The Interbase components (IBX) still work with Firebird 1.5, or at least do for us. We started with
them when we were using Interbase 6 (open-source) and never switched away. The problem is that
there's no guarantee that they'll continue to work forever, as IBX components are maintained by
Borland who only really care about making sure IBX works with Interbase (7.x at the moment.) Make
sure you use the gds32.dll provided by Firebird instead of the Interbase one to keep the driver up
to date. The interface visible through IBX stays the same when you do.

If you want to avoid problems later on, you might consider using IBObjects, IBPP, or any of the
other API wrappers ... some of them are probably maintained by Firebird-friendly programmers who
care about keeping things compatible.

Excel? We export to CSV and hope for the best ...

-Philip

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From: marcelo.miorelli@...

> Hi all,
>
> I am using Firebird 1.5 with CPPBuilder 6 on windows XP and Windows 2000.
>
> In the embedded set of component paletes there is one called "Interbase".
> I am using those components to work with firebird.
> There is also a different palete named "Interbase Admin".
> Is it all right using those components to handle Firebird?
>
> Another question I would like to know is how would you do to save the
> result of a query into an excel file.
> The query is not always the same.
> Any tips is appretiated.
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> Marcelo Miorelli

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