I have found out that FB 1.5 RC8 is not compatible anymore with IBX
under Delphi7.
The reason is very simple. Delphi is calling 'gds32.dll' for version
number. Stupid, but true, gds32 from RC6 has version no. WI-T6.3.0.0
and auto-generated gds32 from RC8 - guess what? - version no. is
WI-V1.5.0.4201

Delphi requires client DLL with ver. no >= 6

Because of this small change some components are not visible anymore
under IDE:

TIBConfigService, TIBBackupService, TIBRestoreService,
TIBValidationService, TIBStatisticalService,
TIBLogService, TIBSecurityService, TIBServerProperties,
TIBLicensingService, TIBInstall, TIBUninstall

Could somebody fix it?

Is it the only reason I have to pay for non-IBX connection solution?

I'm expecting that RC8 is a bug-fixed RC7 - and nothing more. Am I wrong?

Any comments are welcome,
PiotrL