Add the following code to you Form2 constructor

procedure Form2.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
with ib_query1 do
begin
Open;
end;
end;

I'm don't use dephi but that should be about right. For some reason opening
the query in the DM constructor doesn't work.

or you could drop a TIB_DatasetBar onto your form, set the datasource
property to TIB_DataSource. Its not intuitive but it works.

HTH,
Gary