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1 < IBX Change Log  version >  (1.0-1) Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:28:14 +0100
1 > IBX Change Log  version                                                              (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
2 >
3 > 1.  Firebird Services: avoid List Index error when opening a service with an
4 >    empty Params property.
5 >
6 > 2.  IBControls: Fix problem with new link mechanism introduced in 1.2.3.
7 >    Link now set up in Loaded method - avoids occasional failure to apply
8 >    SQL markup on initial open.
9 >
10 > 3.  "Employees" example performance improvements when scrolling.
11 >
12 > 4.  DBControlGrid: Correctly handle edit panel removal when panel is child control of a
13 >    TFrame. Force recaching of selected frame to avoid GTK race (results in a
14 >    random image cached).
15 >
16 > 5.  DBControlGrid: Should now react to changes in panel height at run time.
17 >
18 > 6.  IBDynamicGrid: Redraws rows below on panel editor hide - avoids blank space at end of grid  
19 >    even when further rows exist.
20 >
21 > 7.  DBControlGrid: DefaultRowHeight is no longer a published property as it should
22 >    always be derived from panel height and setting this property can cause confusion.
23 >    Note for existing projects: to avoid a missing property error at run time,
24 >    each form using the DBControlGrid must be opened, updated and saved in the IDE
25 >    in order to remove the property value from the lfm.
26 >
27 >
28 > IBX Change Log  version                                                          (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
29 >
30 > 1.  TIBStoredProc. Prepare now called by ParamByName to avoid need to always
31 >    call Prepare before setting parameter values.
32 >
33 > 2.  Error message on ParamByName (all cases) not found now includes name of missing parameter.
34 >
35 > 3.  Code tidyup and more robust handling of dsql information result vector.
36 >
37 > 4.  Support for centralised handling of transaction status changes. TIBTransaction
38 >    has been given additional events "AfterEdit", "AfterInsert", "AfterDelete", "AfterPost"
39 >    and "AfterExecQuery". The first three are called after the same event is called
40 >    for an IBCustomDataSet descendent using the Transaction. The fourth is called
41 >    after a call to TIBSQL.ExecQuery, again using this transaction. These new events
42 >    enable monitoring of transaction status changes for a given transaction to be
43 >    handled in a single place. For example, when a change to the dataset occurs
44 >    an indicator can be set that shows the user that in order to save changes,
45 >    the transaction should be committed.  Rather than doing this per dataset, this
46 >    can now be done per transaction.
47 >
48 > 5.  TDataSet.CheckBrowseMode automatically posts changes to the current row when
49 >    the dataset is scrolled. However, any changes to the current row are, by default,
50 >    discarded when the dataset is closed. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery and TIBTable now
51 >    have a new property "DataSetCloseAction" that adds automatic posting of changes
52 >    on dataset close. If this property is set to dcDiscardChanges (default) then the
53 >    behaviour is unchanged from previous versions. if the value is set to dcSaveChanges
54 >    then IBX will attempt to post any unsaved changes before the dataset is closed
55 >    (and after the BeforeClose event handler is called). The exception is when the
56 >    dataset is being closed as a result of a transaction rollback. In this case,
57 >    no action is taken and any unsaved  changes are discarded. This avoids both
58 >    unnecessary overhead and the risk that a validation error may occur in the Post
59 >    raising an exception and thereby preventing a rollback.
60 >
61 > 6.  String Field sizes and Display Widths should now be correct for multi-byte character sets.
62 >    In earlier versions, the Display Width was set to the maximum byte width rather than the character
63 >    width. Display Widths are now corrected by dividing by the max byte width per character.
64 >    For UTF8 character sets, the byte width is four and hence the Display Width will be
65 >    the byte width divided by 4. The byte width of each character set is determined
66 >    dynamically when the database connection is estabished from the RDB$CHARACTER_SETS
67 >    system table. (see also http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=27766).
68 >
69 > 7.  SQLParser will now correctly parse SQL Text which contains ':' within quoted string.
70 >
71 > 8.  IBLookupComboEditBox: List should now always be restored to full list when the
72 >    control loses focus. Default Key press default interval reduced to 200ms.
73 >
74 > 9.  DBControlGrid: Ensure that selection is changed to newly appended row, even
75 >    when dataset rows are less than visible rows.
76 >
77 > 10. IBDynamicGrid: Editor Panel is not shown on indicator click if Datasource
78 >    does not exist or DataSet is empty. More responsive on dataset open. New event
79 >    OnRestorePosition. Column sort disabled if no header row.
80 >
81 > 11. IBTreeView: improved handling of response to "Add Node". Avoid scrolling dataset
82 >    while dataset state is dsInsert. Avoids posting errors.
83 >
84 > 12. IBControls: New mechanism for distributing UpdateSQL and UpdateParams events. This is to
85 >    avoid conflict with DisableControls/EnableControls with Master/Detail linked tables.
86 >
87 > 13. IBLookupComboEditBox: Now avoids SQL Errors when combo box text contains single quotes.
88 >
89 > 14. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new Event - OnValidatePost. This event has been introduced
90 >    to solve a specific problem. That is when the dataset cursor is moved (e.g. by
91 >    a grid mouse click and the current row is being edited or inserted. In this case, TDataset
92 >    always "posts" the current record regardless or whether or not it may be more appropriate
93 >    to cancel any changes; the post occurs before the "BeforeScroll" event fires due to the way the
94 >    "MoveBy" function is implemented by TDataSet. The OnValidatePost event is called
95 >    as the first action of the "Post" method and allows the handler to convert the Post
96 >    into a Cancel if that is the appropriate action on moving to a different row. This is
97 >    achieved by returning with "CancelPost" argument set to true. Note that an exception could be
98 >    raised here, but it may still be more appropriate to validate a post and signal
99 >    a problem in the "BeforePost" event handler. See readme.automaticposts.xhtml)
100 >
101 > 15. On Unix derived systems, the Firebird library name can now be given as a colon
102 >    separated list. Each library name on the list is tried in turn, in left to right
103 >    order with the first found being used as the firebird library. By default, on Linux,
104 >    the library name list is 'libfbembed.so.2.5:libfbembed.so.2.1:libfbclient.so.2'. This can be
105 >    overidden by the FBLIB environment variable or the OnGetLibraryName function.
106 >
107 >    Note: when using the libfbembed.so, if you prefix the database name with "localhost:"
108 >    then it will still attempt to access the database via the Firebird Server and will
109 >    require a username and password. If only the pathname is given, then the username
110 >    and password should be omitted and the unix file permissions are used to grant
111 >    access.
112 >
113 > IBX Change Log  version                                                    (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
114 >
115 > 1.  A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
116 >    rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
117 >    that replicates a TWinControl - typically a TPanel or a TFrame in each row. Each row
118 >    corresponds to a row of the linked DataSource. Any data aware control on the
119 >    replicated (e.g.) TPanel will then appear to have the appropriate value for the row.
120 >
121 > 2. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "SQLHourGlass" has been added to TIBDatabase.
122 >   When set to false (default true), the Hour Glass cursor is supcpressed and no cursor change
123 >   takes place during database access. This may be useful when there are performance issues with
124 >   the change of cursor. Setting the property to false suppresses the change of cursor.
125 >
126 > 3. As suggested by Julio Jiménez, a new property "AutoCommit" has been added to TIBDataSet, TIBQuery
127 >   and TIBTable. When set to acCommitRetaining (Default: acDisabled), a call is made to
128 >   Transaction.CommitRetaining immediately after every Post or Delete. This has the effect of
129 >   making all changes permanent immediately rather than when the transaction is explicitly
130 >   committed.
131 >
132 > 4. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
133 >   using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to test this feature.
134 >
135 > IBX Change Log  version                                                   (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
136 >
137 > Development version only.
138 >
139 > IBX Change Log  version                                      (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
140 >
141 > 1. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
142 >   This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
143 >   "Where" and "Having" clauses to implement user specified filters of arbitrary
144 >   complexity.
145 >
146 > 2. A new Component Palette entry "Firebird Data Controls" is now available. This has
147 >   three new data aware controls dependent on IBX and which make use of the SQL Parser.
148 >   These are:
149 >
150 >   - TIBLookupComboEditBox
151 >   - TIBDynamicGrid
152 >   - TIBTreeview
153 >
154 >   TIBLookupComboEditBox is a TDBLookupComboBox descendent that implements "autocomplete"
155 >   of typed in text and "autoinsert" of new entries. Autocomplete uses SQL manipulation
156 >   to revise the available list and restrict it to items that are prefixed by the
157 >   typed text (either case sensitive or case insensitive). Autoinsert allows a
158 >   newly typed entry to be added to the list dataset and included in the available
159 >   list items.
160 >
161 >   TIBDynamicGrid is a TDBGrid descendent that provides for:
162 >   - automatic resizing of selected columns to fill the available row length
163 >   - automatic positioning and sizing of a "totals" control, typically at the
164 >     column footer, on a per column basis.
165 >   - DataSet resorting on header row click, sorting the dataset by the selected column.
166 >     A second click on the same header cell reversed the sort order.
167 >   - Support for a "Panel Editor". That is on clicking the indicator column, the row
168 >     is automatically expanded and a panel superimposed on it. The panel can have any
169 >     number of child controls, typically data aware controls with the same datasource
170 >     as the grid allowing for editing of additional fields and more complex editors.
171 >   - Reselection of the same row following resorting.
172 >   - A new cell editor that provides the same functionality as TIBLookupComboEditBox.
173 >     Its properties are specified on a per column basis and allows for one or more
174 >     columns to have their values selected from a list provided by a dataset.
175 >     Autocomplete and autoinsert are also available. The existing picklist editor
176 >     is unaffected by the extension.
177 >
178 >   TIBTreeView is a data aware TCustomTreeView.
179 >
180 > 3. When getting a field value using FieldByName.AsVariant, an SQL_INT64 with a
181 >   zero scale will no longer return an error. An Int64 will be returned instead.
182 >
183 > 4. TIBTransaction now has events for Before and After Transaction End and a new function
184 >   "GetEndAction" allowing the EndAction to be accessed by these event handlers.
185 >
186 > 5. TIBQuery can now handle correctly queries which contain the same keyword parameter
187 >   repeated multiple times.
188 >
189 > 6. TIBUpdateSQL will no longer return an error when "RowsAffected" is <> 1. This error
190 >   check used to get in the way of using Stored Procedures, and "Update or Insert"
191 >   statements.
192 >
193 > 7. Insert, Modify and Delete property Editors now support Query Generation from
194 >   Stored Procedures.
195 >
196 > 8. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
197 >
198 >
199 > IBX Change Log  version                      (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
200 >
201 > 1. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
202 >   setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to
203 >   Gabor Boros for reporting this problem and for testing the improvements).
204 >
205 > 2. IBX can now support dialect 3 quoted column names that contain spaces and which differ only in their case.
206 >   See readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.
207 >
208 > 3. IBX SQL Editors will now automatically add double quotes around column names when the database
209 >   dialect is "3" and the column name contains spaces or is a Firebird 2.5 SQL Reserved Word.
210 >
211 > 4. Param Type LargeInt now supported in TIBQuery and TIBStoredProc
212 >
213 > 5. TIBSQL.ExecQuery retry on failure removed to avoid problems with "at most once"
214 >   actions.
215 >
216 > 6. TIBTransaction.SetDefaultDatabase uses SetObjectProp instead of mis-using SetOrdProp (with
217 >   thanks to Yuriy Kopnin for pointing this out).
218 >
219 > 7. GenerateParamName is now a published property of TIBSQL, TIBQuery and TIBDataSet.
220 >
221 > 8. varWord, varShortInt and varInt64 added to TIBXSQLVAR.SetAsVariant and hence now available as variant types
222 >   for both fields and parameter setting.
223 >
224 > 9. Changes to the Select SQL in an IBCustomDataset descendent should now be
225 >   visible in the Fields Editor immediately afterwards - rather than only after cycling the "active" property.
226 >
227 > 10. TIBSQL SQL editor will operate correctly and not report an SQL syntax error on SQL test,
228 >    when DSQL ('?') parameter placeholders are used and the TIBSQL.GenerateParamNames property is set to true.
229 >
230 > 11. TIBTable now has a property editor for "MasterFields"
231 >
232 > 12. SQL Property Editors now include a checkbox "Allow DSQL Placeholder". This corresponds to the
233 >    GenerateParamNames property and should be set when using DSQL (i.e. '?') style parameters.
234 >
235 > 13. The IBTransaction editor now has a radio button ("Unspecified") which is set when the combination
236 >    of settings is unrecognised. Selecting this radio button has no effect on the settings.
237 >  
238 >
239 > IBX Change Log  version                 (1.0-5) Sat, 28 Dec 2013 19:22:23 +0000
240 >
241 > 1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to >= 2.7.0 to match revised availability of change.
242 >
243 > IBX Change Log  version          (1.0-4) Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:56:13 +0000
244 >
245 > 1. In a TIBCustomDataset descendent, a generator now only sets the value when
246 >   it is null. This allows for alternative user defined setting of the generator
247 >
248 >   Many thanks to Julio Jiménez for this fix
249 >
250 > 2. An Error Dialog is now displayed in the Lazarus IDE if IBX cannot find the Firebird Library
251 >   and suggests that the user may have forgotten to install it.
252 >
253 > IBX Change Log  version         (1.0-3) Thu, 22 Nov 2012 22:53:39 +0000
254 >
255 > 1. Conditional compilation used to limit registration of TIntegerField to
256 >   Lazarus versions less than 1.1
257 >
258 > 2. When a database connection is created, character set is now by default set
259 >   to UTF8 (Unix) or to the current Windows code page (Windows) if in the range
260 >   1250 to 1254.
261 >
262 >
263 > IBX Change Log  version     (1.0-2) Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:10:30 +0100
264 >
265 > 1. TBookmark change conditional compile changed to > 2.6.2 to match expected availability of change.
266 >
267 >
268 > IBX Change Log  version    (1.0-1) Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:00:04 +0100
269  
270   1. In IBCustomDataset. Changed CurBookmark from string to TBookmark for compiler versions > 2.6.0
271     Necessary because of TBookmark type and TDataSet.Bookmark property change in fpc 2.7.1

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