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1	<	IBX Change Log  version                   (2.0.3) tba, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:53 +0000
1	>	IBX Change Log  version (2.3-3 Build 11453) Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:17 +0000
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3	>
4	>	1. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is "ConfigOverrides"
5	>	and is used to override the default settings in the client side "firebird.conf" This
6	>	includes "WireCompression" and "WireCrypt". The value of this property is a "TStrings".
7	>	Each line of the string list should be a setting in the same format as "firebird.conf".
8	>	For example "WireCompression = true" in order to request wire compression on the client side.
9	>
10	>	Note: explicit settings in the client side "firebird.conf" appear to take precedence
11	>	over settings given in TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. Many client side settings
12	>	also require a compatible setting in the server side "firebird.conf". For example
13	>	"WireCompression = true" must also be set in the server's "firebird.conf" for wire
14	>	compression to be used.
15	>
16	>	Whether or not WireCompression or WireCrypt are in use can be checked using the information
17	>	returned with the Client/Server protocol version. See ibx/examples/dbadmin and
18	>	ibx/examples/dbinfo for examples of how to display this information.
19	>
20	>	2. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection: "WireCompression". This
21	>	is a "convenience" property. If set the "WireCompression=true" is added to the
22	>	ConfigOverrides. If unchecked then this setting is removed.
23	>
24	>	3. TIBExtract: 64-bit integer types are now correctly extracted as "BIGINT" and
25	>	not "INT64".
26	>
27	>	4. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut, TIBInsertStmtsOut and TIBBlockFormatOut
28	>	These are:
29	>	property TimestampFormat: string;
30	>	property DateFormat: string;
31	>	property TimeFormat: string;
32	>
33	>	Respectively, these provide the date time format templates for SQL types: TIMESTAMP,
34	>	DATETIME and TIME. The format strings use the standard FPC date/time format
35	>	characters (see https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/formatchars.html).
36	>
37	>	If any of the above properties are set to an empty string, then the locale default
38	>	is used. This uses the ShortDateFormat and the LongTimeFormat. In timestamp, the
39	>	locale default is extended by appending '.zzz' to include milliseconds.
40	>
41	>	TIBCSVDataOut by default sets these properties to the empty string, while the other
42	>	two use: 'yyyy.mm.dd hh:nn:ss.zzz', 'yyyy.mm.dd' and 'hh:nn:ss.zzz' respectively.
43	>
44	>	5. New published property for TIBCSVDataOut:
45	>	property QuoteStrings: boolean (default true)
46	>
47	>	If false then strings are unquoted, otherwise, the QuoteChar property value is
48	>	used to delimit each and every string in the output.
49	>
50	>	6. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut:
51	>	property FieldSeparator: string;
52	>	property HeaderSeparator: string;
53	>
54	>	Respectively, these provide the separator character(s) used to separate fields
55	>	in data and header rows. Both default to ','.
56	>
57	>	7. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut and TIBBlockFormatOut:
58	>	TOnFormatTextString = procedure(sender: TObject; var TextString: string) of object;
59	>	property OnFormatTextString;
60	>
61	>	This event handler can be used to process text strings before they are included
62	>	in the output e.g. to replace unprintable characters with alternative strings.
63	>	This only applies to columns with an SQL Type of SQL_VARYING and SQL_TEXT.
64	>
65	>	8. TIBDataSet now raises an exception when ParamByName called with an invalid parameter name.
66	>	Uses "FindParam" if in order to find out if a parameter with a given name exists
67	>	and without raising and exception if it does not.
68	>
69	>	9. TIBQuery now uses IBX SQL Parser instead of the TParams SQL parser in order to ensure
70	>	consistency with SQL queries.
71	>
72	>	10. CaseSensitiveParameterNames property added to TIBSQL, TIBDataSet and TIBQuery.
73	>	When true, SQL statement parameter names are parsed case sensitive. Note for
74	>	TIBDataSet only applies to Select query.
75	>
76	>	11. IBEvents: removing a TIBEvent component from a form should no longer result in
77	>	an IDE exception.
78	>
79	>	12. LocalDBSupport: initial database creation should now work correctly
80	>	when the schema source is an sql file.
81	>
82	>	13. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: new event handler "property OnProgressEvent: TOnProgressEvent"
83	>	when defined, this handler will be called by the internal TIBXScript during
84	>	initial database creation when the schema source is an sql file and may be used
85	>	to provide a visual indication of progress in console mode.
86	>
87	>	14. TCustomIBLocalDBSupport: new public property "InOnCreateDB: boolean". This is set
88	>	to true while a new local database is being created and its schema populated.
89	>	Useful in (e.g.) TIBDatabase.OnAfterConnect handler to suppress actions
90	>	when the database is disconnected/connected during the create DB procedure.
91	>
92	>	15. TIBXScript: any User/password parameters found in a CREATE DATABASE statement
93	>	are now always ignored and replaced by the user name and password provided as
94	>	the login parameters for the TIBDatabase referenced from the TIBXScript. The
95	>	IgnoreCreateDatabase property still applies and the CREATE DATABASE statement is
96	>	completely ignored if this property is true.
97	>
98	>	16. Code tidyup in IBTreeView: Node properties initialisation moved from TIBTreeView.AddNodes
99	>	to TIBTreeView.Added. An OnAddition event handler is no longer needed to initialise
100	>	ImageIndex and SelectImageIndex values on AddNode.
101	>
102	>	17. TIBDatabase.Attachment and TIBXServicesConnection.ServicesIntf properties are now
103	>	read/write. This should enabled (e.g.) multiple instances of TIBDatabase to share
104	>	the same database connection.
105	>
106	>	18. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery now support the TDataSet "Filter" property.
107	>	if provided, this should be an conditional SQL expression suitable for
108	>	including in an SQL Select statement "where" clause. If non-empty and the
109	>	"Filtered" property is true then the SQL expression provided as the value of
110	>	the "Filter" property is "ANDed" with any existing condition statement
111	>	in the SQL statement's "Where" clause.
112	>
113	>	If the "Filter" property is set at run time, the "Filtered" property is true
114	>	and the dataset is already open, then the dataset is closed and re-opened automatically.
115	>
116	>	The "Filter" condition may include IBX style parameters. In which case, their
117	>	value must be set by the dataset's "OnBeforeOpen" event handler.
118	>
119	>	This is a public property for TIBDataSet and TIBQuery query and intended for
120	>	use at run time.
121	>
122	>	Note: The property is a published property of TIBTable. The TIBTable functionality
123	>	is unaffected by this change.
124	>
125	>	IBX Change Log  version (2.3-2) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:19:23 +0000
126	>
127	>	1. Remove need to check for IsMultiThread by providing access to GUI timers via
128	>	IBGUIInterface. Note: master/detail delay timer does not apply to console
129	>	mode apps.
130	>
131	>	2. TIBCustomDataSet: SQLParser ignored if it does not contain a valid select
132	>	statement. This avoids problems if "Execute Block" is used as the Query.
133	>
134	>	3. IBSQLParser now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
135	>	internal SQL tokeniser routines.
136	>
137	>	4. IBSQLParser: new property NotaSelectStmt. Set to true if SQL fails to parse
138	>	as a select statement, with or without CTEs.
139	>
140	>	5. IBSQLParser: parser now recognises the "ROWS" clause.
141	>
142	>	6. TIBXScript now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
143	>	internal SQL tokeniser routines.
144	>
145	>	7.  Fix error in TIBXScript processing of "set" statements. This avoids exceptions
146	>	being raised for valid set statements processed by a data formatter.
147	>
148	>	8. New published property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is
149	>	FirebirdLibraryPathName: string. If not empty it is used to explicitly specify
150	>	the path of the Firebird Library used by the database/services connection.
151	>
152	>	9. New read only public property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This
153	>	is FirebirdAPI and returns the IFirebirdAPI interface used by the database/
154	>	services connection.
155	>
156	>	10.SQL Property editors now quote parameter names if "Quote identifier" is selected
157	>	or param name is not a valid SQL identifier.
158	>
159	>	11. IBLookupComboEditBox: In Lazarus 2.0, TDBLookupComboBox takes a more restrictive
160	>	view of whether the text box should be editable when no DataSource is specified.
161	>	TIBLookupComboEditBox has been updated to workaround this problem. As long as
162	>	ReadOnly is false, the text box is editable when no DataSource is specified.
163	>
164	>	12. AllowUseOfFBLIB is now set to "true" at design time. This is to allow use of
165	>	the FBLIB environment variable. If you do not want to permit this then you
166	>	must modify the Register procedure in the design/IBDBReg.pas unit to remove
167	>	this setting.
168	>
169	>	IBX Change Log  version                 (2.3-1) Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:39:45 +0100
170	>
171	>	1. IBCustomDataset: replace deprecated function ValidUTF8String with call to
172	>	Utf8EscapeControlChars
173	>
174	>	IBX Change Log  version                (2.3-0) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:48:06 +0100
175	>
176	>	IMPORTANT: the source code tree has been re-organised for IBX 2.3. Please remove
177	>	all previous copies of the IBX source code tree before installing this release.
178	>
179	>	The IBX packages used by most users have not changed, with one exception. The
180	>	IBServices unit has been moved to the package iblegacyServices.lpk. To continue
181	>	to use the IBServices unit in your applications, please add the iblegacyServices
182	>	to the list of dependencies. To do this, open the Project Inspector and select
183	>	Add->New Requirement and select "ibLegacyServices" from the list of available
184	>	packages.
185	>
186	>	1. New unit IBXServices. The IBXServices unit is a re-architectured update of
187	>	the IBServices unit providing what is intended to be a clearer and easier to
188	>	use set of IB Services components. See Chapter 10 of the IBX User Guide for
189	>	more information and the guide to "Firebird Service Management Using IBX".
190	>	As indicated above, the legacy services components are still available and
191	>	provided in a separate package. There is no need to update working applications
192	>	using the older versions except for an additional package dependency.
193	>
194	>	2. The IBX packages and source code tree have been re-organised in an attempt to
195	>	finally get rid of the "duplicate ppu" warnings. This re-organisation should
196	>	not affect existing users. Section 2.3 of the IBX User Guide describes the
197	>	new set of IBX packages.
198	>
199	>	3. The ibx/examples/DBAdmin and the ibx/examples/services example have been
200	>	updated to use the new Services API components.
201	>
202	>	4. The iblocal package has been updated to use the new Services API components.
203	>
204	>	5. procedure SetAutoAdmin; in the new IBX Services this method is now a member of
205	>	TIBXSecurityService. It had been wrongly classified in the previous version
206	>	as a per database configuration item. It is global to a server and hence
207	>	correctly positioned as part of the Security Package. In the DBAdmin example,
208	>	the setting has moved to the mappings page.
209	>
210	>	6. TIBXScript: IgnoreCreateDatabase added. If true then CREATE DATABASE statements
211	>	are ignored.
212	>
213	>	7. TIBDatabase: DropDatabase now ensures that all transactions have been properly
214	>	closed before the database is dropped. Before and After Disconnect event handlers
215	>	are also fired.
216	>
217	>	8. TIBTransaction: OnStartTransaction event now fires every time the transaction
218	>	is started and not just the first time.
219	>
220	>	9. IBDataOutput: Use FormatFloat for all performance statistics to avoid platform
221	>	depenendency with comp type.
222	>
223	>	10. IBDataOutput: select query data output is now sent to stdout instead of stderr.
224	>
225	>	11. TIBDatabase: Remove regression. If a user login dialog changes the DatabaseName
226	>	then this is recognised and not ignored.
227	>
228	>	12. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: additions:
229	>	function GetRowsAffected(var SelectCount, InsertCount, UpdateCount, DeleteCount: integer): boolean;
230	>	function GetPerfStatistics(var stats: TPerfCounters): boolean;
231	>	property EnableStatistics: boolean read FEnableStatistics write SetEnableStatistics;
232	>
233	>	GetRowsAffected returns the affected row counts from the last insert/update/delete
234	>	if EnableStatistics = true then GetPerfStatistics returns the current stats
235	>	counters for the select query. Note: stats accumulate after each fetch from
236	>	the database. To get total query cost after open, call the "Last" method
237	>	and then GetPerfStatistics.
238	>
239	>	See ibx/examples/consolemode for an example of the use of GetPerfStatistics
240	>
241	>	13. TIBExtract: Identity columns DDL. "Start with clause" now correctly encapsulated
242	>	in parenthesises.
243	>
244	>	14. TIBExtract: new published property "AlwaysQuoteIdentifiers". If true then in dialect 3
245	>	SQL identifiers are always delimited by double quotes. If false, then they are
246	>	only delimited if the identifier is a reserved word, contains lower case or special
247	>	characters. Set this property to true to retain previous behaviour.
248	>
249	>	15. Insert SQL Property Editor. In Insert Returning Clause, Identity column names
250	>	are now inserted in double quotes if not Reserved Words or valid SQL Identifiers.
251	>
252	>	16. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: addition:
253	>	property MasterDetailDelay: integer {defaults to zero}
254	>
255	>	When non-zero and the dataset is a detail table referencing a master table
256	>	through either a MasterSource (TIBTable) or a DataSource (TIBDataSet, TIBQuery)
257	>	then a synchronisation delay is added (in milliseconds) between the master
258	>	row changing and the detail dataset being re-opened. If the master dataset
259	>	is scrolled before the delay expires then the delay is reset. This can be used
260	>	to avoid performance overheads when scrolling through a large master dataset.
261	>
262	>	Note: uses fptimer and hence requires a thread manager. Under Linux the
263	>	chreads unit must be included in your project. TTimer is not used in order
264	>	to avoid an LCL dependency. Requires FPC 3.0.2 or later.
265	>
266	>	17. TIBExtract: User role grants now excluded when etGrantsToUser not specified
267	>	with Extract Option eoDatabase.
268	>
269	>	18. TIBLookupComboEditBox: Workaround added for https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33428
270	>	When a deLayoutChanged event is reported on the ListSource dataset, the
271	>	combobox text is updated. This allows a listsource (detail) to be in a Master/Detail
272	>	relationship with the control's datasource (master).
273	>
274	>	19. TIBExtract: Full BigInt value range now supported for Generators/Sequences.
275	>
276	>	20. TIBExtract: Select Procedures (Procedure type 1) now include "SUSPEND;" clause in their
277	>	stubs. Pedantic fix really, as procedures output in dependency order anyway.
278	>
279	>	21. TIBExtract: Package Headers and Package Bodies are now included in the extracted
280	>	DDL (Firebird 3 and later only).
281	>
282	>	22. TIBLookupComboBox Autocomplete Fixes:
283	>	i. Only appended text is now selected after autocomplete.
284	>	ii. Uppercase keys no longer ignored for autocomplete.
285	>	iii. Retain Prefix case is now honoured correctly.
286	>	iv. When a DataSource is assigned, typing after autocomplete now extends prefix
287	>	before autocomplete performed. i.e. behaviour now the same as when
288	>	no DataSource assigned.
289	>
290	>	23. TIBXScript: Single Line Comments starting with '--' are now ignored when occurring
291	>	between SQL statements.
292	>
293	>	24. TIBExtract: New published property CaseSensitiveObjectNames. If false (default) then
294	>	ObjectNames are converted to upper case before matching against metadata object
295	>	names, unless the objectname is delimited by double quotes, in which case, the
296	>	double quotes are removed and the remaining string is used (unmodified) to match
297	>	against the metadata object name.
298	>
299	>	If true then the ObjectName is used as is without modification and matched
300	>	against the metadata object name. No attempt is made to remove double quotes.
301	>
302	>	25. TIBExtract: New Extract Types: etDatabaseTriggers and etDDLTriggers. When used
303	>	with eoTrigger, these extract types can be used to select only Database Triggers,
304	>	or DDL Triggers or both. Ignored when etTable or etTrigger included in Extract Types.
305	>
306	>	26. TIBXScript: If an exception occurs during the processing of a statement, the
307	>	statement separate character is now reset to the default (';').
308	>
309	>	27. TIBDatabase: Reconnect method added and used by TIBXScript for reconnect.
310	>
311	>	28. TIBXScript: Transaction is no longer automatically reactivated immediately processing
312	>	a commit or reconnect statement and instead activated only when next SQL statement
313	>	is executed.
314	>
315	>	29. TIBSQL.HasField should no longer generate and exception when the field does not exist.
316	>
317	>	30. TIBXScript: case insensitive regex now used when matching statements instead of
318	>	converting statement to upper case.
319	>
320	>	31. TIBExtract: metadata comments now supported. New published property
321	>	IncludeMetaDataComments (default true). If true then metadata comments included
322	>	in extracted DDL. New Extract Object member eoComments. This may be used with
323	>	ExtractObject method to list all metadata comments.
324	>
325	>	32. TIBExtract: ListObjectNames method added.
326	>
327	>	33. Updated Database component editor to support additional connection string
328	>	types.
329	>
330	>	IBX Change Log  version  (2.2-0) Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:57:45 +0000
331	>
332	>	NOTE: THE LOCATIONS OF SOME OF THE UNIT DIRECTORIES HAS CHANGED FROM IBX 2.1. THIS IS TO
333	>	AVOID DUPLICATE PPU WARNINGS. PLEASE REMOVE EARLIER VERSIONS OF IBX BEFORE INSTALLING THIS
334	>	RELEASE.
335	>
336	>	NOTE: THE DBADMIN DEMO REQUIRES THAT THE MemDSLaz PACKAGE IS INSTALLED IN THE LAZARUS IDE.
337	>
338	>	1. IBExtract: Identity columns - add additional check for null column for generator name.
339	>
340	>	2. IBCustomDataSet: Insert and Modify (Update) queries now recognise and process SQL RETURNING clauses.
341	>	The main use for this is for Firebird 3 Identity columns (see IBXDocumentation 6.6.8 for further
342	>	information). However, this is also a very useful mechanism for returning updated computed by
343	>	column values. Values returned as a result of executing an Insert or Update statement
344	>	replace existing values in the current row for each corresponding column.
345	>
346	>	Previously, if a dataset's select query included read only (computed by) fields then
347	>	an automatic row refresh was performed after an insert or update query had been processed,
348	>	irrespective of the setting of the "ForcedUpdates" property. This has changed such
349	>	that an automatic refresh is no longer performed if an insert or update query contains
350	>	a returning clause that updates one or more fields on the current row. A full row
351	>	refresh is only performed if (a) ForcedRefresh is true or (b) the query does not return any
352	>	field values and the select query contains read only fields. Use of Insert/update
353	>	returning should be significantly more efficient than executing a refresh query.
354	>
355	>	This behaviour change is intended to be backwards compatible and there should be no need to change
356	>	existing programs, other than to improve performance by using the new capability.
357	>
358	>	3. IBCustomDataSet: DELETE...RETURNING queries are now also recognised. However, as
359	>	they are called when the dataset row is being deleted, there is no value in
360	>	updating the current record from the query result. Instead, a new event handler
361	>	"OnDeleteReturning" is provided. If a DELETE...RETURNING query is execute and
362	>	an OnDeleteReturning event handler is provided then it is called with the IResults returned
363	>	by the query. The event handler can then interrogate the query results and
364	>	perform whatever action is necessary. For example to confirm, to the user,
365	>	the deletion of a row with the returned values.
366	>
367	>	4. TIBTable: generated Insert and Update SQL now include a RETURNING clause for
368	>	any Computed By or Identity Columns. The IBTables example has been updated to
369	>	illustrate the computation of the employee Full Name on update.
370	>
371	>	5. TIBTable: The GeneratorField property is now published.
372	>
373	>	6. The InsertSQL property editor now shows Firebird 3 Identity columns separate from the Field List.
374	>	When InsertSQL is generated, the Identity columns are not included in the list of values to
375	>	be inserted. A RETURNING clause is added to the insert statement to return the value of
376	>	each Identity column after the insert is executed.
377	>
378	>	7. The Modify Property Editor now generates Update SQL with Computed By fields in Update..Returning clause.
379	>	Similarly Insert Property Editor now generates Insert SQL with Computed By fields in
380	>	Insert..Returning clause.
381	>
382	>	8. TIBGenerator: small performance improvement by not preparing query each time
383	>	a new value is generated.
384	>
385	>	9. TIBSQL: Free resources when transaction changed - ensures new transaction is used.
386	>
387	>	10. Property editors will now sync table name to a System Table when "Include System
388	>	Tables" is selected and the query is for a System Table.
389	>
390	>	11. Minor Performance improvement to handling of Date/Time types in IBX datasets. Field
391	>	values are no longer converted to milliseconds from TDateTime and then back again
392	>	to TDateTime (the conversion to milliseconds is the default TDataset approach).
393	>
394	>	12. Property Editors handling of Stored Procedures.
395	>	* Select and Refresh: only show a list of stored procedures that return multiple rows (proc type 1) and
396	>	which have a non-empty list of output parameters (i.e. stored procedures that may be used in a select
397	>	query).
398	>	* Modify and Insert: only show a list of stored procedures that return at most a singleton row (proc type 2).
399	>
400	>	13. IBStoredProc: Now supports Firebird 3 Package Names. A new published property PackageName
401	>	can be used to select a package. If non-empty, the stored procedure name is
402	>	expected to be a stored procedure defined in the specified package and the
403	>	generated SQL will be as required for a stored procedure located in a package.
404	>
405	>	14. Select, Refresh, Insert, Modify, Delete and TIBSQL SQL Property Editors now include
406	>	a "Package Name" drop down box to allow selection of a Firebird 3 Package from
407	>	which a stored procedure can be selected. With no package name selected, non-package
408	>	stored procedures are listed.
409	>
410	>	15. TIBXScript: turn off database login prompt when reconnecting - this avoids prompting
411	>	for password on reconnect.
412	>
413	>	16. TIBDatabase: use IAttachment for connection default character set id, code page
414	>	and character set name.
415	>
416	>	17. TIBDatabaseInfo: cache ODS Version information on first request in order to minimise
417	>	DB info lookups"
418	>
419	>	18. IBExtract: now supports DDL Triggers and Grants to DDL objects.
420	>
421	>	19. Add a property Editor for TIBUpdate.RefreshSQL.
422	>
423	>	20. IBUpdate: Ignore non-data (e.g. calculated) fields when assembling list of input
424	>	parameters. This stops an exception being raised when the field cannot be
425	>	located in the record buffer.
426	>
427	>	21. Property Editors now automatically include System Tables when opened and when the query table
428	>	is a System Table.
429	>
430	>	22. IBServices: SQRB and SRB buffers are now reset when service query throws an exception.
431	>	This avoids errors due to a stale SQRB or SRB being used for the next query.
432	>
433	>	23. IBServices: Service attach parameters now include "expected_db". This is used to
434	>	add the SPB item isc_spb_expected_db. This names a database using
435	>	an alternative Security Database (FB3 onwards) and allows (e.g. backup/restore) using such a
436	>	database. examples/services re-written to illustrate use of "expected_db".
437	>
438	>	24. IBServices: TIBControlAndQueryService.WriteNextChunk no longer ignores isc_info_svc_timeout.
439	>	This avoids truncated backups when the server returns a timeout (busy) response.
440	>
441	>	25. TIBDatabase: isc_dpb_page_size now supported as a database parameter when using TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase.
442	>
443	>	26. TIBDatabase: DatabaseName property may now be prefixed by $TEMP$ or $DATADIR$ for local
444	>	databasenames. These are respectively expanded to the local system's temp directory
445	>	(including trailing delimiter) or to a prescribed data directory (including
446	>	trailing delimiter). Under Unix systems the data directory is a hidden directory
447	>	in the user's home directory. The hidden directory name is either the string returned
448	>	from the SysUtils "Vendor Name" or "IBX" if empty. In either case prefixed by a '.'.
449	>	Under Windows, the directory is the same as the Data Directory as decribed
450	>	above but instead prefixed by the User's application data path. These may be
451	>	used to improve application portability for Personal Databases.
452	>
453	>	27. TIBTable: FieldDefs property is no longer published. Due to the use of TIBFieldDef
454	>	this has not worked for a long time and is not useful either. FieldDefs should be
455	>	managed using the Fields Editor as with any other dataset. To access the fields
456	>	editor for a TIBTable component, double click on the component. The fields editor
457	>	is then displayed.
458	>
459	>	28. TIBDatabaseInfo: new properties/function
460	>	* DateDBCreated (returns date/time database created)
461	>	* TransactionCount (returns no. of active transactions)
462	>	* GetDatabasePage(PageNo: integer) (returns contents of specified database page - SYSDBA only).
463	>	* PagesFree (Firebird 3 or later)
464	>	* PagesUsed (Firebird 3 or later)
465	>	* Encrypted (returns true if database encrypted. (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
466	>	* EncryptionKeyName (returns the name of the encryption key if any (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
467	>
468	>	29. IBServices classes now provided the decoded release number in the (array) property ServerVersionNo.
469	>
470	>	30. TIBSecurityService now supports display/modification of the User Admin Role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
471	>
472	>	31. TIBConfigService now has a procedure SetAutoAdmin(Value: boolean) to enable/disable
473	>	the automtic mapping of privileged OS users to the RDB$ADMIN role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
474	>
475	>	32. TIBBackupService: New Option - NoDBTriggers equivalent to -nodbtriggers switch introduced
476	>	in the gbak utility at V.2.1 to prevent database-level and transaction-level triggers from
477	>	firing during backup and restore.
478	>
479	>	33. Both TIBBackupService and TIBRestoreService now support backup/restore statistics options
480	>	for verbose output using the new property "StatisticsRequested".
481	>	see https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-util-gbak.html#rnfb25-util-gbakstats
482	>
483	>	34. TIBRestoreService: now supports new options RestoreMetaDataOnly (Firebird 2.5 and later).
484	>
485	>	35. TIBOnlineValidationService component added to the IBServices and the "Firebird Admin"
486	>	palette. This uses the online validation feature added in Firebird 2.5. The
487	>	services's properties enable inclusion/exclusion of tables and indexes using
488	>	regular expressions. See.
489	>	https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-apiods-api.html#rnfb25-apiods-api-onlinevalidation
490	>
491	>	36. IBServices: procedure TIBConfigService.SetNoLinger added to set no linger
492	>	option on a database.
493	>
494	>	37. TIBCustomService: Assign method implemented to allow copying of service login
495	>	context between service API components. "Detach" method now only detaches
496	>	service when last reference to the service interface detaches. Tidy up of
497	>	code for SetActive and Attach methods including password hiding.
498	>
499	>	38. TIBDatabase: new properties: AuthenticationMethod and RemoteProtocol. Read only
500	>	and used to determine the auth method and protocol used for the connection.
501	>
502	>	39. TIBDatabase: ensure that SQLDialect setting is used when creating a database using
503	>	a Create Database Statement generated by IBX.
504	>
505	>	40. All IBServices now have an additional published property "PortNo". This may
506	>	be set to a non-standard port number when necessary. If zero then the default
507	>	port number is used.
508	>
509	>	41: TIBLookupComboeditBox: Ensure dataset updated when change selected with the keyboard
510	>	and not just the mouse.
511	>
512	>	42. TIBCustomDataset: reopen query if already active when a TIBControlLink is added.
513	>
514	>	43. TIBTreeview: new ImageIndexField and SelectedIndexField Property allows the
515	>	image index and selected image index for each node to be set from a database field.
516	>
517	>	44. TIBExtract: new extract type (etGrantsToUser) for use with eoDatabase. If included
518	>	then database schema includes grants to all users. If not present then the
519	>	only user grants included are those to User PUBLIC.
520	>
521	>	45. TIBTreeView: performance improvement. When expanding include both expanded node
522	>	and child nodes in dataset.
523	>
524	>
525	>	IBX Change Log  version                            (2.1-0) Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:20:11 +0000
526
527		1. IBCustomDataset: Minor change of PChar to PByte for compatibility with fbintf
528		changes.
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541		6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that cursor is not reset to start of text when
542		entering a new name into the text box.
543
544	+	7. IBCustomDataset: ensure that TIBStringField uses the field size reported by
545	+	Firebird rather than recomputing it.
546	+
547	+	8. Property Editor positioning tidy up: All IBX Property editors should now be
548	+	screen centre. Previously some were "poDesigned" which may be inappropriate
549	+	for multi monitor desktops.
550	+
551	+	10. TIBTreeView.FindNode: protect against error if zero length path or empty tree node.
552	+
553	+	11. TIBTransaction: On Force Disconnect do not raise an exception when problem ending
554	+	a transaction and always reset the object.
555	+
556	+	12. TIBQuery tidyup: remove unnecessary call to GetAffectedRows.
557	+
558	+	13. TIBXScript: Allow for override of database filename in Create Database statements.
559	+
560	+	14. IBLocaldb: Support initialisation of the database from an SQL script in addition
561	+	to a gbak format archive.
562	+
563	+	15. IBLocaldb: fix problem that stopped the OnSharedDataDir event from being recognised.
564	+
565	+	16. IBLocaldb: Drop database if error creating an empty database.
566	+
567	+	17. TIBTreeView: improve performance when selecting node - avoid refreshing dataset
568	+	unless selected node not in current dataset.
569	+
570	+	18. IBServices: SetDBParams method moved from TCustomIBLocalDBSupport (in IBLocalDB package)
571	+	to TIBCustomService, and IBlocalDB code tidy up.
572	+
573	+	19. IBTreeView: Initialise TIBTreeNode KeyValue to null to avoid unpredictable
574	+	behaviour due to uninitialised variable.
575	+
576	+	20. IBServices: Correct encoding of isc_spb_prp_write_mode in TIBConfigService from
577	+	integer to byte. Ditto isc_spb_prp_reserve_space and isc_spb_prp_access_mode.
578	+
579	+	21. IBSQL: When Database changed ensure that all resources are freed.
580	+
581	+	22. IBCustomDataset: When database changed ensure that queries an unprepared.
582	+
583	+	23. SQL Property Editors now use SynEdit with SQL Highlighter. New features include:
584	+	* Line Wrap on SQL Token boundaries (on user command)
585	+	* auto-complete table names in drop down list of table names
586	+	* Double click on tablename or field name adds to SQL text
587	+
588	+	24. IBDataOutput: print statistics using float (%f) format instead of decimal (%d).
589	+
590	+	25. IBTreeView: Call to FindNode: param type change from "array of Variant" to
591	+	TVariantArray. Seems to avoid memory corruption in Windows (probably a
592	+	workaround for a problem in fpc 3.0.4 win64).
593	+
594	+	26. IBDatabaseInfo: Code tidy up. Add check for database not assigned or not open.
595	+
596	+	27. IBDatabaseInfo: Remove memory leak when accessing database operation counts.
597	+
598		IBX Change Log  version                   (2.0-2) Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:53 +0000
599
600		1. TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase: extract full DB Name from SQL using reg ex in order to
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615		that BindFields is called when the query is next activated. Avoids FieldName
616		not found error.
617
618	+	7. IBUpdate: This is a new IBX component similar to TIBUpdateSQL. It is more general
619	+	purpose and allows the programmer to define any action they want for Update, Insert
620	+	or Delete. This may be complex SQL (similar to a Trigger), application specific
621	+	filtering of updates, or use of statements such as Grant or Revoke instead of
622	+	normal DML. See User Manual for more information.
623	+
624		IBX Change Log  version                  (2.0-1) Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:31:49 +0000
625
626		1. TIBEvents: Fix uninitialised variable that could result in lost events.

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