Hi Anderson,
I have two questions. First, I have been using another DBExpress
driver because there was no guarantee that future versions of
IBExpress would be compatible with future versions of Firebird. I
just ran across my second issue with this second DBExpress driver. An
amount of -.06 was returned from the database as -.=6 which
FastReports complained was not a valid numeric value. I concluded
that the problem was with the DBExpress driver because when I changed
to IBExpress the problem went away. So the first question is: have
you found any incompatibilities between IBExpress and Firebird?

The second question is: Is the MDO set acceptable? I had not even
heard of it until your post.

I may also want to check out FIB+. I think it is used by some people
that have been in this business a while.

Thanks
Jack

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Anderson Farias"
<peixedragao@...> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> > 1) Are there any free components?
>
>
> There are 2 at least:
>
> MDO (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mdo/)
>
> UIB (http://www.progdigy.com/?page_id=5)
>
>
> > Where I live the prices in euros or in dollars are a bit expensive

for

> > us...
> > If there are not free (and reliable) components, I
> > will save, and wait until I can buy one of them...
>
> Here in Brasil we can buy FIB+ with a special price, more accesible

to our

> reality! This may also be the case at your place. Maybe you could

get some

> information from them.
>
>
> > 1) I like (if possible) the migration from IBX to the new

component to be

> > not
> > too complex, because I have some quite big applications already

made with

> > IBX
>
> FIB+ is easy to go with when you come from IBX. AFAIK, MDO is the

samething.

>
>
> good luck,
>
> Regards,
> Anderson Farias
>