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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                   (2.0.3) tba, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:53 +0000
2 >
3 > 1. IBCustomDataset: Minor change of PChar to PByte for compatibility with fbintf
4 >   changes.
5 >
6 > 2. IBCustomDataset: Fixed use of incorrect datasize in TIBStringField.SetAsString.
7 >   Bug could result in truncated multi-byte character set values.
8 >
9 > IBX Change Log  version                   (2.0-2) Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:53 +0000
10 >
11 > 1. TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase: extract full DB Name from SQL using reg ex in order to
12 >   include remote system name.
13 >
14 > 2. TIBExtract: No longer include comment header and COMMIT statement for empty
15 >   tables when data included in output.
16 >
17 > 3. Profiling: IBSQL now has conditional compilation flags to enable query performance
18 >   and timing information to be written to stdout. This may be used to locate
19 >   performance bottlenecks.
20 >
21 > 4. SQLParser: only call "OnChanging" event handler when value is different.
22 >
23 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Update handling of navigation keys for a TDateEdit
24 >
25 > 6. IBCustomDataset: Set internalunprepared flag when transaction ends. This ensures
26 >   that BindFields is called when the query is next activated. Avoids FieldName
27 >   not found error.
28 >
29 > IBX Change Log  version                  (2.0-1) Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:31:49 +0000
30 >
31 > 1. TIBEvents: Fix uninitialised variable that could result in lost events.
32 >
33 > 2. TIBExtract: Added support for FB3 "USAGE" privilege.
34 >
35 > 3. TIBExtract: data formatted as Charset set "octets" is now output using
36 >   hexadecimal notation.
37 >
38 > 4. TIBExtract: Binary Blobs and array data can now be embedded in INSERT statements
39 >   using a simple XML format.
40 >
41 > 5. TIBExtract: extract of individual Triggers and Stored Procedures can now include
42 >   grants to these objects.
43 >
44 > 6. TIBExtract: Stored Procedures and Views output in dependency order to avoid
45 >   dependency problems restoring complex databases.
46 >
47 > 7. TIBXScript: This component has been restructured to allow for the processing of
48 >   embedded XML in INSERT statements and to support interactive sources in addition
49 >   to non-interactive data sources such as files.
50 >
51 > 8. TIBXScript: CREATE DATABASE, DROP DATABASE, CONNECT statements are now supported.
52 >
53 > 9. TIBXScript: ISQL compatiable Set statements are now supported:
54 >   SET SQL DIALECT
55 >   SET TERM
56 >   SET AUTODDL
57 >   SET BAIL
58 >   SET ECHO
59 >   SET COUNT
60 >   SET STATS
61 >   SET NAMES <character set>
62 >
63 > 10. IBVersion unit added to hold current IBX Version Number information.
64 >
65 > 11. TIBExtract: Use character rather than byte length for VarChar procedure arguments.,
66 >    and domain definitions.
67 >
68 > 12. TIBExtract: Triggers now use SQL2003 syntax and database and transaction triggers
69 >    fully supported.
70 >
71 > 13. TIBExtract: when a database dump includes data, the generator values are now also set.
72 >
73 > 14: IBSQLEdit: Unit LCLPlatformDef added to uses clauses for lazarus 1.7 and later.
74 >
75 > IBX Change Log  version     (2.0-0) Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:33:44 +0000
76 >
77 > See also doc/IBX4LazarusGuide.pdf for important information on
78 > upgrading to IBX2.
79 >
80 > 1. Size property of TIBStringField is now the width in characters of the field
81 >   and not the byte length. This applies only to multi-byte character sets such
82 >   as UTF8. The original approach aligned with TStringField. However, the TStringField
83 >   code is not recognised as a bug and hence this change to align the behaviour.
84 >   The TStringField change is expected in fpc 3.2.0.
85 >
86 > 2. A new property AutoFieldSize: boolean has been added to TIBStringField. When
87 >   true (default) then Size property value saved in the lfm is ignored. Size is
88 >   always set from the dynamic information read from the database. It is unclear
89 >   why anyone would want to override this and set Size to false.
90 >
91 > 3. ibxscript: should now handle correctly a Case..End statement within a procedure
92 >   block.
93 >
94 > 4. IBDatabase: new property - CreateIfNotExists. If true and database does not
95 >   exist when an attempt is made to connect to it (run time only) then an attempt
96 >   is made to create the database.
97 >
98 > 5. IBDatabase: new event - OnCreateDatabase. This event is called after a database
99 >   has been successfully created as a result of a call to CreateDatabase or when
100 >   creating a database after it was found not to exist.
101 >
102 > 6.  DBControlGrid: a race condition could result in the wrong row image being
103 >    written to the cache. This has been avoided by a trip round the message
104 >    loop before rendering the row image.
105 >
106 > 7.  DBControlGrid: It is strongly recommended not to open the source DataSet for
107 >    a DBControlGrid during a Form's "OnShow" event handler. Under GTK2 this is
108 >    known to risk corrupt rendering of row images when the control is first
109 >    displayed. If necessary use "Application.QueueAsyncCall" to delay opening
110 >    of the dataset (see DBControlGrid examples) until the Form's Window has been created.
111 >
112 > 8.  DBControlGrid & IBDynamicGrid: Navigation keys should now work correctly with
113 >    a TDateEdit control located on an editor panel.
114 >
115 > 9.  TIBExtract: brought up-to-date plus many bug fixes.
116 >
117 > 10. DBControlGrid: Removed memory leak when updating rows.
118 >
119 > 11. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: fixed invalid free on upgrade.
120 >
121 > IBX Change Log  version                                           (1.4-3) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:10:15 +0100
122 >
123 > 1. IBCustomDataset: When calling SetCodePage, no longer request transliteration
124 >   when target codepage is CP_NONE. This is a workaround for
125 >   http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30622.
126 >
127 > 2. DBLog option removed from TIBStatisticalService - not supported by server
128 >   since Firebird 1.5.
129 >
130 > 3. ibxscript: An error is no longer generated for "on commit preserve rows" or
131 >   similar.
132 >
133 > 4. IBCodePage: updated mapping between codepages and character id.
134 >
135 > 5. ftWideString and ftWideMemo withdrawn. There is no UTF16 character set in
136 >   Firebird. Character sets with a char width of two are not UTF16.
137 >
138 > 6. Strings received from the database are now always transliterated into UTF8
139 >   regardless of the database character set or connection character set. This
140 >   is for compatibility with the LCL.
141 >
142 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.4-2) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:25:27 +0100
143 >
144 > 1. IBBlob: Defer reading of blob until read method called. This avoids having to
145 >   read in an entire blob just to get the size of the blob. General performance
146 >   improvement when opening datasets containing blobs.
147 >
148 > 2. Clearing a  Blob now sets the corresponding field's modified flag.
149 >
150 > 3. IBLookupCombo: When not performing auto-complete, original query sort order
151 >   is now used.
152 >
153 > 4. IBDynamicGrid: Add OnSelectEditor event. Allows editor panel to be dynamically
154 >   determined.
155 >
156 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Recompute column widths after dataset closed and re-opened.
157 >
158 > 6. IBLookupCombo: LazUTF8 added to uses clause to avoid compilation problems post
159 >   lazarus 1.6.0
160 >
161 > 7. IBControls. Removed "runtime" from list of paths to avoid "multiple packages"
162 >   compilation error.
163 >
164 > IBX Change Log  version                                 (1.4-1) Tue, 17 May 2016 09:14:51 +0100
165 >
166 > 1. No character set specified for connection: when a text blob is retrieved, the
167 >  character set is determined by looking up the native character set using then
168 >  Firebird API. Otherwise a text mode blob is assumed to have the same character
169 >  set as the connection.
170 >
171 > 2. TIBGUIInterface: this is an internal interface. Minor type changes to allow
172 >   for Login Dialog returing a change to the database path.
173 >
174 > 3. Design Time Database and Server login Dialogs now allow the Database Name/Server Name
175 >   to be changed from that given in the TIBDatabase/TIBServer component and for the
176 >   entered value to be saved on a project specific basis (design time only).
177 >
178 > 4. IBDynamicGrid: TDBLookupCellEditor now compares its DataFieldName with the
179 >   column fieldname. If they are the same then it is acts as a look up for the KeyValue
180 >   Otherwise, it sets the column text to the selected ListField Value.
181 >
182 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Only visible columns are now taken into account When recalculating
183 >   column width.
184 >
185 > 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Fix error with autocomplete query when a RelationName is given
186 >   and a case insensitive search is requested.
187 >
188 > 7. IBDynamicGrid: No longer ignores notifications removing Column Totals controls
189 >   or column ListSource.
190 >
191 > 8. IBQuery: no longer performs unnecessary refresh of SQL Text (and hence avoids an
192 >   unprepare) when closing and the text has not changed.
193 >
194 > 9. IBSQL: Base the cursor name on a GUID instead of a hexstr version of the class pointer.
195 >   Less likely to cause a cursor re-use error on Windows.
196 >
197 > 10.SV5IPC: include workaround for OSX. FPC 3.0.0 has broken ipc module for darwin.
198 >   Expected to be fixed in 3.0.2. Hence workaround only applies to 3.0.0.
199 >
200 > 11. TIBTreeView: Guard against nil destination on record changed
201 >
202 > 12. AnsiString Code page support: TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString now return a
203 >    string type with the code page set to reflect the returned field encoding after
204 >    Firebird driver transliteration, if any.  FPC 3.0.0 onwards only. Behaviour unchanged for
205 >    earlier versions.
206 >
207 > 13. AnsiString Code page support: Assigning to TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString
208 >    will now result in transliteration to the code page specified for the Firebird driver
209 >    if the assigned string has a different code page. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only.
210 >
211 > 14. TIBDatabase: new property UseDefaultSystemCodePage. When set any lc_ctype parameter
212 >    is ignored and the lc_ctype value, when the database is opened, is set to align with
213 >    the DefaultSystemCodePage (FPC 3.0.0 onwards). Normally, this is what you want and should ensure
214 >    platform independence. Note: this applies to FPC 3.0.0 and earlier versions. Pre FPC
215 >    3.0.0, when this property is true, the lc_ctype is UTF8 except under windows when
216 >    the GETACP is used to determine the Windows code page.
217 >
218 > 15. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCharSetName. This is the Firebird character set
219 >    name used as the lc_ctype when the database was opened. Only valid while the
220 >    Database is connected.
221 >
222 > 16. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCodePage (FPC >=3.0.0 only). This is the codepage
223 >    id that corresponds to the DefaultCharSetName.
224 >
225 > IBX Change Log  version                          (1.4-0) Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:44:24 +0000
226 >
227 > 1. Unix: If Firebird Embedded Server shared object is loaded and a local database
228 >   path is given and database attach fails due to access permission issues on the
229 >   temp directory or security database, then the attach is retried with "localhost:"
230 >   prefixing the databasename. This should avoid problems when the database has to
231 >   be accessed by a local (e.g. classic) server and libfbembed is used.
232 >
233 > 2. Windows: revised search order for Firebird DLL:
234 >     i.   The Firebird Embedded Server in the application Directory.
235 >     ii.  If the FIREBIRD environment variable is set then the directory this
236 >          points to is searched for the FB Client DLL and then then underlying
237 >          "bin" directory.
238 >     iii. Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances
239 >          is used to locate the Firebird installation directory and the underlying
240 >          "bin" directory is searched for the FB Client DLL.
241 >     iv.  The Default installation directories C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_x
242 >          are searched for the FB Client DLL.
243 >     v.   The PATH Environment variable is used to search for the FB Client DLL.
244 >     vi.  Finally the  PATH Environment variable is used to search for IBASE.DLL.
245 >
246 > 3. New Component: TIBXScript. This is an ISQL compatible SQL script execution engine.
247 >   See doc/readme.scriptengine and example applications.
248 >
249 > 4. New Component: TIBlocalDBSupport. This is a TIBDatabase support component intended to
250 >   simplify the use of the embedded firebird server on both Linux and Windows platforms.
251 >   See dpc/readme.localdatabase and example applications.
252 >
253 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Reordering on column header click should now also work for
254 >   dynamic columns.
255 >
256 > 6. ISQLMonitor: (Windows only). Mutex added to TMultilockGate to avoid race condition
257 >   between incrementing/decrementing the lock count and signalling the event.
258 >
259 > IBX Change Log  version           (1.3-2) Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:39:54 +0000
260 >
261 > 1.3.2 was never formally released and only made available as beta copies.
262 >
263 > 1. DBControlGrid,IBDynamicGrid: Ignore down arrow and up arrow in TCustomMemo
264 >
265 > 2. IBDynamicGrid: Now deals correctly with a single column grid which has no indicator and autosize column
266 >
267 > 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: reset timer on each key press - avoids timer going off too early
268 >
269 > 4. IBDynamicGrid: Call event OnUpdateSortOrder even when aliasname not found in dataset
270 >   i.e. when it is a calculated field
271 >
272 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Fix problem selecting a different row when expanded row at end of grid.
273 >   This problem was due to a race condition between recalculating row heights and
274 >   determining which row was selected by the mouse click. The row height calculation
275 >   is now deferred by an extra trip round the message loop allowing the row to
276 >   be always calculated on the current grid layout rather than risking it being
277 >   calculated on the grid layout after the expanded row has been shrunk.
278 >
279 > 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition between cm_killfocus and cm_exit on
280 >   Windows.
281 >
282 > 7. TIBStringField: Now has two new public properties: CharacterSetName: string and CharacterSetSize: integer;
283 >   These properties allow the (Firebird) character set name for the field and the max number of bytes per character
284 >   to be determined at runtime. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
285 >
286 > 8. TIBWideStringField: This is a new field type with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
287 >   TWideStringField. This field type is used with the character size reported by Firebird is two. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
288 >
289 > 9. TIBMemoField and TIBWideMemoField: new field types with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
290 >   TMemoField and TWideMemoField respectively. These field types are used with Blob subtype 1 and a characterset size of
291 >   1, 3 or 4 (TIBMemoField) or 2 (TIBWideMemoField). See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
292 >
293 >   Both also have a new published property "DisplayTextAsClassName". If false (default) the displaytext is generated
294 >   from the blob text by truncating the string to the displaywidth (in characters not bytes). A displaywidth of zero
295 >   implies no truncation.
296 >
297 > 10. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force autocomplete when EditingDone called and timer active.
298 >
299 > 11. IBDynamicGrid: Call DataSet.Append when entering edit mode and dataset empty and not in insert state
300 >   (avoids "Not in Edit Mode" error).
301 >
302 > 12. IBDynamicGrid: Correctly resize grid when one column width plus indicator.
303 >
304 > 13. IBDynamicGrid: Ensure Editor Panel has focus when shown - avoids Windows API calling
305 >    DBGrid.DoExit on subsequent mouse click (e.g. on child control such as a tabbed page control.
306 >
307 > 14. IBDynamicGrid: ignore up, down tab and return when editorpanel open and focus in a TCustomGrid descendent.
308 >
309 > 15. DBControlGrid: Stop flashing grid when dataset closed and then re-opened while DisabledControls
310 >
311 > 16. IBQuery: Bug fixed that prevented SQL being set programmatically once the Parser had been invoked.
312 >
313 > 17. IBCustomDataSet: On close, parser is now freed and Select SQL reverts to value before DataSet Opened.
314 >
315 > IBX Change Log  version        (1.3-1) Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:30:50 +0100
316  
317   1.   OnCloseUp Event Handler added to TDBLookupProperties
318  
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327   5.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that KeyValue is set correctly when full text
328       keyed in i.e. when autocomplete not performed
329  
330 < 6.   Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and console mode support. IBX should now support
331 <     console mode applications with all LCL required functions centralised in the
332 <     IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is not included in your project, IBX
333 <     should compile and link with a console mode program. See consolemode example
334 <     for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a console mode
335 <     application or the IDE will automatically assume that you application is
336 <     GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
330 > 6.   Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and add console mode support. IBX should now support
331 >     console mode applications with all LCL required functions (builtin dialogs and
332 >     cursor management) centralised in the  IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is
333 >     not included in your project, IBX should compile and link with a console mode program.
334 >     See consolemode example and its "readme"for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a
335 >     console mode application or the IDE will automatically assume that your
336 >     application is GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
337  
338       IMPORTANT NOTE: IBDialogs must be included in GUI applications in order
339       to use the built in dialogs and cursor management. IBDialogs is
340 <     included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source "uses" clause.
340 >     included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source's "uses" clause.
341       This should be the case for all projects created through the IDE. This is why
342       you do not want to add the ibexpress package to console mode applications. The
343       ibexpressconsolemode package has been created to allow console mode programs
344       to avoid adding LCL dependencies when using IBX, while still having the
345       unit search paths set up correctly.
346  
347 +     Existing users should check to ensure that the "ibexpress" unit is included in
348 +     each project's source file (*.lpr).
349 +
350       You may find that in order for the IDE to recognise that ibexpressconsolemode
351       exists, you have to first open the package in the IDE and then close it. This
352       adds it to the most recently accessed packages list. To make it permanently
353       available, add the package name to lazarus' staticpackages.inc file.
354  
355 <     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.
355 >         Thanks to Julio Jiménez for suggesting support of console mode.
356  
357   7.   SQL Parser can now accept quoted strings that include new lines
358  
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369          not be automatically recognised.
370  
371   11. Improve generation of random cursor names in TIBSQL - avoid risk of "cursor
372 <    already open" errors due to random numbers being identical.
372 >    already open" errors due to random numbers used for the cursor name being identical.
373  
374   12. IBTable: corrected error that could result in an "Index out of bounds" error
375      when opening the table and the Primary Key is the last or only column in the
376      table. Thanks to Rick Hoover for the fix.
377  
378 < IBX Change Log  version                                                              (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
378 > 13. Fix TIBDatabase initialisation of lc_ctype under unix. Set to "UTF8" instead
379 >    of "UTF-8", and update list of available database character sets. Existing
380 >    users should check the current lc_ctype setting in their applications.
381 >
382 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
383  
384   1.  Firebird Services: avoid List Index error when opening a service with an
385      empty Params property.
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406      in order to remove the property value from the lfm.
407  
408  
409 < IBX Change Log  version                                                          (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
409 > IBX Change Log  version (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
410  
411   1.  TIBStoredProc. Prepare now called by ParamByName to avoid need to always
412      call Prepare before setting parameter values.
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491      and password should be omitted and the unix file permissions are used to grant
492      access.
493  
494 < IBX Change Log  version                                                    (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
494 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
495  
496   1.  A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
497      rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
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513   4. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
514     using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to test this feature.
515  
516 < IBX Change Log  version                                                   (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
516 > IBX Change Log  version      (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
517  
518   Development version only.
519  
520 < IBX Change Log  version                                      (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
520 > IBX Change Log  version   (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
521  
522   1. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
523     This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
# Line 261 | Line 577 | IBX Change Log  version
577   8. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
578  
579  
580 < IBX Change Log  version                      (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
580 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
581  
582   1. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
583     setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to

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