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1 < IBX Change Log  version                      (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
1 > IBX Change Log  version                          (1.4-0) Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:44:24 +0000
2 >
3 > 1. Unix: If Firebird Embedded Server shared object is loaded and a local database
4 >   path is given and database attach fails due to access permission issues on the
5 >   temp directory or security database, then the attach is retried with "localhost:"
6 >   prefixing the databasename. This should avoid problems when the database has to
7 >   be accessed by a local (e.g. classic) server and libfbembed is used.
8 >
9 > 2. Windows: revised search order for Firebird DLL:
10 >     i.   The Firebird Embedded Server in the application Directory.
11 >     ii.  If the FIREBIRD environment variable is set then the directory this
12 >          points to is searched for the FB Client DLL and then then underlying
13 >          "bin" directory.
14 >     iii. Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances
15 >          is used to locate the Firebird installation directory and the underlying
16 >          "bin" directory is searched for the FB Client DLL.
17 >     iv.  The Default installation directories C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_x
18 >          are searched for the FB Client DLL.
19 >     v.   The PATH Environment variable is used to search for the FB Client DLL.
20 >     vi.  Finally the  PATH Environment variable is used to search for IBASE.DLL.
21 >
22 > 3. New Component: TIBXScript. This is an ISQL compatible SQL script execution engine.
23 >   See doc/readme.scriptengine and example applications.
24 >
25 > 4. New Component: TIBlocalDBSupport. This is a TIBDatabase support component intended to
26 >   simplify the use of the embedded firebird server on both Linux and Windows platforms.
27 >   See dpc/readme.localdatabase and example applications.
28 >
29 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Reordering on column header click should now also work for
30 >   dynamic columns.
31 >
32 > 6. ISQLMonitor: (Windows only). Mutex added to TMultilockGate to avoid race condition
33 >   between incrementing/decrementing the lock count and signalling the event.
34 >
35 > IBX Change Log  version           (1.3-2) Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:39:54 +0000
36 >
37 > 1.3.2 was never formally released and only made available as beta copies.
38 >
39 > 1. DBControlGrid,IBDynamicGrid: Ignore down arrow and up arrow in TCustomMemo
40 >
41 > 2. IBDynamicGrid: Now deals correctly with a single column grid which has no indicator and autosize column
42 >
43 > 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: reset timer on each key press - avoids timer going off too early
44 >
45 > 4. IBDynamicGrid: Call event OnUpdateSortOrder even when aliasname not found in dataset
46 >   i.e. when it is a calculated field
47 >
48 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Fix problem selecting a different row when expanded row at end of grid.
49 >   This problem was due to a race condition between recalculating row heights and
50 >   determining which row was selected by the mouse click. The row height calculation
51 >   is now deferred by an extra trip round the message loop allowing the row to
52 >   be always calculated on the current grid layout rather than risking it being
53 >   calculated on the grid layout after the expanded row has been shrunk.
54 >
55 > 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition between cm_killfocus and cm_exit on
56 >   Windows.
57 >
58 > 7. TIBStringField: Now has two new public properties: CharacterSetName: string and CharacterSetSize: integer;
59 >   These properties allow the (Firebird) character set name for the field and the max number of bytes per character
60 >   to be determined at runtime. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
61 >
62 > 8. TIBWideStringField: This is a new field type with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
63 >   TWideStringField. This field type is used with the character size reported by Firebird is two. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
64 >
65 > 9. TIBMemoField and TIBWideMemoField: new field types with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
66 >   TMemoField and TWideMemoField respectively. These field types are used with Blob subtype 1 and a characterset size of
67 >   1, 3 or 4 (TIBMemoField) or 2 (TIBWideMemoField). See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
68 >
69 >   Both also have a new published property "DisplayTextAsClassName". If false (default) the displaytext is generated
70 >   from the blob text by truncating the string to the displaywidth (in characters not bytes). A displaywidth of zero
71 >   implies no truncation.
72 >
73 > 10. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force autocomplete when EditingDone called and timer active.
74 >
75 > 11. IBDynamicGrid: Call DataSet.Append when entering edit mode and dataset empty and not in insert state
76 >   (avoids "Not in Edit Mode" error).
77 >
78 > 12. IBDynamicGrid: Correctly resize grid when one column width plus indicator.
79 >
80 > 13. IBDynamicGrid: Ensure Editor Panel has focus when shown - avoids Windows API calling
81 >    DBGrid.DoExit on subsequent mouse click (e.g. on child control such as a tabbed page control.
82 >
83 > 14. IBDynamicGrid: ignore up, down tab and return when editorpanel open and focus in a TCustomGrid descendent.
84 >
85 > 15. DBControlGrid: Stop flashing grid when dataset closed and then re-opened while DisabledControls
86 >
87 > 16. IBQuery: Bug fixed that prevented SQL being set programmatically once the Parser had been invoked.
88 >
89 > 17. IBCustomDataSet: On close, parser is now freed and Select SQL reverts to value before DataSet Opened.
90 >
91 > IBX Change Log  version        (1.3-1) Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:30:50 +0100
92 >
93 > 1.   OnCloseUp Event Handler added to TDBLookupProperties
94 >
95 > 2.   IBDynamicGrid: Call to OnEditorPanelHide is now last editor hide action - avoids
96 >     problem with row size when exception is called.
97 >
98 > 3.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Force pending autocomplete on combobox exit.
99 >
100 > 4.   IBDynamicGrid and DBControlGrid: Keyhandler now ignores up, down, escape and return keys if
101 >     in a TCustomComboBox and ignores return key if in a TCustomMemo
102 >
103 > 5.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that KeyValue is set correctly when full text
104 >     keyed in i.e. when autocomplete not performed
105 >
106 > 6.   Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and add console mode support. IBX should now support
107 >     console mode applications with all LCL required functions (builtin dialogs and
108 >     cursor management) centralised in the  IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is
109 >     not included in your project, IBX should compile and link with a console mode program.
110 >     See consolemode example and its "readme"for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a
111 >     console mode application or the IDE will automatically assume that your
112 >     application is GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
113 >
114 >     IMPORTANT NOTE: IBDialogs must be included in GUI applications in order
115 >     to use the built in dialogs and cursor management. IBDialogs is
116 >     included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source's "uses" clause.
117 >     This should be the case for all projects created through the IDE. This is why
118 >     you do not want to add the ibexpress package to console mode applications. The
119 >     ibexpressconsolemode package has been created to allow console mode programs
120 >     to avoid adding LCL dependencies when using IBX, while still having the
121 >     unit search paths set up correctly.
122 >
123 >     Existing users should check to ensure that the "ibexpress" unit is included in
124 >     each project's source file (*.lpr).
125 >
126 >     You may find that in order for the IDE to recognise that ibexpressconsolemode
127 >     exists, you have to first open the package in the IDE and then close it. This
128 >     adds it to the most recently accessed packages list. To make it permanently
129 >     available, add the package name to lazarus' staticpackages.inc file.
130 >
131 >         Thanks to Julio Jiménez for suggesting support of console mode.
132 >
133 > 7.   SQL Parser can now accept quoted strings that include new lines
134 >
135 > 8.   IBDynamicGrid: Lookup Cell Editor - the cursor is now positioned at end
136 >     of text on start of edit. This is particularly useful when tabbing to a
137 >     column and then inserting text.
138 >
139 > 9.   New Examples provided for IB Services and ISQLMonitor.
140 >
141 > 10. Fix error when writing to blob streams that recorded only the last buffer
142 >    write in the blob stream. In most cases, this did not cause a problem as the
143 >    IB Blob Stream is written in a single write. However, with the TDBImage, write
144 >    of a graphic type prefix was lost which caused a problem when the image could
145 >        not be automatically recognised.
146 >
147 > 11. Improve generation of random cursor names in TIBSQL - avoid risk of "cursor
148 >    already open" errors due to random numbers used for the cursor name being identical.
149 >
150 > 12. IBTable: corrected error that could result in an "Index out of bounds" error
151 >    when opening the table and the Primary Key is the last or only column in the
152 >    table. Thanks to Rick Hoover for the fix.
153 >
154 > 13. Fix TIBDatabase initialisation of lc_ctype under unix. Set to "UTF8" instead
155 >    of "UTF-8", and update list of available database character sets. Existing
156 >    users should check the current lc_ctype setting in their applications.
157 >
158 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
159 >
160 > 1.  Firebird Services: avoid List Index error when opening a service with an
161 >    empty Params property.
162 >
163 > 2.  IBControls: Fix problem with new link mechanism introduced in 1.2.3.
164 >    Link now set up in Loaded method - avoids occasional failure to apply
165 >    SQL markup on initial open.
166 >
167 > 3.  "Employees" example performance improvements when scrolling.
168 >
169 > 4.  DBControlGrid: Correctly handle edit panel removal when panel is child control of a
170 >    TFrame. Force recaching of selected frame to avoid GTK race (results in a
171 >    random image cached).
172 >
173 > 5.  DBControlGrid: Should now react to changes in panel height at run time.
174 >
175 > 6.  IBDynamicGrid: Redraws rows below on panel editor hide - avoids blank space at end of grid  
176 >    even when further rows exist.
177 >
178 > 7.  DBControlGrid: DefaultRowHeight is no longer a published property as it should
179 >    always be derived from panel height and setting this property can cause confusion.
180 >    Note for existing projects: to avoid a missing property error at run time,
181 >    each form using the DBControlGrid must be opened, updated and saved in the IDE
182 >    in order to remove the property value from the lfm.
183 >
184 >
185 > IBX Change Log  version (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
186 >
187 > 1.  TIBStoredProc. Prepare now called by ParamByName to avoid need to always
188 >    call Prepare before setting parameter values.
189 >
190 > 2.  Error message on ParamByName (all cases) not found now includes name of missing parameter.
191 >
192 > 3.  Code tidyup and more robust handling of dsql information result vector.
193 >
194 > 4.  Support for centralised handling of transaction status changes. TIBTransaction
195 >    has been given additional events "AfterEdit", "AfterInsert", "AfterDelete", "AfterPost"
196 >    and "AfterExecQuery". The first three are called after the same event is called
197 >    for an IBCustomDataSet descendent using the Transaction. The fourth is called
198 >    after a call to TIBSQL.ExecQuery, again using this transaction. These new events
199 >    enable monitoring of transaction status changes for a given transaction to be
200 >    handled in a single place. For example, when a change to the dataset occurs
201 >    an indicator can be set that shows the user that in order to save changes,
202 >    the transaction should be committed.  Rather than doing this per dataset, this
203 >    can now be done per transaction.
204 >
205 > 5.  TDataSet.CheckBrowseMode automatically posts changes to the current row when
206 >    the dataset is scrolled. However, any changes to the current row are, by default,
207 >    discarded when the dataset is closed. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery and TIBTable now
208 >    have a new property "DataSetCloseAction" that adds automatic posting of changes
209 >    on dataset close. If this property is set to dcDiscardChanges (default) then the
210 >    behaviour is unchanged from previous versions. if the value is set to dcSaveChanges
211 >    then IBX will attempt to post any unsaved changes before the dataset is closed
212 >    (and after the BeforeClose event handler is called). The exception is when the
213 >    dataset is being closed as a result of a transaction rollback. In this case,
214 >    no action is taken and any unsaved  changes are discarded. This avoids both
215 >    unnecessary overhead and the risk that a validation error may occur in the Post
216 >    raising an exception and thereby preventing a rollback.
217 >
218 > 6.  String Field sizes and Display Widths should now be correct for multi-byte character sets.
219 >    In earlier versions, the Display Width was set to the maximum byte width rather than the character
220 >    width. Display Widths are now corrected by dividing by the max byte width per character.
221 >    For UTF8 character sets, the byte width is four and hence the Display Width will be
222 >    the byte width divided by 4. The byte width of each character set is determined
223 >    dynamically when the database connection is estabished from the RDB$CHARACTER_SETS
224 >    system table. (see also http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=27766).
225 >
226 > 7.  SQLParser will now correctly parse SQL Text which contains ':' within quoted string.
227 >
228 > 8.  IBLookupComboEditBox: List should now always be restored to full list when the
229 >    control loses focus. Default Key press default interval reduced to 200ms.
230 >
231 > 9.  DBControlGrid: Ensure that selection is changed to newly appended row, even
232 >    when dataset rows are less than visible rows.
233 >
234 > 10. IBDynamicGrid: Editor Panel is not shown on indicator click if Datasource
235 >    does not exist or DataSet is empty. More responsive on dataset open. New event
236 >    OnRestorePosition. Column sort disabled if no header row.
237 >
238 > 11. IBTreeView: improved handling of response to "Add Node". Avoid scrolling dataset
239 >    while dataset state is dsInsert. Avoids posting errors.
240 >
241 > 12. IBControls: New mechanism for distributing UpdateSQL and UpdateParams events. This is to
242 >    avoid conflict with DisableControls/EnableControls with Master/Detail linked tables.
243 >
244 > 13. IBLookupComboEditBox: Now avoids SQL Errors when combo box text contains single quotes.
245 >
246 > 14. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new Event - OnValidatePost. This event has been introduced
247 >    to solve a specific problem. That is when the dataset cursor is moved (e.g. by
248 >    a grid mouse click and the current row is being edited or inserted. In this case, TDataset
249 >    always "posts" the current record regardless or whether or not it may be more appropriate
250 >    to cancel any changes; the post occurs before the "BeforeScroll" event fires due to the way the
251 >    "MoveBy" function is implemented by TDataSet. The OnValidatePost event is called
252 >    as the first action of the "Post" method and allows the handler to convert the Post
253 >    into a Cancel if that is the appropriate action on moving to a different row. This is
254 >    achieved by returning with "CancelPost" argument set to true. Note that an exception could be
255 >    raised here, but it may still be more appropriate to validate a post and signal
256 >    a problem in the "BeforePost" event handler. See readme.automaticposts.xhtml)
257 >
258 > 15. On Unix derived systems, the Firebird library name can now be given as a colon
259 >    separated list. Each library name on the list is tried in turn, in left to right
260 >    order with the first found being used as the firebird library. By default, on Linux,
261 >    the library name list is 'libfbembed.so.2.5:libfbembed.so.2.1:libfbclient.so.2'. This can be
262 >    overidden by the FBLIB environment variable or the OnGetLibraryName function.
263 >
264 >    Note: when using the libfbembed.so, if you prefix the database name with "localhost:"
265 >    then it will still attempt to access the database via the Firebird Server and will
266 >    require a username and password. If only the pathname is given, then the username
267 >    and password should be omitted and the unix file permissions are used to grant
268 >    access.
269 >
270 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
271 >
272 > 1.  A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
273 >    rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
274 >    that replicates a TWinControl - typically a TPanel or a TFrame in each row. Each row
275 >    corresponds to a row of the linked DataSource. Any data aware control on the
276 >    replicated (e.g.) TPanel will then appear to have the appropriate value for the row.
277 >
278 > 2. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "SQLHourGlass" has been added to TIBDatabase.
279 >   When set to false (default true), the Hour Glass cursor is supcpressed and no cursor change
280 >   takes place during database access. This may be useful when there are performance issues with
281 >   the change of cursor. Setting the property to false suppresses the change of cursor.
282 >
283 > 3. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "AutoCommit" has been added to TIBDataSet, TIBQuery
284 >   and TIBTable. When set to acCommitRetaining (Default: acDisabled), a call is made to
285 >   Transaction.CommitRetaining immediately after every Post or Delete. This has the effect of
286 >   making all changes permanent immediately rather than when the transaction is explicitly
287 >   committed.
288 >
289 > 4. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
290 >   using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to test this feature.
291 >
292 > IBX Change Log  version      (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
293 >
294 > Development version only.
295 >
296 > IBX Change Log  version   (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
297 >
298 > 1. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
299 >   This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
300 >   "Where" and "Having" clauses to implement user specified filters of arbitrary
301 >   complexity.
302 >
303 > 2. A new Component Palette entry "Firebird Data Controls" is now available. This has
304 >   three new data aware controls dependent on IBX and which make use of the SQL Parser.
305 >   These are:
306 >
307 >   - TIBLookupComboEditBox
308 >   - TIBDynamicGrid
309 >   - TIBTreeview
310 >
311 >   TIBLookupComboEditBox is a TDBLookupComboBox descendent that implements "autocomplete"
312 >   of typed in text and "autoinsert" of new entries. Autocomplete uses SQL manipulation
313 >   to revise the available list and restrict it to items that are prefixed by the
314 >   typed text (either case sensitive or case insensitive). Autoinsert allows a
315 >   newly typed entry to be added to the list dataset and included in the available
316 >   list items.
317 >
318 >   TIBDynamicGrid is a TDBGrid descendent that provides for:
319 >   - automatic resizing of selected columns to fill the available row length
320 >   - automatic positioning and sizing of a "totals" control, typically at the
321 >     column footer, on a per column basis.
322 >   - DataSet resorting on header row click, sorting the dataset by the selected column.
323 >     A second click on the same header cell reversed the sort order.
324 >   - Support for a "Panel Editor". That is on clicking the indicator column, the row
325 >     is automatically expanded and a panel superimposed on it. The panel can have any
326 >     number of child controls, typically data aware controls with the same datasource
327 >     as the grid allowing for editing of additional fields and more complex editors.
328 >   - Reselection of the same row following resorting.
329 >   - A new cell editor that provides the same functionality as TIBLookupComboEditBox.
330 >     Its properties are specified on a per column basis and allows for one or more
331 >     columns to have their values selected from a list provided by a dataset.
332 >     Autocomplete and autoinsert are also available. The existing picklist editor
333 >     is unaffected by the extension.
334 >
335 >   TIBTreeView is a data aware TCustomTreeView.
336 >
337 > 3. When getting a field value using FieldByName.AsVariant, an SQL_INT64 with a
338 >   zero scale will no longer return an error. An Int64 will be returned instead.
339 >
340 > 4. TIBTransaction now has events for Before and After Transaction End and a new function
341 >   "GetEndAction" allowing the EndAction to be accessed by these event handlers.
342 >
343 > 5. TIBQuery can now handle correctly queries which contain the same keyword parameter
344 >   repeated multiple times.
345 >
346 > 6. TIBUpdateSQL will no longer return an error when "RowsAffected" is <> 1. This error
347 >   check used to get in the way of using Stored Procedures, and "Update or Insert"
348 >   statements.
349 >
350 > 7. Insert, Modify and Delete property Editors now support Query Generation from
351 >   Stored Procedures.
352 >
353 > 8. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
354 >
355 >
356 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
357  
358   1. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
359     setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to

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