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1 < IBX Change Log  version                                                              (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
1 > IBX Change Log  version                   (2.0.3) tba, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:53 +0000
2 >
3 > 1. IBCustomDataset: Minor change of PChar to PByte for compatibility with fbintf
4 >   changes.
5 >
6 > 2. IBCustomDataset: Fixed use of incorrect datasize in TIBStringField.SetAsString.
7 >   Bug could result in truncated multi-byte character set values.
8 >
9 > 3. Changes consequential on moving fbintf character set utility functions from
10 >   IFirebirdAPI to IAttachment.
11 >
12 > 4. Avoid "Object is nil" error when opening a database with DefaultSystemCodePage = true
13 >
14 > IBX Change Log  version                   (2.0-2) Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:53 +0000
15 >
16 > 1. TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase: extract full DB Name from SQL using reg ex in order to
17 >   include remote system name.
18 >
19 > 2. TIBExtract: No longer include comment header and COMMIT statement for empty
20 >   tables when data included in output.
21 >
22 > 3. Profiling: IBSQL now has conditional compilation flags to enable query performance
23 >   and timing information to be written to stdout. This may be used to locate
24 >   performance bottlenecks.
25 >
26 > 4. SQLParser: only call "OnChanging" event handler when value is different.
27 >
28 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Update handling of navigation keys for a TDateEdit
29 >
30 > 6. IBCustomDataset: Set internalunprepared flag when transaction ends. This ensures
31 >   that BindFields is called when the query is next activated. Avoids FieldName
32 >   not found error.
33 >
34 > IBX Change Log  version                  (2.0-1) Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:31:49 +0000
35 >
36 > 1. TIBEvents: Fix uninitialised variable that could result in lost events.
37 >
38 > 2. TIBExtract: Added support for FB3 "USAGE" privilege.
39 >
40 > 3. TIBExtract: data formatted as Charset set "octets" is now output using
41 >   hexadecimal notation.
42 >
43 > 4. TIBExtract: Binary Blobs and array data can now be embedded in INSERT statements
44 >   using a simple XML format.
45 >
46 > 5. TIBExtract: extract of individual Triggers and Stored Procedures can now include
47 >   grants to these objects.
48 >
49 > 6. TIBExtract: Stored Procedures and Views output in dependency order to avoid
50 >   dependency problems restoring complex databases.
51 >
52 > 7. TIBXScript: This component has been restructured to allow for the processing of
53 >   embedded XML in INSERT statements and to support interactive sources in addition
54 >   to non-interactive data sources such as files.
55 >
56 > 8. TIBXScript: CREATE DATABASE, DROP DATABASE, CONNECT statements are now supported.
57 >
58 > 9. TIBXScript: ISQL compatiable Set statements are now supported:
59 >   SET SQL DIALECT
60 >   SET TERM
61 >   SET AUTODDL
62 >   SET BAIL
63 >   SET ECHO
64 >   SET COUNT
65 >   SET STATS
66 >   SET NAMES <character set>
67 >
68 > 10. IBVersion unit added to hold current IBX Version Number information.
69 >
70 > 11. TIBExtract: Use character rather than byte length for VarChar procedure arguments.,
71 >    and domain definitions.
72 >
73 > 12. TIBExtract: Triggers now use SQL2003 syntax and database and transaction triggers
74 >    fully supported.
75 >
76 > 13. TIBExtract: when a database dump includes data, the generator values are now also set.
77 >
78 > 14: IBSQLEdit: Unit LCLPlatformDef added to uses clauses for lazarus 1.7 and later.
79 >
80 > IBX Change Log  version     (2.0-0) Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:33:44 +0000
81 >
82 > See also doc/IBX4LazarusGuide.pdf for important information on
83 > upgrading to IBX2.
84 >
85 > 1. Size property of TIBStringField is now the width in characters of the field
86 >   and not the byte length. This applies only to multi-byte character sets such
87 >   as UTF8. The original approach aligned with TStringField. However, the TStringField
88 >   code is not recognised as a bug and hence this change to align the behaviour.
89 >   The TStringField change is expected in fpc 3.2.0.
90 >
91 > 2. A new property AutoFieldSize: boolean has been added to TIBStringField. When
92 >   true (default) then Size property value saved in the lfm is ignored. Size is
93 >   always set from the dynamic information read from the database. It is unclear
94 >   why anyone would want to override this and set Size to false.
95 >
96 > 3. ibxscript: should now handle correctly a Case..End statement within a procedure
97 >   block.
98 >
99 > 4. IBDatabase: new property - CreateIfNotExists. If true and database does not
100 >   exist when an attempt is made to connect to it (run time only) then an attempt
101 >   is made to create the database.
102 >
103 > 5. IBDatabase: new event - OnCreateDatabase. This event is called after a database
104 >   has been successfully created as a result of a call to CreateDatabase or when
105 >   creating a database after it was found not to exist.
106 >
107 > 6.  DBControlGrid: a race condition could result in the wrong row image being
108 >    written to the cache. This has been avoided by a trip round the message
109 >    loop before rendering the row image.
110 >
111 > 7.  DBControlGrid: It is strongly recommended not to open the source DataSet for
112 >    a DBControlGrid during a Form's "OnShow" event handler. Under GTK2 this is
113 >    known to risk corrupt rendering of row images when the control is first
114 >    displayed. If necessary use "Application.QueueAsyncCall" to delay opening
115 >    of the dataset (see DBControlGrid examples) until the Form's Window has been created.
116 >
117 > 8.  DBControlGrid & IBDynamicGrid: Navigation keys should now work correctly with
118 >    a TDateEdit control located on an editor panel.
119 >
120 > 9.  TIBExtract: brought up-to-date plus many bug fixes.
121 >
122 > 10. DBControlGrid: Removed memory leak when updating rows.
123 >
124 > 11. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: fixed invalid free on upgrade.
125 >
126 > IBX Change Log  version                                           (1.4-3) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:10:15 +0100
127 >
128 > 1. IBCustomDataset: When calling SetCodePage, no longer request transliteration
129 >   when target codepage is CP_NONE. This is a workaround for
130 >   http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30622.
131 >
132 > 2. DBLog option removed from TIBStatisticalService - not supported by server
133 >   since Firebird 1.5.
134 >
135 > 3. ibxscript: An error is no longer generated for "on commit preserve rows" or
136 >   similar.
137 >
138 > 4. IBCodePage: updated mapping between codepages and character id.
139 >
140 > 5. ftWideString and ftWideMemo withdrawn. There is no UTF16 character set in
141 >   Firebird. Character sets with a char width of two are not UTF16.
142 >
143 > 6. Strings received from the database are now always transliterated into UTF8
144 >   regardless of the database character set or connection character set. This
145 >   is for compatibility with the LCL.
146 >
147 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.4-2) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:25:27 +0100
148 >
149 > 1. IBBlob: Defer reading of blob until read method called. This avoids having to
150 >   read in an entire blob just to get the size of the blob. General performance
151 >   improvement when opening datasets containing blobs.
152 >
153 > 2. Clearing a  Blob now sets the corresponding field's modified flag.
154 >
155 > 3. IBLookupCombo: When not performing auto-complete, original query sort order
156 >   is now used.
157 >
158 > 4. IBDynamicGrid: Add OnSelectEditor event. Allows editor panel to be dynamically
159 >   determined.
160 >
161 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Recompute column widths after dataset closed and re-opened.
162 >
163 > 6. IBLookupCombo: LazUTF8 added to uses clause to avoid compilation problems post
164 >   lazarus 1.6.0
165 >
166 > 7. IBControls. Removed "runtime" from list of paths to avoid "multiple packages"
167 >   compilation error.
168 >
169 > IBX Change Log  version                                 (1.4-1) Tue, 17 May 2016 09:14:51 +0100
170 >
171 > 1. No character set specified for connection: when a text blob is retrieved, the
172 >  character set is determined by looking up the native character set using then
173 >  Firebird API. Otherwise a text mode blob is assumed to have the same character
174 >  set as the connection.
175 >
176 > 2. TIBGUIInterface: this is an internal interface. Minor type changes to allow
177 >   for Login Dialog returing a change to the database path.
178 >
179 > 3. Design Time Database and Server login Dialogs now allow the Database Name/Server Name
180 >   to be changed from that given in the TIBDatabase/TIBServer component and for the
181 >   entered value to be saved on a project specific basis (design time only).
182 >
183 > 4. IBDynamicGrid: TDBLookupCellEditor now compares its DataFieldName with the
184 >   column fieldname. If they are the same then it is acts as a look up for the KeyValue
185 >   Otherwise, it sets the column text to the selected ListField Value.
186 >
187 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Only visible columns are now taken into account When recalculating
188 >   column width.
189 >
190 > 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Fix error with autocomplete query when a RelationName is given
191 >   and a case insensitive search is requested.
192 >
193 > 7. IBDynamicGrid: No longer ignores notifications removing Column Totals controls
194 >   or column ListSource.
195 >
196 > 8. IBQuery: no longer performs unnecessary refresh of SQL Text (and hence avoids an
197 >   unprepare) when closing and the text has not changed.
198 >
199 > 9. IBSQL: Base the cursor name on a GUID instead of a hexstr version of the class pointer.
200 >   Less likely to cause a cursor re-use error on Windows.
201 >
202 > 10.SV5IPC: include workaround for OSX. FPC 3.0.0 has broken ipc module for darwin.
203 >   Expected to be fixed in 3.0.2. Hence workaround only applies to 3.0.0.
204 >
205 > 11. TIBTreeView: Guard against nil destination on record changed
206 >
207 > 12. AnsiString Code page support: TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString now return a
208 >    string type with the code page set to reflect the returned field encoding after
209 >    Firebird driver transliteration, if any.  FPC 3.0.0 onwards only. Behaviour unchanged for
210 >    earlier versions.
211 >
212 > 13. AnsiString Code page support: Assigning to TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString
213 >    will now result in transliteration to the code page specified for the Firebird driver
214 >    if the assigned string has a different code page. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only.
215 >
216 > 14. TIBDatabase: new property UseDefaultSystemCodePage. When set any lc_ctype parameter
217 >    is ignored and the lc_ctype value, when the database is opened, is set to align with
218 >    the DefaultSystemCodePage (FPC 3.0.0 onwards). Normally, this is what you want and should ensure
219 >    platform independence. Note: this applies to FPC 3.0.0 and earlier versions. Pre FPC
220 >    3.0.0, when this property is true, the lc_ctype is UTF8 except under windows when
221 >    the GETACP is used to determine the Windows code page.
222 >
223 > 15. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCharSetName. This is the Firebird character set
224 >    name used as the lc_ctype when the database was opened. Only valid while the
225 >    Database is connected.
226 >
227 > 16. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCodePage (FPC >=3.0.0 only). This is the codepage
228 >    id that corresponds to the DefaultCharSetName.
229 >
230 > IBX Change Log  version                          (1.4-0) Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:44:24 +0000
231 >
232 > 1. Unix: If Firebird Embedded Server shared object is loaded and a local database
233 >   path is given and database attach fails due to access permission issues on the
234 >   temp directory or security database, then the attach is retried with "localhost:"
235 >   prefixing the databasename. This should avoid problems when the database has to
236 >   be accessed by a local (e.g. classic) server and libfbembed is used.
237 >
238 > 2. Windows: revised search order for Firebird DLL:
239 >     i.   The Firebird Embedded Server in the application Directory.
240 >     ii.  If the FIREBIRD environment variable is set then the directory this
241 >          points to is searched for the FB Client DLL and then then underlying
242 >          "bin" directory.
243 >     iii. Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances
244 >          is used to locate the Firebird installation directory and the underlying
245 >          "bin" directory is searched for the FB Client DLL.
246 >     iv.  The Default installation directories C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_x
247 >          are searched for the FB Client DLL.
248 >     v.   The PATH Environment variable is used to search for the FB Client DLL.
249 >     vi.  Finally the  PATH Environment variable is used to search for IBASE.DLL.
250 >
251 > 3. New Component: TIBXScript. This is an ISQL compatible SQL script execution engine.
252 >   See doc/readme.scriptengine and example applications.
253 >
254 > 4. New Component: TIBlocalDBSupport. This is a TIBDatabase support component intended to
255 >   simplify the use of the embedded firebird server on both Linux and Windows platforms.
256 >   See dpc/readme.localdatabase and example applications.
257 >
258 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Reordering on column header click should now also work for
259 >   dynamic columns.
260 >
261 > 6. ISQLMonitor: (Windows only). Mutex added to TMultilockGate to avoid race condition
262 >   between incrementing/decrementing the lock count and signalling the event.
263 >
264 > IBX Change Log  version           (1.3-2) Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:39:54 +0000
265 >
266 > 1.3.2 was never formally released and only made available as beta copies.
267 >
268 > 1. DBControlGrid,IBDynamicGrid: Ignore down arrow and up arrow in TCustomMemo
269 >
270 > 2. IBDynamicGrid: Now deals correctly with a single column grid which has no indicator and autosize column
271 >
272 > 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: reset timer on each key press - avoids timer going off too early
273 >
274 > 4. IBDynamicGrid: Call event OnUpdateSortOrder even when aliasname not found in dataset
275 >   i.e. when it is a calculated field
276 >
277 > 5. IBDynamicGrid: Fix problem selecting a different row when expanded row at end of grid.
278 >   This problem was due to a race condition between recalculating row heights and
279 >   determining which row was selected by the mouse click. The row height calculation
280 >   is now deferred by an extra trip round the message loop allowing the row to
281 >   be always calculated on the current grid layout rather than risking it being
282 >   calculated on the grid layout after the expanded row has been shrunk.
283 >
284 > 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition between cm_killfocus and cm_exit on
285 >   Windows.
286 >
287 > 7. TIBStringField: Now has two new public properties: CharacterSetName: string and CharacterSetSize: integer;
288 >   These properties allow the (Firebird) character set name for the field and the max number of bytes per character
289 >   to be determined at runtime. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
290 >
291 > 8. TIBWideStringField: This is a new field type with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
292 >   TWideStringField. This field type is used with the character size reported by Firebird is two. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
293 >
294 > 9. TIBMemoField and TIBWideMemoField: new field types with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
295 >   TMemoField and TWideMemoField respectively. These field types are used with Blob subtype 1 and a characterset size of
296 >   1, 3 or 4 (TIBMemoField) or 2 (TIBWideMemoField). See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
297 >
298 >   Both also have a new published property "DisplayTextAsClassName". If false (default) the displaytext is generated
299 >   from the blob text by truncating the string to the displaywidth (in characters not bytes). A displaywidth of zero
300 >   implies no truncation.
301 >
302 > 10. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force autocomplete when EditingDone called and timer active.
303 >
304 > 11. IBDynamicGrid: Call DataSet.Append when entering edit mode and dataset empty and not in insert state
305 >   (avoids "Not in Edit Mode" error).
306 >
307 > 12. IBDynamicGrid: Correctly resize grid when one column width plus indicator.
308 >
309 > 13. IBDynamicGrid: Ensure Editor Panel has focus when shown - avoids Windows API calling
310 >    DBGrid.DoExit on subsequent mouse click (e.g. on child control such as a tabbed page control.
311 >
312 > 14. IBDynamicGrid: ignore up, down tab and return when editorpanel open and focus in a TCustomGrid descendent.
313 >
314 > 15. DBControlGrid: Stop flashing grid when dataset closed and then re-opened while DisabledControls
315 >
316 > 16. IBQuery: Bug fixed that prevented SQL being set programmatically once the Parser had been invoked.
317 >
318 > 17. IBCustomDataSet: On close, parser is now freed and Select SQL reverts to value before DataSet Opened.
319 >
320 > IBX Change Log  version        (1.3-1) Sat, 18 Jul 2015 13:30:50 +0100
321 >
322 > 1.   OnCloseUp Event Handler added to TDBLookupProperties
323 >
324 > 2.   IBDynamicGrid: Call to OnEditorPanelHide is now last editor hide action - avoids
325 >     problem with row size when exception is called.
326 >
327 > 3.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Force pending autocomplete on combobox exit.
328 >
329 > 4.   IBDynamicGrid and DBControlGrid: Keyhandler now ignores up, down, escape and return keys if
330 >     in a TCustomComboBox and ignores return key if in a TCustomMemo
331 >
332 > 5.   IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that KeyValue is set correctly when full text
333 >     keyed in i.e. when autocomplete not performed
334 >
335 > 6.   Cleanup of "Uses" clauses and add console mode support. IBX should now support
336 >     console mode applications with all LCL required functions (builtin dialogs and
337 >     cursor management) centralised in the  IBDialogs unit. As long as "IBDialogs" is
338 >     not included in your project, IBX should compile and link with a console mode program.
339 >     See consolemode example and its "readme"for further guidence. DO NOT add the ibexpress package to a
340 >     console mode application or the IDE will automatically assume that your
341 >     application is GUI based. Instead, you should include the ibexpressconsolemode package.
342 >
343 >     IMPORTANT NOTE: IBDialogs must be included in GUI applications in order
344 >     to use the built in dialogs and cursor management. IBDialogs is
345 >     included by default if "ibexpress" is in your project source's "uses" clause.
346 >     This should be the case for all projects created through the IDE. This is why
347 >     you do not want to add the ibexpress package to console mode applications. The
348 >     ibexpressconsolemode package has been created to allow console mode programs
349 >     to avoid adding LCL dependencies when using IBX, while still having the
350 >     unit search paths set up correctly.
351 >
352 >     Existing users should check to ensure that the "ibexpress" unit is included in
353 >     each project's source file (*.lpr).
354 >
355 >     You may find that in order for the IDE to recognise that ibexpressconsolemode
356 >     exists, you have to first open the package in the IDE and then close it. This
357 >     adds it to the most recently accessed packages list. To make it permanently
358 >     available, add the package name to lazarus' staticpackages.inc file.
359 >
360 >         Thanks to Julio JimĂ©nez for suggesting support of console mode.
361 >
362 > 7.   SQL Parser can now accept quoted strings that include new lines
363 >
364 > 8.   IBDynamicGrid: Lookup Cell Editor - the cursor is now positioned at end
365 >     of text on start of edit. This is particularly useful when tabbing to a
366 >     column and then inserting text.
367 >
368 > 9.   New Examples provided for IB Services and ISQLMonitor.
369 >
370 > 10. Fix error when writing to blob streams that recorded only the last buffer
371 >    write in the blob stream. In most cases, this did not cause a problem as the
372 >    IB Blob Stream is written in a single write. However, with the TDBImage, write
373 >    of a graphic type prefix was lost which caused a problem when the image could
374 >        not be automatically recognised.
375 >
376 > 11. Improve generation of random cursor names in TIBSQL - avoid risk of "cursor
377 >    already open" errors due to random numbers used for the cursor name being identical.
378 >
379 > 12. IBTable: corrected error that could result in an "Index out of bounds" error
380 >    when opening the table and the Primary Key is the last or only column in the
381 >    table. Thanks to Rick Hoover for the fix.
382 >
383 > 13. Fix TIBDatabase initialisation of lc_ctype under unix. Set to "UTF8" instead
384 >    of "UTF-8", and update list of available database character sets. Existing
385 >    users should check the current lc_ctype setting in their applications.
386 >
387 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-4) Sat, 09 May 2015 12:38:29 +0100
388  
389   1.  Firebird Services: avoid List Index error when opening a service with an
390      empty Params property.
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411      in order to remove the property value from the lfm.
412  
413  
414 < IBX Change Log  version                                                          (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
414 > IBX Change Log  version (1.2-3) Tue, 14 Apr 2015 14:11:17 +0100
415  
416   1.  TIBStoredProc. Prepare now called by ParamByName to avoid need to always
417      call Prepare before setting parameter values.
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496      and password should be omitted and the unix file permissions are used to grant
497      access.
498  
499 < IBX Change Log  version                                                    (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
499 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.2-2) Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:35:04 +0000
500  
501   1.  A new IBControl - TDBControlGrid has been added. TDBControlGrid a lookalike
502      rather than a clone for the Delphi TDBCrtlGrid. TDBControlGrid is a single column grid
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518   4. Experimental support for the Firebird 3 SQL_BOOLEAN type has been added while still
519     using the legacy Firebird API. Thanks to Gabor Boros for helping to test this feature.
520  
521 < IBX Change Log  version                                                   (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
521 > IBX Change Log  version      (1.2-1) Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:14:15 +0000
522  
523   Development version only.
524  
525 < IBX Change Log  version                                      (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
525 > IBX Change Log  version   (1.2-0) Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:34:04 +0000
526  
527   1. An internal select SQL Parser is now available for TIBCustomDataset descendents.
528     This is typically used during an "OnBeforeOpen" event handler to manipulate the
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582   8. Three new examples illustrate the use of the new IB Controls
583  
584  
585 < IBX Change Log  version                      (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
585 > IBX Change Log  version  (1.1-0) Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:01:07 +0100
586  
587   1. TIBXSQLVAR code clean up and optimisation to improve client side "prepare" and parameter
588     setting performance. See "readme.field+param.names in the doc folder.(Thanks to

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