I had no idea this would result. I need to look into this to see what I can
do about it.

In short what I was trying to accomplish is to make IBO favor using the BCD
field instead of the float field if precise decimal places were desired. By
doing this there wouldn't be any rounding anomalies from using a float to
store the value in.

However, where matters of presentation are concerned there are additional
differences I didn't foresee.

I did have one person who was having problem switching between using float
and BCD fields so I thought I would make it so they were essentially
interchangeable.

Can you show me how the mask stuff works in a little sample app? (I don't
use QR)

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

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael L. Horne" <guardian@...>
To: <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 10:36 AM
Subject: [IBO] BUG - IBO 3.6cf stops Masks in QuickReport fields


> Hello
>
> IB WI-V6.0.0.627 IBO 3.6cf
>
> I found after installing the new version IBO 3.6cf that all my
> currency fields on QuickReports.TQRDBText that used a Mask ("#.00")
> where printing out their field name instead of the data. I tracked
> it down to a change in "IBDataset.pas" where the following was changed
>
> Version IBO 3.6cd IBDataset.pas line 1982
>
> NewDataType := ftFloat;
> end
> else
> if ( SQLType = SQL_FLOAT ) or
> ( SQLType = SQL_FLOAT_ ) or
> ( SQLType = SQL_DOUBLE ) or
> ( SQLType = SQL_DOUBLE_ ) then
> NewDataType := ftFloat;
>
>
> Changed to Version IBO 3.6cf IBDataset.pas line 1993
>
> if ( SQLScale >= -4 ) then
> begin
> NewDataType := ftBCD;
> NewDataSize := 8;
> end;
> end;
>
> I am not sure what should be done to make it work correctly, but
> replacing the change with the original code makes my reports
> work. That might not be the right solution but maybe Jason or
> someone will tell us the right thing to do.
>
> Thanks
> Michael L. Horne
>
>
>
>
>