Ben,

b> I have a midas server, and seperate client program. I am attempting
b> to convert the midas client to use the IBO (BDE conversion) so we
b> wont need the BDE.

unless you ahve been doing things in a really unusual way, your client
does not need the BDE at all. You should have the BDE datasets in the
server application and just the ClientDataSets in the client.

b> Of primary concern here, is that not one line of code in the client
b> changes.

See above. It should be possible without touching the client. Also, I
am not aware of anything the BDE does that IBODataSet does not
regarding default values. AFAIK the BDE never pulls the default values
from the server, but I am not using ClientDataSets much so it could
just be me. Are you experiencing anything different? IBO can be
instructed to do that but a) it's costly and b) it doesn't work in all
cases. I find Lucas' suggestion in this thread more appropriate for
your problem.

Ciao
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