--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Andreas Hesse <ah@...> wrote:

>
>
> >> The 4.9.x Releases are useless for D2009, because they do not support
> >> Unicode.
> >>
> >> I don't have time to work on it.
> >> Just waiting for the 5.0.x versions.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Andreas
> >>
> >
> > Andreas,
> >
> > Unicode is not the only reason for migrating to D2009. I just need a version of IBOAdmin that works with the latest version of IBO which is 4.9.x period.
> >
> > Sean.
> >
> >
>
> OK, but it was not necessary to convert all string definitions to
> AnsiString. A lot of thinks do not need any changes.
>
> I updated IBO Admin, so that it will work with 4.9.3.
>
> And I found an error in loading the client dll.
>
> Please change following in IB_Session:
>
> Line 808:
> IB_GetClientLibNameFunc: function: string;
>
> Line 918:
> function OpenClientLibrary(libname: string): boolean;
> begin
> FGDS_Handle := SafeLoadLibrary(libname);
> Result := (FGDS_Handle >= 32);
> end;
>
>
> and in AcquireOriginalHooks:
>
> tmpname: string;
> begin
> if FGDS_Handle < 32 then
> begin
> tmpname := '';
> if Assigned(IB_GetClientLibNameFunc) then
> tmpname := IB_GetClientLibNameFunc;
> if Length(tmpname) > 0 then
> begin
> if not OpenClientLibrary(tmpname) then
> Exit;
> end
> else if not OpenClientLibrary(IBO_FBCLIENT_DLL) then
> if not OpenClientLibrary(IBO_GDS32) then
> Exit;
> end;
>
>
> @Jason: include this fix in the next versions. Maybe they must be
> differnent for different delphi versions.
>
>
> In original 4.9.3 I was not able to load the client libs from a fully
> defined path.
>
> --
> Andreas
>

Hi Andreas,

Thanks for this, where can I download the IBO v4.9.3 compatible version? I've downoaded the latest from sourceforge but it won't compile with v4.9.3, I get the following:
[DCC Error] IBOConnectionInfo.pas(260): E2010 Incompatible types: 'PByte' and 'Array'

Regards,
Sean.