application or the IDE will automatically assume that your
216 >     application is GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
217  
218       IMPORTANT NOTE: IBDialogs must be included in GUI applications in order
219       to use the built in dialogs and cursor management. IBDialogs is
220 <     included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source "uses" clause.
220 >     included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source's "uses" clause.
221       This should be the case for all projects created through the IDE. This is why
222       you do not want to add the ibexpress package to console mode applications. The
223       ibexpressconsolemode package has been created to allow console mode programs
224       to avoid adding LCL dependencies when using IBX, while still having the
225       unit search paths set up correctly.
226  
227 +     Existing users should check to ensure that the "ibexpress" unit is included in
228 +     each project's source file (*.lpr).
229 +
230       You may find that in order for the IDE to recognise that ibexpressconsolemode
231       exists, you have to first open the package in the IDE and then close it. This
232       adds it to the most recently accessed packages list. To make it permanently
233       available, add the package name to lazarus' staticpackages.inc file.
234  
235 <     Under Windows, the TISQLMonitor OnSQL Event Handler may require a new call to
39 <         Application.ProcessMessages in order to display an event journal correctly. See
40 <         example. This was previously called by TISQLMonitor itself but removed to avoid
41 <         a GUI dependency.
42 <
43 <         Thansk to Julio Jiménez for suggesting support of console mode.
235 >         Thanks to Julio Jiménez for suggesting support of console mode.
236  
237   7.   SQL Parser can now accept quoted strings that include new lines
238  
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249          not be automatically recognised.
250  
251   11. Improve generation of random cursor names in TIBSQL - avoid risk of "cursor
252 <    already open" errors due to random numbers being identical.
252 >    already open" errors due to random numbers used for the cursor name being identical.
253  
254   12. IBTable: corrected error that could result in an "Index out of bounds" error
255      when opening the table and the Primary Key is the last or only column in the
256      table. Thanks to Rick Hoover for the fix.
257  
258 < IBX Change Log  version                                                              (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
258 > 13. Fix TIBDatabase initialisation of lc_ctype under unix. Set to "UTF8" instead
259 >    of "UTF-8", and update list of available database character sets. Existing
260 >    users should check the current lc_ctype setting in their applications.
261 >
262 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
263  
264   1.  Firebird Services: avoid List Index error when opening a service with an
265      empty Params property.
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286      in order to remove the property value from the lfm.
287  
288  
289 < IBX Change Log  version                                                          (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
289 > IBX Change Log  version (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
290  
291   1.  TIBStoredProc. Prepare now called by ParamByName to avoid need to always
292      call Prepare before setting parameter values.
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371      and password should be omitted and the unix file permissions are used to grant
372      access.
373  
374 < IBX Change Log  version                                                    (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
374 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
375  
376   1.  A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
377      rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
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393   4. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
394     using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to test this feature.
395  
396 < IBX Change Log  version                                                   (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
396 > IBX Change Log  version      (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
397  
398   Development version only.
399  
400 < IBX Change Log  version                                      (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
400 > IBX Change Log  version   (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
401  
402   1. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
403     This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
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457   8. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
458  
459  
460 < IBX Change Log  version                      (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
460 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
461  
462   1. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
463     setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to

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