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1 + IBX Change Log  version (2.6-4 Build 14337) Mon, 08 Jan 2024 15:20:55 +0000
2 +
3 + 1. TIBCustomDataSet.ApplyUpdates: ensure controls are not permanently disabled
4 +   if ApplyUpdates called before a cursor exists.
5 +
6 + 2. TIBCustomDataSet.CreateBlobStream: add check for empty dataset before
7 +   creating the blob.
8 +
9 + 3. TIBCustomDataset.Requery: The display buffer pool is now also reset avoiding
10 +   issues with left over pointers to invalid internal buffers.
11 +
12 + 4. TIBCustomDataset.PrimaryKeys when used in InternalRefresh. when more than one
13 +   primary key is used by the dataset then the list of primary keys is now
14 +   properly separated by a ';'.
15 +
16 + 5. When refresh is called for a dataset without any primary keys (e.g. views and
17 +   stored procedures), the internal record number is now used to restore the cursor
18 +   following the refresh. However, it should be noted that cannot be 100% reliable.
19 +   The internal record number simply reflects the record fetch order and this can
20 +   change between successive queries if records are inserted or deleted by the
21 +   current or another user (if the read_committed transaction isolation level is used).
22 +
23 + 6. Inserting a record at the start of a grid and then resizing the grid should
24 +   no longer result in an apparent duplication of records in the grid. Note: this
25 +   was due to TDataset.SetCurrentRecord ignoring the bookmark flag (bfInserted). IBX
26 +   works around this by no longer using this bookmark flag value.
27 +
28 + 7. Inserting a record into an empty grid and then resizing the grid should
29 +   no longer result in an apparent duplication of records in the grid.
30 +
31 + 8. IBBufferedCursor. FCurrentRecordStatus now set correctly when selecting a
32 +   specific record number.
33 +
34 + 9. IBCustomDataset: Calls to AfterScroll during a Locate operation are now suppressed
35 +   until the end of the locate operation.
36 +
37 + 10.IBCustomDataset: Calls to BeforeScroll during a Locate operation are now suppressed.
38 +   BeforeScroll is called once before the locate operation.
39 +
40 + IBX Change Log  version (2.6-3 Build 14080) Sat, 21 Oct 2023 14:14:22 +0100
41 +
42 + 1. Update to calls to EInterbaseError to add default code page. Consequential
43 +   on change to fbintf.
44 +
45 + 2. Update some examples to replace test for null date with the NullDate constant
46 +   instead of zero. This is because Laz 3.0 changes the value of NullDate.
47 +
48 + IBX Change Log  version (2.6-2 Build 14016) Sat, 05 Aug 2023 11:54:55 +0100
49 +
50 + 1. Fixed repeated "type" keyword in IBBufferCursors. This may cause a compile error
51 +   with later versions of fpc - later than 3.2.2.
52 +
53 + 2. IBUpdateSQL. update internal queries if parent dataset database changed.
54 +
55 + 3. IBUpdateSQL: Do not prepare an empty internal query.
56 +
57 + 4. IBBufferedCursors: avoid range error when max field no. is > fields.count
58 +
59 + 5. IBBufferedCursors: avoid End of File error if refresh query returns and empty row count
60 +
61 + IBX Change Log  version (2.6-1 Build 13985) Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:16:41 +0100
62 +
63 + 1. Maintenance update of 2.6.0. This version is still at beta.
64 +
65 + 2. Reverse out changes to DrawCellText signature in IBArrayGrid and IBDynamic Grid.
66 +   See https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/lazarus/lazarus/-/commit/53aaae9c5e2a5edac5b1d2f70739a8ef7b0a9623
67 +
68 + 3. ibxscript: When parsing a store procedure or function with a variable name
69 +   enclosed in doublequotes, the double quotes are no longer removed.
70 +
71 + IBX Change Log  version (2.6-0 Build 13976) Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:49:22 +0100
72 +
73 + NOTE: THIS VERSION RE-WRITES THE INTERNAL BUFFER MANAGER AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED
74 +      AS BETA SOFTWARE. EVEN THOUGH IT HAS PASSED ALL REGRESSION TESTS, IT CANNOT
75 +      BE ASSUMED TO BE PRODUCTION READY UNTIL WIDER USE. PLEASE REPORT ANY
76 +      ISSUES TO support@mwasoftware.co.uk
77 +
78 + 1. Complete rewrite of internal buffer management in order to improve performance
79 +   and maintainability. Highlights:
80 +
81 +   * Extending the size of the buffer pool no longer has to copy the entire record
82 +     cache. Instead, a new extent is simply added to the buffer pool.
83 +   * A memory to memory copy of each display buffer now is avoided when scolling the
84 +     dataset.
85 +   * A separate set of buffers is now used for calculated fields. This avoids
86 +     having to keep copies of calculated field values in the buffer cache.
87 +   * Compact bitmaps are used to record null status and need to refresh in each
88 +     buffer.
89 +   * Display buffer type changed from PChar to TRecordBuffer in line with change of
90 +     buffer type in FCL-DB.
91 +
92 + 2. TIBUpdateSQL: changes to SQL text will close linked dataset if open. This is
93 +   to ensure same behaviour as TIBDataset, TIBTable and TIBStoredProcedure.
94 +
95 + 3. TField Provider Flags: pfRefreshOnInsert and pfRefreshOnUpdate are now supported.
96 +   If either or both of these flags are set at design time (using the fields editor)
97 +   then this forces a row refresh on respectively insert or update, or both, when the
98 +   corresponding field is not present in an SQL RETURNING clause.
99 +
100 + 4. TIBCustomDataset.FieldDefsFromQuery moved to a helper class (TFieldDefsMaker) in order to improve
101 +   maintainability and readability and to add identification of primary key fields.
102 +
103 + 5. TIBQuery, TIBDataset and TIBTable. Traditionally, IBX has implemented the Refresh method
104 +   as a refresh of the current row. However, this is different behaviour to that described
105 +   in the FPC documentation for TDataset.Refresh which is described as "refetches the data in
106 +   the dataset from the underlying database, and attempts to reposition the cursor on
107 +   the same record as it was". IBX now complies with the FPC definition of Refresh.
108 +
109 + 6. A progammatic Row Refresh should no longer be required.
110 +   Use Insert/Update... returning to refresh any fields that may change following an
111 +   insert or update i.e. Identify fields on Insert only, Computed By, Blob and array fields
112 +   on both. If there are any other fields (e.g. updated by triggers) set the appropriate ProviderFlag
113 +   for the field at Design Time to force a row refresh if not in the returning clause.
114 +
115 + 7. It should now be possible to insert a row into an empty unidirectional dataset.
116 +
117 + 8. New TIBQuery, TIBDataSet and TIBTable property: BufferChunksInFirstBlock (default 50).
118 +   This gives the number of buffers in the initial block for the buffer pool in
119 +   bi-directional datasets. BufferChunks (default 1000) gives the number of buffers
120 +   in subsequent buffer pool blocks. This avoids large and mostly unused memory allocations
121 +   for small datasets.
122 +
123 + IBX Change Log  version (2.5-1 Build 13927) Tue, 6 Dec 2022 23:13:00 +0000
124 +
125 + 1. IBCustomDataset: avoid problem with additions to TFieldType by using a subset instead.
126 +
127 + 2. TIBDynamicGrid: change DrawCellText declaration to comply with laz 2.3.0
128 +
129 + 3. TIBArrayGrid: change DrawCellText declaration to comply with laz 2.3.0
130 +
131 + IBX Change Log  version (2.5-0 Build 13868) Fri, 29 Jul 2022 09:52:01 +0100
132 +
133 + 1. TIBTransaction: new properties
134 +    property TransactionID: integer read GetTransactionID;
135 +    property IsReadOnly: boolean read GetIsReadOnly;
136 +    {published}
137 +    property TransactionName: string read FTransactionName write SetTransactionName;
138 +
139 + 2. IBCustomDataset: per row blob and array buffer cached clear before processing
140 +   Insert or Update...Returning. This allows blobs and arrays to be returned
141 +   by the statement.
142 +
143 + 3. TSQLXMLReader moved from IBXScript to package fbintf unit IBUtils.
144 +
145 + 4. TransactionName initialised to a newly generated GUID if empty.
146 +
147 + 5. New unit: IBJournal. This provides the TIBJournal component which is a wrapper
148 +   for the fbintf package's journaling capability. TIBJournal is used to set the
149 +   file path and filename for the journal file and to Enabled (start journaling) and
150 +   disable (stop journaling). See fbintf/doc/README.ClientSideJournaling.pdf for
151 +   more information, and comments in IBJournal.pas.
152 +
153 + 6. TIBDatabase.InternalTransaction is now a read only transaction.
154 +
155 + 7. Bug fix: blob id no longer set to null on update when blob has not been
156 +   retrieved.
157 +
158 + 8. Row auto refreshed on update/insert if blob or array field updated and field
159 +   not in a returning clause.
160 +
161 + 9. ColumnCount moved from record buffer header to a single per dataset count. Reduces
162 +   buffer overhead and avoids problem when refresh query has a different column
163 +   count to select query i.e. incorrectly changing number of columns.
164 +
165 + 10. IBExtract: support added for UDR Functions, Procedure and Trigger declarations.
166 +
167 + 11. TIBDatabaseInfo. New property FirebirdVersion. This returns the current Firebird version
168 +    string. Note that the Version property returns an InterBase compatible version string.
169 +
170 + 12. IBExtract: ensure sql identifiers returned as a LIST are always quoted.
171 +
172 + IBX Change Log  version (2.5-0 Build 12933) Mon, 29 Nov 2021 14:59:54 +0000
173 +
174 + 1. IBCustomDataset: Modify TISQL component now defaults to GoToFirstRecordOnExecute := true.
175 +   This is for compatibility with Firebird 5 where Update...Returning can return
176 +   a cursor.
177 +
178 + IBX Change Log  version (2.4-3 Build 12886) Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:58:30 +0100
179 +
180 + 1. Add try-..except check when initially loading library in IDE. This should
181 + ensure that IDE continues to load even when a failure occurs in IBX load
182 + library.
183 +
184 + 2. IBXScript: now recognises a CASE...END block within a stored procedure and
185 +   hence will correctly detect end of the outer containing block when the block
186 +   contains a SELECT ... CASE ... END construct.
187 +
188 + 3. IBExtract: some further tidying up to remove extraneous white space.
189 +
190 + 4. IBCustomDataSet: DefaultFieldClasses array declaration updated to avoid compile time
191 +   errors when extra elements are added to DB.TFieldType.
192 +
193 + 5. IBUpdate: updated to reflect changes to ISQLParam.
194 +
195 + 6. IBXScript: now correctly parses a DECLARE statement which includes a quoted string.
196 +
197 + 7. IBExtract: for ODS >=13, increment generator value by one for ALTER SEQUENCE statement.
198 +
199 + 8. IBSQL: Support for scrollable cursors added (note: local databases only)
200 +
201 + IBX Change Log  version (2.4-2 Build 12773) Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:59:42 +0100
202 +
203 + 1. TIBDatabaseInfo: review and tidy-up of property types. Most widen to int64 with the
204 +   exception of those defined to be one byte wide e.g. DBImplementationNo.
205 +
206 + 2. TIBSQL: Batch Update/Insert support added.
207 +
208 + 3. TIBStoredProc: when generating the SQL, the value of the StoredProcName property
209 +   is no longer automatically converted to upper case when it is syntactically a
210 +   SQL Identifier. This is to support the use of stored procedures defined e.g.
211 +   as CREATE PROCEDURE "iCASE".
212 +
213 +   There could be a backwards compatibility issue when the StoredProcName was entered
214 +   manually at design time. That is not selected from the drop down list. If the
215 +   StoredProcName is entered in mixed case and the procedure was declared e.g. as
216 +   CREATE PROCEDURE iCASE, then the SQL generation will be incorrect. You should
217 +   ensure that the value of the StoredProcName is all upper case, unless it was
218 +   declared under dialect 3 and explicitly as mixed case (i.e. delimited by double
219 +   quotes).
220 +
221 +   Note that when a stored procedure name was declared delimited in double quotes,
222 +   as in the first example above, the value of the StoredProcName property must not
223 +   include the delimiters (double quotes).
224 +
225 + 4. IBXUpgradeConfFile: an exception is now raised if a patch file specified in
226 +   upgrade.conf was not found. This replaces silently ignoring the problem.
227 +
228 + 5. TIBLocalDBSupport: new property "SectionHeaderTemplate". This defaults to
229 +   'Version.%.3d' and is used to generate the section header names (for a given
230 +   version no.) in the upgrade.conf file.
231 +
232 + IBX Change Log  version (2.4-1 Build 12550) Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:59:14 +0100
233 +
234 + 1. -c command line option added to fbsql example program. Used to set connection
235 +   character set.
236 +
237 + IBX Change Log  version (2.4-0 Build 12543) Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:00:08 +0000
238 +
239 + 1. Firebird 4 support added.
240 +
241 + 2. New FB4 data types TIME WITH TIME ZONE, TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE, DECFLOAT and
242 +   extended precision NUMERIC fields are supported.
243 +
244 + 3. TFmtBCDField is used to support access to DECFLOAT and extended precision NUMERIC fields.
245 +
246 + 4. TIBDateTimeField and TIBTimeField are introduced in support of TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE
247 +   and TIME WITH TIME ZONE fields. These inherit from TDateTimeField.
248 +
249 + 5. IBExtract now supports FB4 enhancements:
250 +   - new data types as above
251 +   - Identity column extensions
252 +   - Default user role
253 +   - SQL Security clause for Database, Tables, Procedures, Functions and Triggers
254 +   - Internal Functions
255 +
256 + 6. IBExtract: new event: OnExtractLines.
257 +
258 + 7. IBExtract: revert create trigger to legacy syntax see Firebird CORE-6243, CORE-5545 and DOC-145
259 +
260 + 8. IBXServices: Server version no. parsing now allows any letter before major version number
261 +   and is no longer restricted to 'V' e.g. "LI-T4.0.0.1436 Firebird 4.0 Beta 1"
262 +
263 + 9. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property TZTextOption. Used to determine the default
264 +   format for rendering a time zone.
265 +
266 + 10. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery: new property DefaultTZDate. Used to provide the default date
267 +     to convert TIME WITH TIME ZONE data type values to and from GMT.
268 +
269 + 11. Unit name IBTypes changed to IBInternals. Internal interfaces TIBGUIInterface and TIBTimerInf renamed to
270 +    IIBGUIInterface and IIBTimerInf respectively.
271 +
272 + 12. Constants: DPBPrefix and TPBPrefix moved to IB unit. DPBConstantNames and TPBConstantNames
273 +    now accessible as properties of TIBDatabase and TIBTransaction respectively.
274 +
275 + 13. String Fields: when a fixed character with (CHAR) field is returned, it is now
276 +    truncated to its fixed character width rather than being right padded with
277 +    white space to the maximum data size.
278 +
279 + 14. TIBTable.Empty table. In additional to deleting all records in the underlying
280 +    table, the internal buffers are now also flushed ensuring that the TIBTable is
281 +    also empty.
282 +
283 + 15. TBatchSQLStatementReader: Line buffer is now cleared on call to reset.
284 +
285 + 16. TIBXControlService descendents: DatabaseName may now be set using a database
286 +    connect string. The database name is extracted from the connect string.
287 +
288 + 17. DBControlGrid: Minor bug fixes. avoid AV on form closure, avoid black panel
289 +
290 + 18. TIBExtract: Data type of COMPUTED By columns is no longer included in SQL.
291 +
292 + 19. Local database on Linux and with legacy API and FB 2.5 embedded server: fixed problem with password
293 +    not being present as required.
294 +
295 + 20. IBTreeView split into DBTreeView and IBTreeView. This former is an IBX indepedent
296 +    version that can be customised to work with other database drivers.
297 +
298 + 21. ISQLMonitor: use platform specific LineEnding to delimit messages. Avoids
299 +    unnecessary CR at end of line on Unix platforms.
300 +
301 + 22. ISQLMonitor: Unix: Default semaphore timeout increased from 1 second to 10
302 +    seconds in order to reduce risk of message loss.
303 +
304 + 23. ISQLMonitor: read and write count statistics now available via:
305 +      property TIBSQLMonitor.ReadCount;
306 +      IIBSQLMonitorHook.GetWriteCount: integer;
307 +
308 + 24. ISQLMonitor tidy up and unit split. IPC functions moved to new unit IBIPC.
309 +
310 + IBX Change Log  version (2.3-5 Build 12350) Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:11:02 +0100
311 +
312 + 1.  TIBStringField: when a string value is read from a dataset buffer, if the
313 +    number of UTF8 characters exceeds the string size then string is truncated
314 +    to the maximum string size. This is  usually a problem with fixed width columns
315 +    right padded with white space.
316 +
317 + 2.  SQLFiltered and SQLFilterParams added to TIBQuery, TIBTable and TIBDataset.
318 +    If SQLFiltered is set then when a dataset is opened, each line in the
319 +    SQLFilterParams property is assumed to be a SQL condition clause and
320 +    ANDed into the Where clause of the SQL Select statement provided as a
321 +    dataset property. Each such SQL condition thus acts as an additional filter
322 +    on the dataset.
323 +
324 + 3.  The Filtered property inherited from TDataset is no longer used for SQL (server
325 +    side filters).
326 +
327 + 4. IBLookupComboEditBox: Selection should no longer reset to start of text when
328 +   text matches complete entry.
329 +
330 + 5. TIBDataLink: Detail Dataset params not refreshed unless both master and detail
331 +   dataset are active (avoids risk of access violation if master is inactive)
332 +
333 + 6. TIBEvents: Registered property can now be set at design time even if database not open
334 +
335 + 7. TIBEvents: component now correctly re-initialised after call to UnregisterEvents.
336 +   This should prevent "spillover" of events between sessions.
337 +
338 + 8. TIBCustomDataset: GetNextRecord now called when reseting to first record of a unidirectional dataset.
339 +   This should ensure that the internal buffer is set up correctly and avoids
340 +   a duplicate initial row.
341 +
342 + 9. TIBStringField: DataSize now given as byte size of string less trailing any zero character.
343 +   That is, the DataSize should be the field size * character set width. The
344 +   value returned by DataSize is now the same as the Dataset buffer size reserved
345 +   for the field.
346 +
347 + 10. IBExtract: Tidyup of SQL generation. Avoid unnecessary double quotes.
348 +
349 + 11. TIBCustomDataset: Add checks on buffer sizes when copying data from row to field buffer
350 +    and vice-versa. This may result in an exception being raised (correctly) for
351 +    older programs when using dataset fields added to a form and the database has been
352 +    upgraded. For example, computed fields can change from 32-bit to 64-bit integers.
353 +    In such cases, the field needs to be deleted in the IDE fields editor and then
354 +    added back in.
355 +
356 + 12. IBCustomDataSet: CanInsert, CanEdit, CanDelete and CanRefresh updated to return
357 +    false if query contains only white space and not just empty.
358 +
359 + 12. IBCustomDataset: Blob data is now cleared when TDataSet.Cancel is called. This
360 +    should ensure that (e.g.) a TDBMemo is correctly refreshed after a dataset edit
361 +    is cancelled.
362 +
363 + 13. IBCustomDataset: SetArrayIntf should no longer cause an access violation if
364 +    called on a null field.
365 +
366 + 14. IBCustomDataSet: An access violation should no longer occur when calling CancelUpdates
367 +    results in an empty dataTC86                Client side Filtered Dataset    1       X
368 + set.
369 +
370 + 15. IBCustomDataSet: OnUpdateError should now be called in all circumstances when
371 +    a cached update is applied and an exception is raised.
372 +
373 + 16. IBCustomDataSet: Avoid access violation when SetBookmarkData called with nil pointer.
374 +
375 + 17. Console Mode Local Database support: backup/restore should now work correctly.
376 +
377 + 18. Local Database Support: if an upgrade fails, a downgrade is now performed if
378 +    possible and an exception raised.
379 +
380 + 19. MinimumVersionNo added to Local Database Support. Database will not open if
381 +    below this version no. and upgrade not possible.
382 +
383 + IBX Change Log  version (2.3-4 Build 12041) Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:00:32 +0100
384 +
385 + 1.  TIBXDataSet and Generators: Generator Names that are not all upper case or
386 +    not SQL Identifiers are now supported.
387 +
388 + 2.  TIBXScript: Set Generator is no longer rejected as unrecognised SQL and is
389 +    passed to the Firebird engine for execution.
390 +
391 + 3.  TIBDataSet: Unidirectional datasets now give an error message if an attempt
392 +    is made to scroll back.
393 +
394 + 4.  New unit: IBMessages.pas. Contains only messages used by IBX and not FBIntf
395 +
396 + 5. TIBLookupComboEditBox: When generating auto-complete SQL, the ListField is now
397 +   only enclosed in double quotes in SQL dialect 3 and when it needs to be.
398 +
399 + 6. TIBLookupComboEditBox: when the list source opens, the ListField name is now
400 +   validated. If no match is found in the list of field names and the database has
401 +   been opened in SQL Dialect 3, then the ListField Name is converted to upper case
402 +   if it then matches a field name. Otherwise, a Listfield not valid exception occurs.
403 +
404 + 7. IBGeneratoreditor.pas: Add missing parenthesis around "IS" statement for compliance
405 +   with fpc 3.2.
406 +
407 + IBX Change Log  version (2.3-3 Build 11512) Fri, 28 Dec 2018 10:04:17 +0000
408 +
409 +
410 + 1. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is "ConfigOverrides"
411 +   and is used to override the default settings in the client side "firebird.conf" This
412 +   includes "WireCompression" and "WireCrypt". The value of this property is a "TStrings".
413 +   Each line of the string list should be a setting in the same format as "firebird.conf".
414 +   For example "WireCompression = true" in order to request wire compression on the client side.
415 +
416 +   Note: explicit settings in the client side "firebird.conf" appear to take precedence
417 +   over settings given in TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. Many client side settings
418 +   also require a compatible setting in the server side "firebird.conf". For example
419 +   "WireCompression = true" must also be set in the server's "firebird.conf" for wire
420 +   compression to be used.
421 +
422 +   Whether or not WireCompression or WireCrypt are in use can be checked using the information
423 +   returned with the Client/Server protocol version. See ibx/examples/dbadmin and
424 +   ibx/examples/dbinfo for examples of how to display this information.
425 +
426 + 2. New property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection: "WireCompression". This
427 +   is a "convenience" property. If set the "WireCompression=true" is added to the
428 +   ConfigOverrides. If unchecked then this setting is removed.
429 +
430 + 3. TIBExtract: 64-bit integer types are now correctly extracted as "BIGINT" and
431 +   not "INT64".
432 +
433 + 4. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut, TIBInsertStmtsOut and TIBBlockFormatOut
434 +   These are:
435 +    property TimestampFormat: string;
436 +    property DateFormat: string;
437 +    property TimeFormat: string;
438 +
439 +   Respectively, these provide the date time format templates for SQL types: TIMESTAMP,
440 +   DATETIME and TIME. The format strings use the standard FPC date/time format
441 +   characters (see https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/formatchars.html).
442 +
443 +   If any of the above properties are set to an empty string, then the locale default
444 +   is used. This uses the ShortDateFormat and the LongTimeFormat. In timestamp, the
445 +   locale default is extended by appending '.zzz' to include milliseconds.
446 +
447 +   TIBCSVDataOut by default sets these properties to the empty string, while the other
448 +   two use: 'yyyy.mm.dd hh:nn:ss.zzz', 'yyyy.mm.dd' and 'hh:nn:ss.zzz' respectively.
449 +
450 + 5. New published property for TIBCSVDataOut:
451 +     property QuoteStrings: boolean (default true)
452 +
453 +   If false then strings are unquoted, otherwise, the QuoteChar property value is
454 +   used to delimit each and every string in the output.
455 +
456 + 6. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut:
457 +    property FieldSeparator: string;
458 +    property HeaderSeparator: string;
459 +
460 +   Respectively, these provide the separator character(s) used to separate fields
461 +   in data and header rows. Both default to ','.
462 +
463 + 7. New published properties for TIBCSVDataOut and TIBBlockFormatOut:
464 +    TOnFormatTextString = procedure(sender: TObject; var TextString: string) of object;
465 +    property OnFormatTextString;
466 +
467 +   This event handler can be used to process text strings before they are included
468 +   in the output e.g. to replace unprintable characters with alternative strings.
469 +   This only applies to columns with an SQL Type of SQL_VARYING and SQL_TEXT.
470 +
471 + 8. TIBDataSet now raises an exception when ParamByName called with an invalid parameter name.
472 +   Uses "FindParam" if in order to find out if a parameter with a given name exists
473 +   and without raising and exception if it does not.
474 +
475 + 9. TIBQuery now uses IBX SQL Parser instead of the TParams SQL parser in order to ensure
476 +   consistency with SQL queries.
477 +
478 + 10. CaseSensitiveParameterNames property added to TIBSQL, TIBDataSet and TIBQuery.
479 +    When true, SQL statement parameter names are parsed case sensitive. Note for
480 +    TIBDataSet only applies to Select query.
481 +
482 + 11. IBEvents: removing a TIBEvent component from a form should no longer result in
483 +    an IDE exception.
484 +
485 + 12. LocalDBSupport: initial database creation should now work correctly
486 +    when the schema source is an sql file.
487 +
488 + 13. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: new event handler "property OnProgressEvent: TOnProgressEvent"
489 +    when defined, this handler will be called by the internal TIBXScript during
490 +    initial database creation when the schema source is an sql file and may be used
491 +    to provide a visual indication of progress in console mode.
492 +
493 + 14. TCustomIBLocalDBSupport: new public property "InOnCreateDB: boolean". This is set
494 +    to true while a new local database is being created and its schema populated.
495 +    Useful in (e.g.) TIBDatabase.OnAfterConnect handler to suppress actions
496 +    when the database is disconnected/connected during the create DB procedure.
497 +
498 + 15. TIBXScript: any User/password parameters found in a CREATE DATABASE statement
499 +    are now always ignored and replaced by the user name and password provided as
500 +    the login parameters for the TIBDatabase referenced from the TIBXScript. The
501 +    IgnoreCreateDatabase property still applies and the CREATE DATABASE statement is
502 +    completely ignored if this property is true.
503 +
504 + 16. Code tidyup in IBTreeView: Node properties initialisation moved from TIBTreeView.AddNodes
505 +    to TIBTreeView.Added. An OnAddition event handler is no longer needed to initialise
506 +    ImageIndex and SelectImageIndex values on AddNode.
507 +
508 + 17. TIBDatabase.Attachment and TIBXServicesConnection.ServicesIntf properties are now
509 +    read/write. This should enabled (e.g.) multiple instances of TIBDatabase to share
510 +    the same database connection.
511 +
512 + 18. TIBDataSet and TIBQuery now support the TDataSet "Filter" property.
513 +    if provided, this should be an conditional SQL expression suitable for
514 +    including in an SQL Select statement "where" clause. If non-empty and the
515 +    "Filtered" property is true then the SQL expression provided as the value of
516 +    the "Filter" property is "ANDed" with any existing condition statement
517 +    in the SQL statement's "Where" clause.
518 +
519 +    If the "Filter" property is set at run time, the "Filtered" property is true
520 +    and the dataset is already open, then the dataset is closed and re-opened automatically.
521 +
522 +    The "Filter" condition may include IBX style parameters. In which case, their
523 +    value must be set by the dataset's "OnBeforeOpen" event handler.
524 +
525 +    This is a public property for TIBDataSet and TIBQuery query and intended for
526 +    use at run time.
527 +
528 +    Note: The property is a published property of TIBTable. The TIBTable functionality
529 +    is unaffected by this change.
530 +
531 + IBX Change Log  version (2.3-2) Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:19:23 +0000
532 +
533 + 1. Remove need to check for IsMultiThread by providing access to GUI timers via
534 +   IBGUIInterface. Note: master/detail delay timer does not apply to console
535 +   mode apps.
536 +
537 + 2. TIBCustomDataSet: SQLParser ignored if it does not contain a valid select
538 +   statement. This avoids problems if "Execute Block" is used as the Query.
539 +
540 + 3. IBSQLParser now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
541 +   internal SQL tokeniser routines.
542 +
543 + 4. IBSQLParser: new property NotaSelectStmt. Set to true if SQL fails to parse
544 +   as a select statement, with or without CTEs.
545 +
546 + 5. IBSQLParser: parser now recognises the "ROWS" clause.
547 +
548 + 6. TIBXScript now uses the common SQL tokeniser from fbintf. This replaces the
549 +   internal SQL tokeniser routines.
550 +
551 + 7.  Fix error in TIBXScript processing of "set" statements. This avoids exceptions
552 +    being raised for valid set statements processed by a data formatter.
553 +
554 + 8. New published property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This is
555 +   FirebirdLibraryPathName: string. If not empty it is used to explicitly specify
556 +   the path of the Firebird Library used by the database/services connection.
557 +
558 + 9. New read only public property for TIBDatabase and TIBXServicesConnection. This
559 +   is FirebirdAPI and returns the IFirebirdAPI interface used by the database/
560 +   services connection.
561 +
562 + 10.SQL Property editors now quote parameter names if "Quote identifier" is selected
563 +   or param name is not a valid SQL identifier.
564 +
565 + 11. IBLookupComboEditBox: In Lazarus 2.0, TDBLookupComboBox takes a more restrictive
566 +    view of whether the text box should be editable when no DataSource is specified.
567 +    TIBLookupComboEditBox has been updated to workaround this problem. As long as
568 +    ReadOnly is false, the text box is editable when no DataSource is specified.
569 +
570 + 12. AllowUseOfFBLIB is now set to "true" at design time. This is to allow use of
571 +    the FBLIB environment variable. If you do not want to permit this then you
572 +    must modify the Register procedure in the design/IBDBReg.pas unit to remove
573 +    this setting.
574 +
575 + IBX Change Log  version                 (2.3-1) Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:39:45 +0100
576 +
577 + 1. IBCustomDataset: replace deprecated function ValidUTF8String with call to
578 +   Utf8EscapeControlChars
579 +
580 + IBX Change Log  version                (2.3-0) Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:48:06 +0100
581 +
582 + IMPORTANT: the source code tree has been re-organised for IBX 2.3. Please remove
583 + all previous copies of the IBX source code tree before installing this release.
584 +
585 + The IBX packages used by most users have not changed, with one exception. The
586 + IBServices unit has been moved to the package iblegacyServices.lpk. To continue
587 + to use the IBServices unit in your applications, please add the iblegacyServices
588 + to the list of dependencies. To do this, open the Project Inspector and select
589 + Add->New Requirement and select "ibLegacyServices" from the list of available
590 + packages.
591 +
592 + 1. New unit IBXServices. The IBXServices unit is a re-architectured update of
593 +   the IBServices unit providing what is intended to be a clearer and easier to
594 +   use set of IB Services components. See Chapter 10 of the IBX User Guide for
595 +   more information and the guide to "Firebird Service Management Using IBX".
596 +   As indicated above, the legacy services components are still available and
597 +   provided in a separate package. There is no need to update working applications
598 +   using the older versions except for an additional package dependency.
599 +
600 + 2. The IBX packages and source code tree have been re-organised in an attempt to
601 +   finally get rid of the "duplicate ppu" warnings. This re-organisation should
602 +   not affect existing users. Section 2.3 of the IBX User Guide describes the
603 +   new set of IBX packages.
604 +
605 + 3. The ibx/examples/DBAdmin and the ibx/examples/services example have been
606 +   updated to use the new Services API components.
607 +
608 + 4. The iblocal package has been updated to use the new Services API components.
609 +
610 + 5. procedure SetAutoAdmin; in the new IBX Services this method is now a member of
611 +   TIBXSecurityService. It had been wrongly classified in the previous version
612 +   as a per database configuration item. It is global to a server and hence
613 +   correctly positioned as part of the Security Package. In the DBAdmin example,
614 +   the setting has moved to the mappings page.
615 +
616 + 6. TIBXScript: IgnoreCreateDatabase added. If true then CREATE DATABASE statements
617 +   are ignored.
618 +
619 + 7. TIBDatabase: DropDatabase now ensures that all transactions have been properly
620 +   closed before the database is dropped. Before and After Disconnect event handlers
621 +   are also fired.
622 +
623 + 8. TIBTransaction: OnStartTransaction event now fires every time the transaction
624 +   is started and not just the first time.
625 +
626 + 9. IBDataOutput: Use FormatFloat for all performance statistics to avoid platform
627 +   depenendency with comp type.
628 +
629 + 10. IBDataOutput: select query data output is now sent to stdout instead of stderr.
630 +
631 + 11. TIBDatabase: Remove regression. If a user login dialog changes the DatabaseName
632 +    then this is recognised and not ignored.
633 +
634 + 12. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: additions:
635 +    function GetRowsAffected(var SelectCount, InsertCount, UpdateCount, DeleteCount: integer): boolean;
636 +    function GetPerfStatistics(var stats: TPerfCounters): boolean;
637 +    property EnableStatistics: boolean read FEnableStatistics write SetEnableStatistics;
638 +
639 +    GetRowsAffected returns the affected row counts from the last insert/update/delete
640 +    if EnableStatistics = true then GetPerfStatistics returns the current stats
641 +    counters for the select query. Note: stats accumulate after each fetch from
642 +    the database. To get total query cost after open, call the "Last" method
643 +    and then GetPerfStatistics.
644 +
645 +    See ibx/examples/consolemode for an example of the use of GetPerfStatistics
646 +
647 + 13. TIBExtract: Identity columns DDL. "Start with clause" now correctly encapsulated
648 +    in parenthesises.
649 +
650 + 14. TIBExtract: new published property "AlwaysQuoteIdentifiers". If true then in dialect 3
651 +    SQL identifiers are always delimited by double quotes. If false, then they are
652 +    only delimited if the identifier is a reserved word, contains lower case or special
653 +    characters. Set this property to true to retain previous behaviour.
654 +
655 + 15. Insert SQL Property Editor. In Insert Returning Clause, Identity column names
656 +    are now inserted in double quotes if not Reserved Words or valid SQL Identifiers.
657 +
658 + 16. TIBDataSet, TIBQuery, TIBTable: addition:
659 +       property MasterDetailDelay: integer {defaults to zero}
660 +
661 +    When non-zero and the dataset is a detail table referencing a master table
662 +    through either a MasterSource (TIBTable) or a DataSource (TIBDataSet, TIBQuery)
663 +    then a synchronisation delay is added (in milliseconds) between the master
664 +    row changing and the detail dataset being re-opened. If the master dataset
665 +    is scrolled before the delay expires then the delay is reset. This can be used
666 +    to avoid performance overheads when scrolling through a large master dataset.
667 +
668 +    Note: uses fptimer and hence requires a thread manager. Under Linux the
669 +    chreads unit must be included in your project. TTimer is not used in order
670 +    to avoid an LCL dependency. Requires FPC 3.0.2 or later.
671 +
672 + 17. TIBExtract: User role grants now excluded when etGrantsToUser not specified
673 +    with Extract Option eoDatabase.
674 +
675 + 18. TIBLookupComboEditBox: Workaround added for https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=33428
676 +    When a deLayoutChanged event is reported on the ListSource dataset, the
677 +    combobox text is updated. This allows a listsource (detail) to be in a Master/Detail
678 +    relationship with the control's datasource (master).
679 +
680 + 19. TIBExtract: Full BigInt value range now supported for Generators/Sequences.
681 +
682 + 20. TIBExtract: Select Procedures (Procedure type 1) now include "SUSPEND;" clause in their
683 +    stubs. Pedantic fix really, as procedures output in dependency order anyway.
684 +
685 + 21. TIBExtract: Package Headers and Package Bodies are now included in the extracted
686 +    DDL (Firebird 3 and later only).
687 +
688 + 22. TIBLookupComboBox Autocomplete Fixes:
689 +    i. Only appended text is now selected after autocomplete.
690 +    ii. Uppercase keys no longer ignored for autocomplete.
691 +    iii. Retain Prefix case is now honoured correctly.
692 +    iv. When a DataSource is assigned, typing after autocomplete now extends prefix
693 +        before autocomplete performed. i.e. behaviour now the same as when
694 +        no DataSource assigned.
695 +
696 + 23. TIBXScript: Single Line Comments starting with '--' are now ignored when occurring
697 +    between SQL statements.
698 +
699 + 24. TIBExtract: New published property CaseSensitiveObjectNames. If false (default) then
700 +    ObjectNames are converted to upper case before matching against metadata object
701 +    names, unless the objectname is delimited by double quotes, in which case, the
702 +    double quotes are removed and the remaining string is used (unmodified) to match
703 +    against the metadata object name.
704 +
705 +    If true then the ObjectName is used as is without modification and matched
706 +    against the metadata object name. No attempt is made to remove double quotes.
707 +
708 + 25. TIBExtract: New Extract Types: etDatabaseTriggers and etDDLTriggers. When used
709 +    with eoTrigger, these extract types can be used to select only Database Triggers,
710 +    or DDL Triggers or both. Ignored when etTable or etTrigger included in Extract Types.
711 +
712 + 26. TIBXScript: If an exception occurs during the processing of a statement, the
713 +    statement separate character is now reset to the default (';').
714 +
715 + 27. TIBDatabase: Reconnect method added and used by TIBXScript for reconnect.
716 +
717 + 28. TIBXScript: Transaction is no longer automatically reactivated immediately processing
718 +    a commit or reconnect statement and instead activated only when next SQL statement
719 +    is executed.
720 +
721 + 29. TIBSQL.HasField should no longer generate and exception when the field does not exist.
722 +
723 + 30. TIBXScript: case insensitive regex now used when matching statements instead of
724 +    converting statement to upper case.
725 +
726 + 31. TIBExtract: metadata comments now supported. New published property
727 +    IncludeMetaDataComments (default true). If true then metadata comments included
728 +    in extracted DDL. New Extract Object member eoComments. This may be used with
729 +    ExtractObject method to list all metadata comments.
730 +
731 + 32. TIBExtract: ListObjectNames method added.
732 +
733 + 33. Updated Database component editor to support additional connection string
734 +    types.
735 +
736 + IBX Change Log  version  (2.2-0) Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:57:45 +0000
737 +
738 + NOTE: THE LOCATIONS OF SOME OF THE UNIT DIRECTORIES HAS CHANGED FROM IBX 2.1. THIS IS TO
739 + AVOID DUPLICATE PPU WARNINGS. PLEASE REMOVE EARLIER VERSIONS OF IBX BEFORE INSTALLING THIS
740 + RELEASE.
741 +
742 + NOTE: THE DBADMIN DEMO REQUIRES THAT THE MemDSLaz PACKAGE IS INSTALLED IN THE LAZARUS IDE.
743 +
744 + 1. IBExtract: Identity columns - add additional check for null column for generator name.
745 +
746 + 2. IBCustomDataSet: Insert and Modify (Update) queries now recognise and process SQL RETURNING clauses.
747 +   The main use for this is for Firebird 3 Identity columns (see IBXDocumentation 6.6.8 for further
748 +   information). However, this is also a very useful mechanism for returning updated computed by
749 +   column values. Values returned as a result of executing an Insert or Update statement
750 +   replace existing values in the current row for each corresponding column.
751 +
752 +   Previously, if a dataset's select query included read only (computed by) fields then
753 +   an automatic row refresh was performed after an insert or update query had been processed,
754 +   irrespective of the setting of the "ForcedUpdates" property. This has changed such
755 +   that an automatic refresh is no longer performed if an insert or update query contains
756 +   a returning clause that updates one or more fields on the current row. A full row
757 +   refresh is only performed if (a) ForcedRefresh is true or (b) the query does not return any
758 +   field values and the select query contains read only fields. Use of Insert/update
759 +   returning should be significantly more efficient than executing a refresh query.
760 +
761 +   This behaviour change is intended to be backwards compatible and there should be no need to change
762 +   existing programs, other than to improve performance by using the new capability.
763 +
764 + 3. IBCustomDataSet: DELETE...RETURNING queries are now also recognised. However, as
765 +   they are called when the dataset row is being deleted, there is no value in
766 +   updating the current record from the query result. Instead, a new event handler
767 +   "OnDeleteReturning" is provided. If a DELETE...RETURNING query is execute and
768 +   an OnDeleteReturning event handler is provided then it is called with the IResults returned
769 +   by the query. The event handler can then interrogate the query results and
770 +   perform whatever action is necessary. For example to confirm, to the user,
771 +   the deletion of a row with the returned values.
772 +
773 + 4. TIBTable: generated Insert and Update SQL now include a RETURNING clause for
774 +   any Computed By or Identity Columns. The IBTables example has been updated to
775 +   illustrate the computation of the employee Full Name on update.
776 +
777 + 5. TIBTable: The GeneratorField property is now published.
778 +
779 + 6. The InsertSQL property editor now shows Firebird 3 Identity columns separate from the Field List.
780 +   When InsertSQL is generated, the Identity columns are not included in the list of values to
781 +   be inserted. A RETURNING clause is added to the insert statement to return the value of
782 +   each Identity column after the insert is executed.
783 +
784 + 7. The Modify Property Editor now generates Update SQL with Computed By fields in Update..Returning clause.
785 +   Similarly Insert Property Editor now generates Insert SQL with Computed By fields in
786 +   Insert..Returning clause.
787 +
788 + 8. TIBGenerator: small performance improvement by not preparing query each time
789 +   a new value is generated.
790 +
791 + 9. TIBSQL: Free resources when transaction changed - ensures new transaction is used.
792 +
793 + 10. Property editors will now sync table name to a System Table when "Include System
794 +    Tables" is selected and the query is for a System Table.
795 +
796 + 11. Minor Performance improvement to handling of Date/Time types in IBX datasets. Field
797 +    values are no longer converted to milliseconds from TDateTime and then back again
798 +    to TDateTime (the conversion to milliseconds is the default TDataset approach).
799 +
800 + 12. Property Editors handling of Stored Procedures.
801 +    * Select and Refresh: only show a list of stored procedures that return multiple rows (proc type 1) and
802 +      which have a non-empty list of output parameters (i.e. stored procedures that may be used in a select
803 +      query).
804 +    * Modify and Insert: only show a list of stored procedures that return at most a singleton row (proc type 2).
805 +
806 + 13. IBStoredProc: Now supports Firebird 3 Package Names. A new published property PackageName
807 +    can be used to select a package. If non-empty, the stored procedure name is
808 +    expected to be a stored procedure defined in the specified package and the
809 +    generated SQL will be as required for a stored procedure located in a package.
810 +
811 + 14. Select, Refresh, Insert, Modify, Delete and TIBSQL SQL Property Editors now include
812 +    a "Package Name" drop down box to allow selection of a Firebird 3 Package from
813 +    which a stored procedure can be selected. With no package name selected, non-package
814 +    stored procedures are listed.
815 +
816 + 15. TIBXScript: turn off database login prompt when reconnecting - this avoids prompting
817 +    for password on reconnect.
818 +
819 + 16. TIBDatabase: use IAttachment for connection default character set id, code page
820 +    and character set name.
821 +
822 + 17. TIBDatabaseInfo: cache ODS Version information on first request in order to minimise
823 +    DB info lookups"
824 +
825 + 18. IBExtract: now supports DDL Triggers and Grants to DDL objects.
826 +
827 + 19. Add a property Editor for TIBUpdate.RefreshSQL.
828 +
829 + 20. IBUpdate: Ignore non-data (e.g. calculated) fields when assembling list of input
830 +    parameters. This stops an exception being raised when the field cannot be
831 +    located in the record buffer.
832 +
833 + 21. Property Editors now automatically include System Tables when opened and when the query table
834 +    is a System Table.
835 +
836 + 22. IBServices: SQRB and SRB buffers are now reset when service query throws an exception.
837 +    This avoids errors due to a stale SQRB or SRB being used for the next query.
838 +
839 + 23. IBServices: Service attach parameters now include "expected_db". This is used to
840 +    add the SPB item isc_spb_expected_db. This names a database using
841 +    an alternative Security Database (FB3 onwards) and allows (e.g. backup/restore) using such a
842 +    database. examples/services re-written to illustrate use of "expected_db".
843 +
844 + 24. IBServices: TIBControlAndQueryService.WriteNextChunk no longer ignores isc_info_svc_timeout.
845 +    This avoids truncated backups when the server returns a timeout (busy) response.
846 +
847 + 25. TIBDatabase: isc_dpb_page_size now supported as a database parameter when using TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase.
848 +
849 + 26. TIBDatabase: DatabaseName property may now be prefixed by $TEMP$ or $DATADIR$ for local
850 +    databasenames. These are respectively expanded to the local system's temp directory
851 +    (including trailing delimiter) or to a prescribed data directory (including
852 +    trailing delimiter). Under Unix systems the data directory is a hidden directory
853 +    in the user's home directory. The hidden directory name is either the string returned
854 +    from the SysUtils "Vendor Name" or "IBX" if empty. In either case prefixed by a '.'.
855 +    Under Windows, the directory is the same as the Data Directory as decribed
856 +    above but instead prefixed by the User's application data path. These may be
857 +    used to improve application portability for Personal Databases.
858 +
859 + 27. TIBTable: FieldDefs property is no longer published. Due to the use of TIBFieldDef
860 +    this has not worked for a long time and is not useful either. FieldDefs should be
861 +    managed using the Fields Editor as with any other dataset. To access the fields
862 +    editor for a TIBTable component, double click on the component. The fields editor
863 +    is then displayed.
864 +
865 + 28. TIBDatabaseInfo: new properties/function
866 +     * DateDBCreated (returns date/time database created)
867 +     * TransactionCount (returns no. of active transactions)
868 +     * GetDatabasePage(PageNo: integer) (returns contents of specified database page - SYSDBA only).
869 +     * PagesFree (Firebird 3 or later)
870 +     * PagesUsed (Firebird 3 or later)
871 +     * Encrypted (returns true if database encrypted. (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
872 +     * EncryptionKeyName (returns the name of the encryption key if any (Firebird 3.0.3 or later only)
873 +
874 + 29. IBServices classes now provided the decoded release number in the (array) property ServerVersionNo.
875 +
876 + 30. TIBSecurityService now supports display/modification of the User Admin Role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
877 +
878 + 31. TIBConfigService now has a procedure SetAutoAdmin(Value: boolean) to enable/disable
879 +    the automtic mapping of privileged OS users to the RDB$ADMIN role (Firebird 2.5 and later).
880 +
881 + 32. TIBBackupService: New Option - NoDBTriggers equivalent to -nodbtriggers switch introduced
882 +    in the gbak utility at V.2.1 to prevent database-level and transaction-level triggers from
883 +    firing during backup and restore.
884 +
885 + 33. Both TIBBackupService and TIBRestoreService now support backup/restore statistics options
886 +    for verbose output using the new property "StatisticsRequested".
887 +    see https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-util-gbak.html#rnfb25-util-gbakstats
888 +
889 + 34. TIBRestoreService: now supports new options RestoreMetaDataOnly (Firebird 2.5 and later).
890 +
891 + 35. TIBOnlineValidationService component added to the IBServices and the "Firebird Admin"
892 +    palette. This uses the online validation feature added in Firebird 2.5. The
893 +    services's properties enable inclusion/exclusion of tables and indexes using
894 +    regular expressions. See.
895 +    https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/en/2_5/rnfb25-apiods-api.html#rnfb25-apiods-api-onlinevalidation
896 +
897 + 36. IBServices: procedure TIBConfigService.SetNoLinger added to set no linger
898 +    option on a database.
899 +
900 + 37. TIBCustomService: Assign method implemented to allow copying of service login
901 +    context between service API components. "Detach" method now only detaches
902 +    service when last reference to the service interface detaches. Tidy up of
903 +    code for SetActive and Attach methods including password hiding.
904 +
905 + 38. TIBDatabase: new properties: AuthenticationMethod and RemoteProtocol. Read only
906 +    and used to determine the auth method and protocol used for the connection.
907 +
908 + 39. TIBDatabase: ensure that SQLDialect setting is used when creating a database using
909 +    a Create Database Statement generated by IBX.
910 +
911 + 40. All IBServices now have an additional published property "PortNo". This may
912 +    be set to a non-standard port number when necessary. If zero then the default
913 +    port number is used.
914 +
915 + 41: TIBLookupComboeditBox: Ensure dataset updated when change selected with the keyboard
916 +    and not just the mouse.
917 +
918 + 42. TIBCustomDataset: reopen query if already active when a TIBControlLink is added.
919 +
920 + 43. TIBTreeview: new ImageIndexField and SelectedIndexField Property allows the
921 +    image index and selected image index for each node to be set from a database field.
922 +
923 + 44. TIBExtract: new extract type (etGrantsToUser) for use with eoDatabase. If included
924 +    then database schema includes grants to all users. If not present then the
925 +    only user grants included are those to User PUBLIC.
926 +
927 + 45. TIBTreeView: performance improvement. When expanding include both expanded node
928 +    and child nodes in dataset.
929 +
930 +
931 + IBX Change Log  version                            (2.1-0) Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:20:11 +0000
932 +
933 + 1. IBCustomDataset: Minor change of PChar to PByte for compatibility with fbintf
934 +   changes.
935 +
936 + 2. IBCustomDataset: Fixed use of incorrect datasize in TIBStringField.SetAsString.
937 +   Bug could result in truncated multi-byte character set values.
938 +
939 + 3. Changes consequential on moving fbintf character set utility functions from
940 +   IFirebirdAPI to IAttachment.
941 +
942 + 4. Avoid "Object is nil" error when opening a database with DefaultSystemCodePage = true
943 +
944 + 5. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition when autocompleting text that occasionally
945 +   results in autocomplete ignoring prefix text.
946 +
947 + 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Ensure that cursor is not reset to start of text when
948 +   entering a new name into the text box.
949 +
950 + 7. IBCustomDataset: ensure that TIBStringField uses the field size reported by
951 +   Firebird rather than recomputing it.
952 +
953 + 8. Property Editor positioning tidy up: All IBX Property editors should now be
954 +   screen centre. Previously some were "poDesigned" which may be inappropriate
955 +   for multi monitor desktops.
956 +
957 + 10. TIBTreeView.FindNode: protect against error if zero length path or empty tree node.
958 +
959 + 11. TIBTransaction: On Force Disconnect do not raise an exception when problem ending
960 +    a transaction and always reset the object.
961 +
962 + 12. TIBQuery tidyup: remove unnecessary call to GetAffectedRows.
963 +
964 + 13. TIBXScript: Allow for override of database filename in Create Database statements.
965 +
966 + 14. IBLocaldb: Support initialisation of the database from an SQL script in addition
967 +    to a gbak format archive.
968 +
969 + 15. IBLocaldb: fix problem that stopped the OnSharedDataDir event from being recognised.
970 +
971 + 16. IBLocaldb: Drop database if error creating an empty database.
972 +
973 + 17. TIBTreeView: improve performance when selecting node - avoid refreshing dataset
974 +    unless selected node not in current dataset.
975 +
976 + 18. IBServices: SetDBParams method moved from TCustomIBLocalDBSupport (in IBLocalDB package)
977 +    to TIBCustomService, and IBlocalDB code tidy up.
978 +
979 + 19. IBTreeView: Initialise TIBTreeNode KeyValue to null to avoid unpredictable
980 +    behaviour due to uninitialised variable.
981 +
982 + 20. IBServices: Correct encoding of isc_spb_prp_write_mode in TIBConfigService from
983 +    integer to byte. Ditto isc_spb_prp_reserve_space and isc_spb_prp_access_mode.
984 +
985 + 21. IBSQL: When Database changed ensure that all resources are freed.
986 +
987 + 22. IBCustomDataset: When database changed ensure that queries an unprepared.
988 +
989 + 23. SQL Property Editors now use SynEdit with SQL Highlighter. New features include:
990 +    * Line Wrap on SQL Token boundaries (on user command)
991 +    * auto-complete table names in drop down list of table names
992 +    * Double click on tablename or field name adds to SQL text
993 +
994 + 24. IBDataOutput: print statistics using float (%f) format instead of decimal (%d).
995 +
996 + 25. IBTreeView: Call to FindNode: param type change from "array of Variant" to
997 +    TVariantArray. Seems to avoid memory corruption in Windows (probably a
998 +    workaround for a problem in fpc 3.0.4 win64).
999 +
1000 + 26. IBDatabaseInfo: Code tidy up. Add check for database not assigned or not open.
1001 +
1002 + 27. IBDatabaseInfo: Remove memory leak when accessing database operation counts.
1003 +
1004 + IBX Change Log  version                   (2.0-2) Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:17:53 +0000
1005 +
1006 + 1. TIBDatabase.CreateDatabase: extract full DB Name from SQL using reg ex in order to
1007 +   include remote system name.
1008 +
1009 + 2. TIBExtract: No longer include comment header and COMMIT statement for empty
1010 +   tables when data included in output.
1011 +
1012 + 3. Profiling: IBSQL now has conditional compilation flags to enable query performance
1013 +   and timing information to be written to stdout. This may be used to locate
1014 +   performance bottlenecks.
1015 +
1016 + 4. SQLParser: only call "OnChanging" event handler when value is different.
1017 +
1018 + 5. IBDynamicGrid: Update handling of navigation keys for a TDateEdit
1019 +
1020 + 6. IBCustomDataset: Set internalunprepared flag when transaction ends. This ensures
1021 +   that BindFields is called when the query is next activated. Avoids FieldName
1022 +   not found error.
1023 +
1024 + 7. IBUpdate: This is a new IBX component similar to TIBUpdateSQL. It is more general
1025 +   purpose and allows the programmer to define any action they want for Update, Insert
1026 +   or Delete. This may be complex SQL (similar to a Trigger), application specific
1027 +   filtering of updates, or use of statements such as Grant or Revoke instead of
1028 +   normal DML. See User Manual for more information.
1029 +
1030 + IBX Change Log  version                  (2.0-1) Mon, 09 Jan 2017 15:31:49 +0000
1031 +
1032 + 1. TIBEvents: Fix uninitialised variable that could result in lost events.
1033 +
1034 + 2. TIBExtract: Added support for FB3 "USAGE" privilege.
1035 +
1036 + 3. TIBExtract: data formatted as Charset set "octets" is now output using
1037 +   hexadecimal notation.
1038 +
1039 + 4. TIBExtract: Binary Blobs and array data can now be embedded in INSERT statements
1040 +   using a simple XML format.
1041 +
1042 + 5. TIBExtract: extract of individual Triggers and Stored Procedures can now include
1043 +   grants to these objects.
1044 +
1045 + 6. TIBExtract: Stored Procedures and Views output in dependency order to avoid
1046 +   dependency problems restoring complex databases.
1047 +
1048 + 7. TIBXScript: This component has been restructured to allow for the processing of
1049 +   embedded XML in INSERT statements and to support interactive sources in addition
1050 +   to non-interactive data sources such as files.
1051 +
1052 + 8. TIBXScript: CREATE DATABASE, DROP DATABASE, CONNECT statements are now supported.
1053 +
1054 + 9. TIBXScript: ISQL compatiable Set statements are now supported:
1055 +   SET SQL DIALECT
1056 +   SET TERM
1057 +   SET AUTODDL
1058 +   SET BAIL
1059 +   SET ECHO
1060 +   SET COUNT
1061 +   SET STATS
1062 +   SET NAMES <character set>
1063 +
1064 + 10. IBVersion unit added to hold current IBX Version Number information.
1065 +
1066 + 11. TIBExtract: Use character rather than byte length for VarChar procedure arguments.,
1067 +    and domain definitions.
1068 +
1069 + 12. TIBExtract: Triggers now use SQL2003 syntax and database and transaction triggers
1070 +    fully supported.
1071 +
1072 + 13. TIBExtract: when a database dump includes data, the generator values are now also set.
1073 +
1074 + 14: IBSQLEdit: Unit LCLPlatformDef added to uses clauses for lazarus 1.7 and later.
1075 +
1076 + IBX Change Log  version     (2.0-0) Tue, 06 Dec 2016 10:33:44 +0000
1077 +
1078 + See also doc/IBX4LazarusGuide.pdf for important information on
1079 + upgrading to IBX2.
1080 +
1081 + 1. Size property of TIBStringField is now the width in characters of the field
1082 +   and not the byte length. This applies only to multi-byte character sets such
1083 +   as UTF8. The original approach aligned with TStringField. However, the TStringField
1084 +   code is not recognised as a bug and hence this change to align the behaviour.
1085 +   The TStringField change is expected in fpc 3.2.0.
1086 +
1087 + 2. A new property AutoFieldSize: boolean has been added to TIBStringField. When
1088 +   true (default) then Size property value saved in the lfm is ignored. Size is
1089 +   always set from the dynamic information read from the database. It is unclear
1090 +   why anyone would want to override this and set Size to false.
1091 +
1092 + 3. ibxscript: should now handle correctly a Case..End statement within a procedure
1093 +   block.
1094 +
1095 + 4. IBDatabase: new property - CreateIfNotExists. If true and database does not
1096 +   exist when an attempt is made to connect to it (run time only) then an attempt
1097 +   is made to create the database.
1098 +
1099 + 5. IBDatabase: new event - OnCreateDatabase. This event is called after a database
1100 +   has been successfully created as a result of a call to CreateDatabase or when
1101 +   creating a database after it was found not to exist.
1102 +
1103 + 6.  DBControlGrid: a race condition could result in the wrong row image being
1104 +    written to the cache. This has been avoided by a trip round the message
1105 +    loop before rendering the row image.
1106 +
1107 + 7.  DBControlGrid: It is strongly recommended not to open the source DataSet for
1108 +    a DBControlGrid during a Form's "OnShow" event handler. Under GTK2 this is
1109 +    known to risk corrupt rendering of row images when the control is first
1110 +    displayed. If necessary use "Application.QueueAsyncCall" to delay opening
1111 +    of the dataset (see DBControlGrid examples) until the Form's Window has been created.
1112 +
1113 + 8.  DBControlGrid & IBDynamicGrid: Navigation keys should now work correctly with
1114 +    a TDateEdit control located on an editor panel.
1115 +
1116 + 9.  TIBExtract: brought up-to-date plus many bug fixes.
1117 +
1118 + 10. DBControlGrid: Removed memory leak when updating rows.
1119 +
1120 + 11. TIBCMLocalDBSupport: fixed invalid free on upgrade.
1121 +
1122 + IBX Change Log  version                                           (1.4-3) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:10:15 +0100
1123 +
1124 + 1. IBCustomDataset: When calling SetCodePage, no longer request transliteration
1125 +   when target codepage is CP_NONE. This is a workaround for
1126 +   http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=30622.
1127 +
1128 + 2. DBLog option removed from TIBStatisticalService - not supported by server
1129 +   since Firebird 1.5.
1130 +
1131 + 3. ibxscript: An error is no longer generated for "on commit preserve rows" or
1132 +   similar.
1133 +
1134 + 4. IBCodePage: updated mapping between codepages and character id.
1135 +
1136 + 5. ftWideString and ftWideMemo withdrawn. There is no UTF16 character set in
1137 +   Firebird. Character sets with a char width of two are not UTF16.
1138 +
1139 + 6. Strings received from the database are now always transliterated into UTF8
1140 +   regardless of the database character set or connection character set. This
1141 +   is for compatibility with the LCL.
1142 +
1143 + IBX Change Log  version  (1.4-2) Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:25:27 +0100
1144 +
1145 + 1. IBBlob: Defer reading of blob until read method called. This avoids having to
1146 +   read in an entire blob just to get the size of the blob. General performance
1147 +   improvement when opening datasets containing blobs.
1148 +
1149 + 2. Clearing a  Blob now sets the corresponding field's modified flag.
1150 +
1151 + 3. IBLookupCombo: When not performing auto-complete, original query sort order
1152 +   is now used.
1153 +
1154 + 4. IBDynamicGrid: Add OnSelectEditor event. Allows editor panel to be dynamically
1155 +   determined.
1156 +
1157 + 5. IBDynamicGrid: Recompute column widths after dataset closed and re-opened.
1158 +
1159 + 6. IBLookupCombo: LazUTF8 added to uses clause to avoid compilation problems post
1160 +   lazarus 1.6.0
1161 +
1162 + 7. IBControls. Removed "runtime" from list of paths to avoid "multiple packages"
1163 +   compilation error.
1164 +
1165 + IBX Change Log  version                                 (1.4-1) Tue, 17 May 2016 09:14:51 +0100
1166 +
1167 + 1. No character set specified for connection: when a text blob is retrieved, the
1168 +  character set is determined by looking up the native character set using then
1169 +  Firebird API. Otherwise a text mode blob is assumed to have the same character
1170 +  set as the connection.
1171 +
1172 + 2. TIBGUIInterface: this is an internal interface. Minor type changes to allow
1173 +   for Login Dialog returing a change to the database path.
1174 +
1175 + 3. Design Time Database and Server login Dialogs now allow the Database Name/Server Name
1176 +   to be changed from that given in the TIBDatabase/TIBServer component and for the
1177 +   entered value to be saved on a project specific basis (design time only).
1178 +
1179 + 4. IBDynamicGrid: TDBLookupCellEditor now compares its DataFieldName with the
1180 +   column fieldname. If they are the same then it is acts as a look up for the KeyValue
1181 +   Otherwise, it sets the column text to the selected ListField Value.
1182 +
1183 + 5. IBDynamicGrid: Only visible columns are now taken into account When recalculating
1184 +   column width.
1185 +
1186 + 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: Fix error with autocomplete query when a RelationName is given
1187 +   and a case insensitive search is requested.
1188 +
1189 + 7. IBDynamicGrid: No longer ignores notifications removing Column Totals controls
1190 +   or column ListSource.
1191 +
1192 + 8. IBQuery: no longer performs unnecessary refresh of SQL Text (and hence avoids an
1193 +   unprepare) when closing and the text has not changed.
1194 +
1195 + 9. IBSQL: Base the cursor name on a GUID instead of a hexstr version of the class pointer.
1196 +   Less likely to cause a cursor re-use error on Windows.
1197 +
1198 + 10.SV5IPC: include workaround for OSX. FPC 3.0.0 has broken ipc module for darwin.
1199 +   Expected to be fixed in 3.0.2. Hence workaround only applies to 3.0.0.
1200 +
1201 + 11. TIBTreeView: Guard against nil destination on record changed
1202 +
1203 + 12. AnsiString Code page support: TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString now return a
1204 +    string type with the code page set to reflect the returned field encoding after
1205 +    Firebird driver transliteration, if any.  FPC 3.0.0 onwards only. Behaviour unchanged for
1206 +    earlier versions.
1207 +
1208 + 13. AnsiString Code page support: Assigning to TIBStringField.AsString and TIBMemoField.AsString
1209 +    will now result in transliteration to the code page specified for the Firebird driver
1210 +    if the assigned string has a different code page. FPC 3.0.0 onwards only.
1211 +
1212 + 14. TIBDatabase: new property UseDefaultSystemCodePage. When set any lc_ctype parameter
1213 +    is ignored and the lc_ctype value, when the database is opened, is set to align with
1214 +    the DefaultSystemCodePage (FPC 3.0.0 onwards). Normally, this is what you want and should ensure
1215 +    platform independence. Note: this applies to FPC 3.0.0 and earlier versions. Pre FPC
1216 +    3.0.0, when this property is true, the lc_ctype is UTF8 except under windows when
1217 +    the GETACP is used to determine the Windows code page.
1218 +
1219 + 15. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCharSetName. This is the Firebird character set
1220 +    name used as the lc_ctype when the database was opened. Only valid while the
1221 +    Database is connected.
1222 +
1223 + 16. TIBDatabase: new property DefaultCodePage (FPC >=3.0.0 only). This is the codepage
1224 +    id that corresponds to the DefaultCharSetName.
1225 +
1226 + IBX Change Log  version                          (1.4-0) Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:44:24 +0000
1227 +
1228 + 1. Unix: If Firebird Embedded Server shared object is loaded and a local database
1229 +   path is given and database attach fails due to access permission issues on the
1230 +   temp directory or security database, then the attach is retried with "localhost:"
1231 +   prefixing the databasename. This should avoid problems when the database has to
1232 +   be accessed by a local (e.g. classic) server and libfbembed is used.
1233 +
1234 + 2. Windows: revised search order for Firebird DLL:
1235 +     i.   The Firebird Embedded Server in the application Directory.
1236 +     ii.  If the FIREBIRD environment variable is set then the directory this
1237 +          points to is searched for the FB Client DLL and then then underlying
1238 +          "bin" directory.
1239 +     iii. Registry Key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances
1240 +          is used to locate the Firebird installation directory and the underlying
1241 +          "bin" directory is searched for the FB Client DLL.
1242 +     iv.  The Default installation directories C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_x
1243 +          are searched for the FB Client DLL.
1244 +     v.   The PATH Environment variable is used to search for the FB Client DLL.
1245 +     vi.  Finally the  PATH Environment variable is used to search for IBASE.DLL.
1246 +
1247 + 3. New Component: TIBXScript. This is an ISQL compatible SQL script execution engine.
1248 +   See doc/readme.scriptengine and example applications.
1249 +
1250 + 4. New Component: TIBlocalDBSupport. This is a TIBDatabase support component intended to
1251 +   simplify the use of the embedded firebird server on both Linux and Windows platforms.
1252 +   See dpc/readme.localdatabase and example applications.
1253 +
1254 + 5. IBDynamicGrid: Reordering on column header click should now also work for
1255 +   dynamic columns.
1256 +
1257 + 6. ISQLMonitor: (Windows only). Mutex added to TMultilockGate to avoid race condition
1258 +   between incrementing/decrementing the lock count and signalling the event.
1259 +
1260 + IBX Change Log  version           (1.3-2) Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:39:54 +0000
1261 +
1262 + 1.3.2 was never formally released and only made available as beta copies.
1263 +
1264 + 1. DBControlGrid,IBDynamicGrid: Ignore down arrow and up arrow in TCustomMemo
1265 +
1266 + 2. IBDynamicGrid: Now deals correctly with a single column grid which has no indicator and autosize column
1267 +
1268 + 3. IBLookupComboEditBox: reset timer on each key press - avoids timer going off too early
1269 +
1270 + 4. IBDynamicGrid: Call event OnUpdateSortOrder even when aliasname not found in dataset
1271 +   i.e. when it is a calculated field
1272 +
1273 + 5. IBDynamicGrid: Fix problem selecting a different row when expanded row at end of grid.
1274 +   This problem was due to a race condition between recalculating row heights and
1275 +   determining which row was selected by the mouse click. The row height calculation
1276 +   is now deferred by an extra trip round the message loop allowing the row to
1277 +   be always calculated on the current grid layout rather than risking it being
1278 +   calculated on the grid layout after the expanded row has been shrunk.
1279 +
1280 + 6. IBLookupComboEditBox: avoid race condition between cm_killfocus and cm_exit on
1281 +   Windows.
1282 +
1283 + 7. TIBStringField: Now has two new public properties: CharacterSetName: string and CharacterSetSize: integer;
1284 +   These properties allow the (Firebird) character set name for the field and the max number of bytes per character
1285 +   to be determined at runtime. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
1286 +
1287 + 8. TIBWideStringField: This is a new field type with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
1288 +   TWideStringField. This field type is used with the character size reported by Firebird is two. See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
1289 +
1290 + 9. TIBMemoField and TIBWideMemoField: new field types with the same additional public properties as above and subclassed from
1291 +   TMemoField and TWideMemoField respectively. These field types are used with Blob subtype 1 and a characterset size of
1292 +   1, 3 or 4 (TIBMemoField) or 2 (TIBWideMemoField). See doc/readme.charactersets.html.
1293 +
1294 +   Both also have a new published property "DisplayTextAsClassName". If false (default) the displaytext is generated
1295 +   from the blob text by truncating the string to the displaywidth (in characters not bytes). A displaywidth of zero
1296 +   implies no truncation.
1297 +
1298 + 10. IBLookupComboEditBox: Force autocomplete when EditingDone called and timer active.
1299 +
1300 + 11. IBDynamicGrid: Call DataSet.Append when entering edit mode and dataset empty and not in insert state
1301 +   (avoids "Not in Edit Mode" error).
1302 +
1303 + 12. IBDynamicGrid: Correctly resize grid when one column width plus indicator.
1304 +
1305 + 13. IBDynamicGrid: Ensure Editor Panel has focus when shown - avoids Windows API calling
1306 +    DBGrid.DoExit on subsequent mouse click (e.g. on child control such as a tabbed page control.
1307 +
1308 + 14. IBDynamicGrid: ignore up, down tab and return when editorpanel open and focus in a TCustomGrid descendent.
1309 +
1310 + 15. DBControlGrid: Stop flashing grid when dataset closed and then re-opened while DisabledControls
1311 +
1312 + 16. IBQuery: Bug fixed that prevented SQL being set programmatically once the Parser had been invoked.
1313 +
1314 + 17. IBCustomDataSet: On close, parser is now freed and Select SQL reverts to value before DataSet Opened.
1315 +
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1317  
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