| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] FB 1.5 RC8 not compatible anymore with IBX 7.08 |
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| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2004-02-07T01:05:43Z |
At 12:10 AM 7/02/2004 +0000, you wrote:
Get the latest release notes (v. 1.07, available from www.ibphoenix.com),
which are applicable to RC8. (RC8 was distributed with the wrong version
of the release notes, unfortunately). In v.1.07, you can get details about
instclient.exe, a program in the \bin directory, that you can run to
generate a Borland-compatible client.
beta software. In the last three RC versions a lot of work has been done,
external to the engine, to try to help Windows users to get a custom setup
that will work with your legacy interfaces. As a user of beta software, you
owe it to yourself to understand what changed since the last beta version
you used.
/hb
>I have found out that FB 1.5 RC8 is not compatible anymore with IBX[snip]
>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
>Could somebody fix it?"Fix" is the wrong word. "Customise" - and you can do that yourself.
Get the latest release notes (v. 1.07, available from www.ibphoenix.com),
which are applicable to RC8. (RC8 was distributed with the wrong version
of the release notes, unfortunately). In v.1.07, you can get details about
instclient.exe, a program in the \bin directory, that you can run to
generate a Borland-compatible client.
>I'm expecting that RC8 is a bug-fixed RC7 - and nothing more. Am I wrong?Yes - you are wrong. Although it is late in the beta cycle, it is STILL
beta software. In the last three RC versions a lot of work has been done,
external to the engine, to try to help Windows users to get a custom setup
that will work with your legacy interfaces. As a user of beta software, you
owe it to yourself to understand what changed since the last beta version
you used.
/hb