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+IBX Change Log  version                                                    (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
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+. IBBlob: Defer reading of blob until read method called. This avoids having to
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+   read in an entire blob just to get the size of the blob. General performance
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+   improvement when opening datasets containing blobs.
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+. Clearing a  Blob now sets the corresponding field's modified flag.
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+. IBLookupCombo: When not performing auto-complete, original query sort order
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+   is now used.
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+. IBDynamicGrid: Add OnSelectEditor event. Allows editor panel to be dynamically
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+   determined.
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+. IBDynamicGrid: Recompute column widths after dataset closed and re-opened.
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+. IBLookupCombo: LazUTF8 added to uses clause to avoid compilation problems post
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+   lazarus 1.6.0
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+. IBControls. Removed "runtime" from list of paths to avoid "multiple packages"
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+   compilation error.
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+IBX Change Log  version                                 (1.4-1) Tue, 17 May 2016 09:14:51 +0100
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+. No character set specified for connection: when a text blob is retrieved, the
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+  character set is determined by looking up the native character set using then
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+  Firebird API. Otherwise a text mode blob is assumed to have the same character
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+  set as the connection.
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+. TIBGUIInterface: this is an internal interface. Minor type changes to allow
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+   for Login Dialog returing a change to the database path.
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+. Design Time Database and Server login Dialogs now allow the Database Name/Server Name
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+   to be changed from that given in the TIBDatabase/TIBServer component and for the
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+   entered value to be saved on a project specific basis (design time only).
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+. IBDynamicGrid: TDBLookupCellEditor now compares its DataFieldName with the
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+   column fieldname. If they are the same then it is acts as a look up for the KeyValue
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+   Otherwise, it sets the column text to the selected ListField Value.
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+. IBDynamicGrid: Only visible columns are now taken into account When recalculating
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+   column width.
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+. IBLookupComboEditBox: Fix error with autocomplete query when a RelationName is given
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+   and a case insensitive search is requested.
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+. IBDynamicGrid: No longer ignores notifications removing Column Totals controls
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+   or column ListSource.
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+. IBQuery: no longer performs unnecessary refresh of SQL Text (and hence avoids an
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+   unprepare) when closing and the text has not changed.
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+. IBSQL: Base the cursor name on a GUID instead of a hexstr version of the class pointer.
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+   Less likely to cause a cursor re-use error on Windows.
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+.SV5IPC: include workaround for OSX. FPC 3.0.0 has broken ipc module for darwin.
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+   Expected to be fixed in 3.0.2. Hence workaround only applies to 3.0.0.
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+. TIBTreeView: Guard against nil destination on record changed
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+. AnsiString Code page support: TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString now return a
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+    string type with the code page set to reflect the returned field encoding after
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+    Firebird driver transliteration, if any.  FPC 3.0.0 onwards only. Behaviour unchanged for
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+    earlier versions.
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+. AnsiString Code page support: Assigning to TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString
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+    will now result in transliteration to the code page specified for the Firebird driver
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+    if the assigned string has a different code page. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only.
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+. TIBDatabase: new property UseDefaultSystemCodePage. When set any lc_ctype parameter
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+    is ignored and the lc_ctype value, when the database is opened, is set to align with
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+    the DefaultSystemCodePage (FPC 3.0.0 onwards). Normally, this is what you want and should ensure
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+    platform independence. Note: this applies to FPC 3.0.0 and earlier versions. Pre FPC
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+.0.0, when this property is true, the lc_ctype is UTF8 except under windows when
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+    the GETACP is used to determine the Windows code page.
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+. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCharSetName. This is the Firebird character set
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+    name used as the lc_ctype when the database was opened. Only valid while the
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+    Database is connected.
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+. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCodePage (FPC >=3.0.0 only). This is the codepage
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+    id that corresponds to the DefaultCharSetName.
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+IBX Change Log  version                          (1.4-0) Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:44:24 +0000
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+. Unix: If Firebird Embedded Server shared object is loaded and a local database
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+   path is given and database attach fails due to access permission issues on the
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+   temp directory or security database, then the attach is retried with "localhost:"
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+   prefixing the databasename. This should avoid problems when the database has to
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+   be accessed by a local (e.g. classic) server and libfbembed is used.
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+. Windows: revised search order for Firebird DLL:
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+     i.   The Firebird Embedded Server in the application Directory.
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+     ii.  If the FIREBIRD environment variable is set then the directory this
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+          points to is searched for the FB Client DLL and then then underlying
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+          "bin" directory.
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+     iii. Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances
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+          is used to locate the Firebird installation directory and the underlying
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+          "bin" directory is searched for the FB Client DLL.
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+     iv.  The Default installation directories C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_x
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+          are searched for the FB Client DLL.
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+     v.   The PATH Environment variable is used to search for the FB Client DLL.
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+     vi.  Finally the  PATH Environment variable is used to search for IBASE.DLL.
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+. New Component: TIBXScript. This is an ISQL compatible SQL script execution engine.
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+   See doc/readme.scriptengine and example applications.
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+. New Component: TIBlocalDBSupport. This is a TIBDatabase support component intended to
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+   simplify the use of the embedded firebird server on both Linux and Windows platforms.
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+   See dpc/readme.localdatabase and example applications.
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+. IBDynamicGrid: Reordering on column header click should now also work for
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+   dynamic columns.
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+. ISQLMonitor: (Windows only). Mutex added to TMultilockGate to avoid race condition
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+   between incrementing/decrementing the lock count and signalling the event.
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+IBX Change Log  version           (1.3-2) Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:39:54 +0000
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+.3.2 was never formally released and only made available as beta copies.
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+. DBControlGrid,IBDynamicGrid: Ignore down arrow and up arrow in TCustomMemo
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+. IBDynamicGrid: Now deals correctly with a single column grid which has no indicator and autosize column
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+. IBLookupComboEditBox: reset timer on each key press - avoids timer going off too early
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+. IBDynamicGrid: Call event OnUpdateSortOrder even when aliasname not found in dataset
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+   i.e. when it is a calculated field
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+. IBDynamicGrid: Fix problem selecting a different row when expanded row at end of grid.
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+   This problem was due to a race condition between recalculating row heights and
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+   determining which row was selected by the mouse click. The row height calculation
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+   is now deferred by an extra trip round the message loop allowing the row to
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+   be always calculated on the current grid layout rather than risking it being
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+   calculated on the grid layout after the expanded row has been shrunk.
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+. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition between cm_killfocus and cm_exit on
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+   Windows.
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+. TIBStringField: Now has two new public properties: CharacterSetName: string and CharacterSetSize: integer;
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+   These properties allow the (Firebird) character set name for the field and the max number of bytes per character
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+   to be determined at runtime. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
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+. TIBWideStringField: This is a new field type with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
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+   TWideStringField. This field type is used with the character size reported by Firebird is two. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
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+. TIBMemoField and TIBWideMemoField: new field types with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
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+   TMemoField and TWideMemoField respectively. These field types are used with Blob subtype 1 and a characterset size of
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+, 3 or 4 (TIBMemoField) or 2 (TIBWideMemoField). See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
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+   Both also have a new published property "DisplayTextAsClassName". If false (default) the displaytext is generated
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+   from the blob text by truncating the string to the displaywidth (in characters not bytes). A displaywidth of zero
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+   implies no truncation.
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+. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force autocomplete when EditingDone called and timer active.
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+. IBDynamicGrid: Call DataSet.Append when entering edit mode and dataset empty and not in insert state
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+   (avoids "Not in Edit Mode" error).
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+. IBDynamicGrid: Correctly resize grid when one column width plus indicator.
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+. IBDynamicGrid: Ensure Editor Panel has focus when shown - avoids Windows API calling
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+    DBGrid.DoExit on subsequent mouse click (e.g. on child control such as a tabbed page control.
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+. IBDynamicGrid: ignore up, down tab and return when editorpanel open and focus in a TCustomGrid descendent.
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+. DBControlGrid: Stop flashing grid when dataset closed and then re-opened while DisabledControls
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+. IBQuery: Bug fixed that prevented SQL being set programmatically once the Parser had been invoked.
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+. IBCustomDataSet: On close, parser is now freed and Select SQL reverts to value before DataSet Opened.
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+IBX Change Log  version        (1.3-1) Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:30:50 +0100
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+.   OnCloseUp Event Handler added to TDBLookupProperties
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+.   IBDynamicGrid: Call to OnEditorPanelHide is now last editor hide action - avoids
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+     problem with row size when exception is called.
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+.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Force pending autocomplete on combobox exit.
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+.   IBDynamicGrid and DBControlGrid: Keyhandler now ignores up, down, escape and return keys if
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+     in a TCustomComboBox and ignores return key if in a TCustomMemo
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+.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that KeyValue is set correctly when full text
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+     keyed in i.e. when autocomplete not performed
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+.   Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and add console mode support. IBX should now support
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+     console mode applications with all LCL required functions (builtin dialogs and
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+     cursor management) centralised in the  IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is
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+     not included in your project, IBX should compile and link with a console mode program.
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+     See consolemode example and its "readme"for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a
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+     console mode application or the IDE will automatically assume that your
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+     application is GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
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+     IMPORTANT NOTE: IBDialogs must be included in GUI applications in order
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+     to use the built in dialogs and cursor management. IBDialogs is
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+     included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source's "uses" clause.
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+     This should be the case for all projects created through the IDE. This is why
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+     you do not want to add the ibexpress package to console mode applications. The
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+     ibexpressconsolemode package has been created to allow console mode programs
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+     to avoid adding LCL dependencies when using IBX, while still having the
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+     unit search paths set up correctly.
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+     Existing users should check to ensure that the "ibexpress" unit is included in
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+     each project's source file (*.lpr).
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+     You may find that in order for the IDE to recognise that ibexpressconsolemode
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+     exists, you have to first open the package in the IDE and then close it. This
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+     adds it to the most recently accessed packages list. To make it permanently
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+     available, add the package name to lazarus' staticpackages.inc file.
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+         Thanks to Julio Jiménez for suggesting support of console mode.
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+.   SQL Parser can now accept quoted strings that include new lines
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+.   IBDynamicGrid: Lookup Cell Editor - the cursor is now positioned at end
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+     of text on start of edit. This is particularly useful when tabbing to a
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+     column and then inserting text.
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+.   New Examples provided for IB Services and ISQLMonitor.
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+. Fix error when writing to blob streams that recorded only the last buffer
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+    write in the blob stream. In most cases, this did not cause a problem as the
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+    IB Blob Stream is written in a single write. However, with the TDBImage, write
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+    of a graphic type prefix was lost which caused a problem when the image could
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+        not be automatically recognised.
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+. Improve generation of random cursor names in TIBSQL - avoid risk of "cursor
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+    already open" errors due to random numbers used for the cursor name being identical.
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+. IBTable: corrected error that could result in an "Index out of bounds" error
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+    when opening the table and the Primary Key is the last or only column in the
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+    table. Thanks to Rick Hoover for the fix.
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+. Fix TIBDatabase initialisation of lc_ctype under unix. Set to "UTF8" instead
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+    of "UTF-8", and update list of available database character sets. Existing
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+    users should check the current lc_ctype setting in their applications.
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+IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
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+.  Firebird Services: avoid List Index error when opening a service with an
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+    empty Params property.
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+.  IBControls: Fix problem with new link mechanism introduced in 1.2.3.
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+    Link now set up in Loaded method - avoids occasional failure to apply
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+    SQL markup on initial open.
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+.  "Employees" example performance improvements when scrolling.
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+.  DBControlGrid: Correctly handle edit panel removal when panel is child control of a
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+    TFrame. Force recaching of selected frame to avoid GTK race (results in a
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+    random image cached).
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+.  DBControlGrid: Should now react to changes in panel height at run time.
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+.  IBDynamicGrid: Redraws rows below on panel editor hide - avoids blank space at end of grid
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+    even when further rows exist.
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+.  DBControlGrid: DefaultRowHeight is no longer a published property as it should
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+    always be derived from panel height and setting this property can cause confusion.
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+    Note for existing projects: to avoid a missing property error at run time,
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+    each form using the DBControlGrid must be opened, updated and saved in the IDE
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+    in order to remove the property value from the lfm.
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+IBX Change Log  version (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
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+.  TIBStoredProc. Prepare now called by ParamByName to avoid need to always
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+    call Prepare before setting parameter values.
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+.  Error message on ParamByName (all cases) not found now includes name of missing parameter.
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+.  Code tidyup and more robust handling of dsql information result vector.
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+.  Support for centralised handling of transaction status changes. TIBTransaction
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+    has been given additional events "AfterEdit", "AfterInsert", "AfterDelete", "AfterPost"
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+    and "AfterExecQuery". The first three are called after the same event is called
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+    for an IBCustomDataSet descendent using the Transaction. The fourth is called
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+    after a call to TIBSQL.ExecQuery, again using this transaction. These new events
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+    enable monitoring of transaction status changes for a given transaction to be
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+    handled in a single place. For example, when a change to the dataset occurs
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+    an indicator can be set that shows the user that in order to save changes,
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+    the transaction should be committed.  Rather than doing this per dataset, this
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+    can now be done per transaction.
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+.  TDataSet.CheckBrowseMode automatically posts changes to the current row when
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+    the dataset is scrolled. However, any changes to the current row are, by default,
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+    discarded when the dataset is closed. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery and TIBTable now
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+    have a new property "DataSetCloseAction" that adds automatic posting of changes
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+    on dataset close. If this property is set to dcDiscardChanges (default) then the
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+    behaviour is unchanged from previous versions. if the value is set to dcSaveChanges
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+    then IBX will attempt to post any unsaved changes before the dataset is closed
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+    (and after the BeforeClose event handler is called). The exception is when the
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+    dataset is being closed as a result of a transaction rollback. In this case,
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+    no action is taken and any unsaved  changes are discarded. This avoids both
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+    unnecessary overhead and the risk that a validation error may occur in the Post
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+    raising an exception and thereby preventing a rollback.
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+.  String Field sizes and Display Widths should now be correct for multi-byte character sets.
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+    In earlier versions, the Display Width was set to the maximum byte width rather than the character
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+    width. Display Widths are now corrected by dividing by the max byte width per character.
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+    For UTF8 character sets, the byte width is four and hence the Display Width will be
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+    the byte width divided by 4. The byte width of each character set is determined
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+    dynamically when the database connection is estabished from the RDB$CHARACTER_SETS
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+    system table. (see also http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=27766).
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+.  SQLParser will now correctly parse SQL Text which contains ':' within quoted string.
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+.  IBLookupComboEditBox: List should now always be restored to full list when the
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+    control loses focus. Default Key press default interval reduced to 200ms.
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+.  DBControlGrid: Ensure that selection is changed to newly appended row, even
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+    when dataset rows are less than visible rows.
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+. IBDynamicGrid: Editor Panel is not shown on indicator click if Datasource
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+    does not exist or DataSet is empty. More responsive on dataset open. New event
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+    OnRestorePosition. Column sort disabled if no header row.
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+. IBTreeView: improved handling of response to "Add Node". Avoid scrolling dataset
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+    while dataset state is dsInsert. Avoids posting errors.
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+. IBControls: New mechanism for distributing UpdateSQL and UpdateParams events. This is to
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+    avoid conflict with DisableControls/EnableControls with Master/Detail linked tables.
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+. IBLookupComboEditBox: Now avoids SQL Errors when combo box text contains single quotes.
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+. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new Event - OnValidatePost. This event has been introduced
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+    to solve a specific problem. That is when the dataset cursor is moved (e.g. by
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+    a grid mouse click and the current row is being edited or inserted. In this case, TDataset
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+    always "posts" the current record regardless or whether or not it may be more appropriate
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+    to cancel any changes; the post occurs before the "BeforeScroll" event fires due to the way the
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+    "MoveBy" function is implemented by TDataSet. The OnValidatePost event is called
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+    as the first action of the "Post" method and allows the handler to convert the Post
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+    into a Cancel if that is the appropriate action on moving to a different row. This is
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+    achieved by returning with "CancelPost" argument set to true. Note that an exception could be
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+    raised here, but it may still be more appropriate to validate a post and signal
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+    a problem in the "BeforePost" event handler. See readme.automaticposts.xhtml)
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+. On Unix derived systems, the Firebird library name can now be given as a colon
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+    separated list. Each library name on the list is tried in turn, in left to right
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+    order with the first found being used as the firebird library. By default, on Linux,
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+    the library name list is 'libfbembed.so.2.5:libfbembed.so.2.1:libfbclient.so.2'. This can be
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+    overidden by the FBLIB environment variable or the OnGetLibraryName function.
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+    Note: when using the libfbembed.so, if you prefix the database name with "localhost:"
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+    then it will still attempt to access the database via the Firebird Server and will
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+    require a username and password. If only the pathname is given, then the username
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+    and password should be omitted and the unix file permissions are used to grant
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+    access.
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+IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
+.  A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
+    rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
+    that replicates a TWinControl - typically a TPanel or a TFrame in each row. Each row
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+    correspondes to a row of the linked DataSource. Any data aware control on the
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+    corresponds to a row of the linked DataSource. Any data aware control on the
+    replicated (e.g.) TPanel will then appear to have the appropriate value for the row.
+. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "SQLHourGlass" has been added to TIBDatabase.
+   committed.
+. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
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+   using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to test this feature.
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+Development version only.
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+IBX Change Log  version   (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
+. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
+   This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
+. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
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+IBX Change Log  version  (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
+. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
+   setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to

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