| Subject | RE: [IBO] Future of IBobjects |
|---|---|
| Author | Jason Wharton |
| Post date | 2008-01-22T08:11:59Z |
Manfred,
I need to cross some hurdles surrounding my current time and money
constraints before I can begin in earnest to port to dot net.
stable as possible while keeping up to date with both Firebird and
InterBase.
Some features I want to get in are better handling of client-side datasets
with client-side record sorting and better handling of international
character sets. I also want to have better off-line data management such
that connections can be disconnected and reconnected without the data access
components getting errors and this will also enable better handling of
connection/network errors.
There are of course many visual controls I can continue to enhance on the
visual side of things and a lot of niggles here and there with some of the
grids that need some work.
One thing that really stands out as well is I need higher quality
documentation for some of IBO's lesser known capabilities. There is a lot
in IBO that goes unused because most programmers don't venture into the
interface of the components and snoop around and look in code to make use of
things.
I decided I would work on any Firebird 2.1 issues so I am reviewing this
prior to the release. For the past couple of years my average between
releases has gone to months instead of weeks. I remember when it used to be
days.
Much of this trend is due to IBO being more stable but it is also due to
some personal issues that make it harder for me to spend as much time with
IBO as I used to. These issues are not permanent and I long for their
resolve so that I can spend more time coding.
Kind regards,
Jason Wharton
> i am new in these group, but i am a long user of ibobjects.Fair enough!
> I always workin with Delphi 6. Now I want update my Delphi to
> Codegear's RAD-Tool.
> Before I buy the tool I have a few Question to Mr. Jason Wharton.
> - work Ibobjects fine with Codegear's RAD-Tool.Yes, but I am keeping up with WIN32 only.
I need to cross some hurdles surrounding my current time and money
constraints before I can begin in earnest to port to dot net.
> - what the plan in the future with ibonjects?For the most part IBO is feature complete so my focus is to keep it as
stable as possible while keeping up to date with both Firebird and
InterBase.
Some features I want to get in are better handling of client-side datasets
with client-side record sorting and better handling of international
character sets. I also want to have better off-line data management such
that connections can be disconnected and reconnected without the data access
components getting errors and this will also enable better handling of
connection/network errors.
There are of course many visual controls I can continue to enhance on the
visual side of things and a lot of niggles here and there with some of the
grids that need some work.
One thing that really stands out as well is I need higher quality
documentation for some of IBO's lesser known capabilities. There is a lot
in IBO that goes unused because most programmers don't venture into the
interface of the components and snoop around and look in code to make use of
things.
> - i saw on your Homepage the last release was in August/2007 is thereYes, I am currently working on the next release.
> a new releas in the plan?
I decided I would work on any Firebird 2.1 issues so I am reviewing this
prior to the release. For the past couple of years my average between
releases has gone to months instead of weeks. I remember when it used to be
days.
Much of this trend is due to IBO being more stable but it is also due to
some personal issues that make it harder for me to spend as much time with
IBO as I used to. These issues are not permanent and I long for their
resolve so that I can spend more time coding.
> Thank you for AnswerThanks for asking!
Kind regards,
Jason Wharton