> At least in TIB_xyz components, Value at the generic level is Variant, but
> if you treat the field as its effective type (integer field, for example),
> the Value property should give a result of the appropriate type (in the
> example, Value is integer) and not a variant.

Value in TIB_Column is a variant. This is unlike what people do with the
VCL's TxyzField types that override the property with the properly typed
one.

In IBO you are typically dealing with just the TIB_Column and never the
TIB_Columnxyz since I don't use persistent fields.

HTH,
Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com