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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                                 (1.4-1) Tue, 17 May 2016 09:14:51 +0100
2 >
3 > 1. No character set specified for connection: when a text blob is retrieved, the
4 >  character set is determined by looking up the native character set using then
5 >  Firebird API. Otherwise a text mode blob is assumed to have the same character
6 >  set as the connection.
7 >
8 > 2. TIBGUIInterface: this is an internal interface. Minor type changes to allow
9 >   for Login Dialog returing a change to the database path.
10 >
11 > 3. Design Time Database and Server login Dialogs now allow the Database Name/Server Name
12 >   to be changed from that given in the TIBDatabase/TIBServer component and for the
13 >   entered value to be saved on a project specific basis (design time only).
14 >
15 > 4. IBDynamicGrid: TDBLookupCellEditor now compares its DataFieldName with the
16 >   column fieldname. If they are the same then it is acts as a look up for the KeyValue
17 >   Otherwise, it sets the column text to the selected ListField Value.
18 >
19 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Only visible columns are now taken into account When recalculating
20 >   column width.
21 >
22 > 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Fix error with autocomplete query when a RelationName is given
23 >   and a case insensitive search is requested.
24 >
25 > 7. IBDynamicGrid: No longer ignores notifications removing Column Totals controls
26 >   or column ListSource.
27 >
28 > 8. IBQuery: no longer performs unnecessary refresh of SQL Text (and hence avoids an
29 >   unprepare) when closing and the text has not changed.
30 >
31 > 9. IBSQL: Base the cursor name on a GUID instead of a hexstr version of the class pointer.
32 >   Less likely to cause a cursor re-use error on Windows.
33 >
34 > 10.SV5IPC: include workaround for OSX. FPC 3.0.0 has broken ipc module for darwin.
35 >   Expected to be fixed in 3.0.2. Hence workaround only applies to 3.0.0.
36 >
37 > 11. TIBTreeView: Guard against nil destination on record changed
38 >
39 > 12. AnsiString Code page support: TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString now return a
40 >    string type with the code page set to reflect the returned field encoding after
41 >    Firebird driver transliteration, if any.  FPC 3.0.0 onwards only. Behaviour unchanged for
42 >    earlier versions.
43 >
44 > 13. AnsiString Code page support: Assigning to TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString
45 >    will now result in transliteration to the code page specified for the Firebird driver
46 >    if the assigned string has a different code page. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only.
47 >
48 > 14. TIBDatabase: new property UseDefaultSystemCodePage. When set any lc_ctype parameter
49 >    is ignored and the lc_ctype value, when the database is opened, is set to align with
50 >    the DefaultSystemCodePage (FPC 3.0.0 onwards). Normally, this is what you want and should ensure
51 >    platform independence. Note: this applies to FPC 3.0.0 and earlier versions. Pre FPC
52 >    3.0.0, when this property is true, the lc_ctype is UTF8 except under windows when
53 >    the GETACP is used to determine the Windows code page.
54 >
55 > 15. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCharSetName. This is the Firebird character set
56 >    name used as the lc_ctype when the database was opened. Only valid while the
57 >    Database is connected.
58 >
59 > 16. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCodePage (FPC >=3.0.0 only). This is the codepage
60 >    id that corresponds to the DefaultCharSetName.
61 >
62 > IBX Change Log  version                          (1.4-0) Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:44:24 +0000
63 >
64 > 1. Unix: If Firebird Embedded Server shared object is loaded and a local database
65 >   path is given and database attach fails due to access permission issues on the
66 >   temp directory or security database, then the attach is retried with "localhost:"
67 >   prefixing the databasename. This should avoid problems when the database has to
68 >   be accessed by a local (e.g. classic) server and libfbembed is used.
69 >
70 > 2. Windows: revised search order for Firebird DLL:
71 >     i.   The Firebird Embedded Server in the application Directory.
72 >     ii.  If the FIREBIRD environment variable is set then the directory this
73 >          points to is searched for the FB Client DLL and then then underlying
74 >          "bin" directory.
75 >     iii. Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances
76 >          is used to locate the Firebird installation directory and the underlying
77 >          "bin" directory is searched for the FB Client DLL.
78 >     iv.  The Default installation directories C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_x
79 >          are searched for the FB Client DLL.
80 >     v.   The PATH Environment variable is used to search for the FB Client DLL.
81 >     vi.  Finally the  PATH Environment variable is used to search for IBASE.DLL.
82 >
83 > 3. New Component: TIBXScript. This is an ISQL compatible SQL script execution engine.
84 >   See doc/readme.scriptengine and example applications.
85 >
86 > 4. New Component: TIBlocalDBSupport. This is a TIBDatabase support component intended to
87 >   simplify the use of the embedded firebird server on both Linux and Windows platforms.
88 >   See dpc/readme.localdatabase and example applications.
89 >
90 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Reordering on column header click should now also work for
91 >   dynamic columns.
92 >
93 > 6. ISQLMonitor: (Windows only). Mutex added to TMultilockGate to avoid race condition
94 >   between incrementing/decrementing the lock count and signalling the event.
95 >
96 > IBX Change Log  version           (1.3-2) Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:39:54 +0000
97 >
98 > 1.3.2 was never formally released and only made available as beta copies.
99 >
100 > 1. DBControlGrid,IBDynamicGrid: Ignore down arrow and up arrow in TCustomMemo
101 >
102 > 2. IBDynamicGrid: Now deals correctly with a single column grid which has no indicator and autosize column
103 >
104 > 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: reset timer on each key press - avoids timer going off too early
105 >
106 > 4. IBDynamicGrid: Call event OnUpdateSortOrder even when aliasname not found in dataset
107 >   i.e. when it is a calculated field
108 >
109 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Fix problem selecting a different row when expanded row at end of grid.
110 >   This problem was due to a race condition between recalculating row heights and
111 >   determining which row was selected by the mouse click. The row height calculation
112 >   is now deferred by an extra trip round the message loop allowing the row to
113 >   be always calculated on the current grid layout rather than risking it being
114 >   calculated on the grid layout after the expanded row has been shrunk.
115 >
116 > 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition between cm_killfocus and cm_exit on
117 >   Windows.
118 >
119 > 7. TIBStringField: Now has two new public properties: CharacterSetName: string and CharacterSetSize: integer;
120 >   These properties allow the (Firebird) character set name for the field and the max number of bytes per character
121 >   to be determined at runtime. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
122 >
123 > 8. TIBWideStringField: This is a new field type with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
124 >   TWideStringField. This field type is used with the character size reported by Firebird is two. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
125 >
126 > 9. TIBMemoField and TIBWideMemoField: new field types with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
127 >   TMemoField and TWideMemoField respectively. These field types are used with Blob subtype 1 and a characterset size of
128 >   1, 3 or 4 (TIBMemoField) or 2 (TIBWideMemoField). See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
129 >
130 >   Both also have a new published property "DisplayTextAsClassName". If false (default) the displaytext is generated
131 >   from the blob text by truncating the string to the displaywidth (in characters not bytes). A displaywidth of zero
132 >   implies no truncation.
133 >
134 > 10. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force autocomplete when EditingDone called and timer active.
135 >
136 > 11. IBDynamicGrid: Call DataSet.Append when entering edit mode and dataset empty and not in insert state
137 >   (avoids "Not in Edit Mode" error).
138 >
139 > 12. IBDynamicGrid: Correctly resize grid when one column width plus indicator.
140 >
141 > 13. IBDynamicGrid: Ensure Editor Panel has focus when shown - avoids Windows API calling
142 >    DBGrid.DoExit on subsequent mouse click (e.g. on child control such as a tabbed page control.
143 >
144 > 14. IBDynamicGrid: ignore up, down tab and return when editorpanel open and focus in a TCustomGrid descendent.
145 >
146 > 15. DBControlGrid: Stop flashing grid when dataset closed and then re-opened while DisabledControls
147 >
148 > 16. IBQuery: Bug fixed that prevented SQL being set programmatically once the Parser had been invoked.
149 >
150 > 17. IBCustomDataSet: On close, parser is now freed and Select SQL reverts to value before DataSet Opened.
151 >
152 > IBX Change Log  version        (1.3-1) Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:30:50 +0100
153  
154   1.   OnCloseUp Event Handler added to TDBLookupProperties
155  
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164   5.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that KeyValue is set correctly when full text
165       keyed in i.e. when autocomplete not performed
166  
167 < 6.   Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and console mode support. IBX should now support
168 <     console mode applications with all LCL required functions centralised in the
169 <     IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is not included in your project, IBX
170 <     should compile and link with a console mode program. See consolemode example
171 <     for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a console mode
172 <     application or the IDE will automatically assume that you application is
173 <     GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
167 > 6.   Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and add console mode support. IBX should now support
168 >     console mode applications with all LCL required functions (builtin dialogs and
169 >     cursor management) centralised in the  IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is
170 >     not included in your project, IBX should compile and link with a console mode program.
171 >     See consolemode example and its "readme"for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a
172 >     console mode application or the IDE will automatically assume that your
173 >     application is GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
174  
175       IMPORTANT NOTE: IBDialogs must be included in GUI applications in order
176       to use the built in dialogs and cursor management. IBDialogs is
177 <     included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source "uses" clause.
177 >     included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source's "uses" clause.
178       This should be the case for all projects created through the IDE. This is why
179       you do not want to add the ibexpress package to console mode applications. The
180       ibexpressconsolemode package has been created to allow console mode programs
181       to avoid adding LCL dependencies when using IBX, while still having the
182       unit search paths set up correctly.
183  
184 +     Existing users should check to ensure that the "ibexpress" unit is included in
185 +     each project's source file (*.lpr).
186 +
187       You may find that in order for the IDE to recognise that ibexpressconsolemode
188       exists, you have to first open the package in the IDE and then close it. This
189       adds it to the most recently accessed packages list. To make it permanently
190       available, add the package name to lazarus' staticpackages.inc file.
191  
192 <     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.
192 >         Thanks to Julio Jiménez for suggesting support of console mode.
193  
194   7.   SQL Parser can now accept quoted strings that include new lines
195  
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206          not be automatically recognised.
207  
208   11. Improve generation of random cursor names in TIBSQL - avoid risk of "cursor
209 <    already open" errors due to random numbers being identical.
209 >    already open" errors due to random numbers used for the cursor name being identical.
210  
211   12. IBTable: corrected error that could result in an "Index out of bounds" error
212      when opening the table and the Primary Key is the last or only column in the
213      table. Thanks to Rick Hoover for the fix.
214  
215 < IBX Change Log  version                                                              (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
215 > 13. Fix TIBDatabase initialisation of lc_ctype under unix. Set to "UTF8" instead
216 >    of "UTF-8", and update list of available database character sets. Existing
217 >    users should check the current lc_ctype setting in their applications.
218 >
219 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
220  
221   1.  Firebird Services: avoid List Index error when opening a service with an
222      empty Params property.
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243      in order to remove the property value from the lfm.
244  
245  
246 < IBX Change Log  version                                                          (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
246 > IBX Change Log  version (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
247  
248   1.  TIBStoredProc. Prepare now called by ParamByName to avoid need to always
249      call Prepare before setting parameter values.
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328      and password should be omitted and the unix file permissions are used to grant
329      access.
330  
331 < IBX Change Log  version                                                    (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
331 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
332  
333   1.  A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
334      rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
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350   4. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
351     using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to test this feature.
352  
353 < IBX Change Log  version                                                   (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
353 > IBX Change Log  version      (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
354  
355   Development version only.
356  
357 < IBX Change Log  version                                      (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
357 > IBX Change Log  version   (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
358  
359   1. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
360     This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
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414   8. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
415  
416  
417 < IBX Change Log  version                      (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
417 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
418  
419   1. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
420     setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to

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