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<p align="left">UIB is a set of components to use <strong>Interbase</strong>,
<strong>FireBird</strong> and <strong>YAFFIL</strong>.</p>
<p align="left">These components were born from the need to use
Interbase, FireBird or Yaffil indifferently as fast as possible in
a Multithreading environment, a Server for example. UIB have a
Borland Compliant conversion API for Interbase, FireBird and
YAFFIL. </p>
<p align="left">UIB include 11 components:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<div align="left">TUIBDatabase. </div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">TUIBTransaction.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">TUIBQuery.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">TUIBBackup.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">TUIBRestore.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">TUIBScript.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">TUIBDataSet (<strong>read only</strong>).</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">TUIBSecurity</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">TUIBEvents</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">TUIBRepair</div>
</li>
<li> TUIBConfig</li>
</ul>
<p align="left"> These components are "<strong>Thread-Safe</strong>"
with any version of Interbase, FireBird and Yaffil and are working with
<strong>Delphi</strong>, <strong>BCB,</strong> <strong>Kylix,
Lazarus & FPC (Win32, Linux, FreeBsd)</strong>.</p>
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<h2><font color="#999999"><font color="#ffffff">History</font>
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<td height="31"><font color="#006600">2005-03-21</font></td>
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<p><strong>UIB 2<br>
</strong></p>
<li> New component TUIBConfig. </li>
<li> New component TUIBRepair.</li>
<li> New component TUIBSecurity (thanks to Volkan
Ceylan). </li>
<li> New component TUIBEvents. </li>
<li> Rewritten TUIBScript to handle large script. </li>
<li> Corrected dataset and FPC 1.9.6 compatibility. </li>
<li> Improved TUIBDatabase to retrieve database
informations. </li>
<li> Corrected "uibmetadata" to retrieve array
informations. </li>
<li> Read/write faster NUMERIC data types. (thanks to
Volkan Ceylan). </li>
<li> Delphi 2005 for win32 compatibility. </li>
<li> new compiler option: "HAVE_SYNEDIT", if you don't want
to use synedit, desactivate this option in uib.inc. </li>
<li> Firebird 2 compatibility. </li>
<li> Again faster :)
<p><u>Compatibility with previous version</u> </p>
</li>
<li> In previous version of TUIBBackUp &
TUIBRestore you need to implement the OnVerbose event to wait for the
end of the operation. Now you also have to set the new "verbose"
property to true. </li>
<li> If you use the dataset with persistent BCD fields you
have to regenerate them !!! </li>
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<td height="31"><font color="#006600">2004-05-06</font></td>
<td height="31" width="680"> <li> <u>UIB v1.2h
maintenance update.</u> </li>
<li> Bug corrected on TUIBDataset when 2 fields have
the same alias name. </li>
<li> Improved speed on TUIBQuery.Open (thanks to Volkan
Ceylan). </li>
<li> Added SQL Editor on Kylix (Get the latest SynEdit
Version). </li>
<li> DBExpress drivers recompiled for Windows and Linux. </li>
<li> Corrected packages and TUIBDataset for FreePascal
and Lazarus Ide (Win32+ Linux). </li>
<li> I've checked all supported version of Delphi, Kylix,
BCB, FPC and Lazarus.</li>
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<td height="31" width="74"><font color="#006600">2004-04-08</font></td>
<td height="31"> <li> <u>UIB v1.2g maintenance update.</u>
</li>
<li> Bug corrected on "TUIBStatement.ParamsSetBlob(fIeld,
buffer, size)" function. </li>
<li> FreeBsd Compatibilitty with FPC (Thank to Sergey
Shilov). </li>
<li> Added "TMetaTableField.ComputedSource" property for
computed fields. </li>
<li> IFPS3 Interfaces updated.</li>
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<td height="31" width="74"><font color="#006600">2004-03-07</font></td>
<td height="31"> <li> <u>UIB v1.2f maintenance update.</u>
</li>
<li> TUIBQuery > Corrected Eof property when prior is
called. (Thank to Francois Piette) </li>
<li> TUIBQuery > Added Bof property. </li>
<li> TUIBDataSet > Corrected Refresh method.</li>
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<td height="31" width="74"><font color="#006600">2004-02-06</font></td>
<td height="31"> <li> <u>UIB v1.2e maintenance update.</u>
</li>
<li> Bug corrected with empty string parametters, previous
version was including zero terminal. </li>
<li> <u>DBExpress v1.2e update</u> </li>
<li> Include correction from the core components. </li>
<li> BCD fields error corrected. </li>
<li> Various internal modifications on transactions and
cursors. </li>
<li> Considering reported bugs, the dbexpress driver is a
beta release.</li>
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<p><font color="#006600">2004-01-16</font></p>
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<td height="31"> <li> <u>UIB & DBExpress v1.2c
maintenance update</u> </li>
<li> Corrected: some bugs in DBExpress driver (no bugs in
UIB components) </li>
<li> Added: more inline documentation. </li>
<li> Added: <a href="http://ifps3.php">IFPS3</a> interfaces
for UIB. </li>
<li> UIB DBexpress binaries updated.</li>
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<td height="31" width="74"><font color="#006600">2004-01-09</font></td>
<td height="31"> <li> <u>UIB & DBExpress v1.2b
maintenance update</u> </li>
<li> Updated Kylix Packages. </li>
<li> Added Kylix DBExpress Drivers.</li>
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<td height="31" width="74"><font color="#006600">2004-01-04</font></td>
<td height="31"> <li> <u>UIB & DBExpress v1.2a
maintenance update</u> </li>
<li> Fix Firebird 1.5 RC8 compatibility issue (incorrect
blob size returned).</li>
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<td height="31" width="74"><font color="#006600">2003-12-31</font></td>
<td height="31"> <li> <u>UIB v1.2 Release</u> </li>
<li> Some minor updates. </li>
<li> New: <strong>DBExress Drivers</strong> for any
version of Interbase and Firebird. </li>
<li> New Tool: Firebird Packet Analyser. </li>
<li> Happy new year :)</li>
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<td height="31" width="74"><font color="#006600">2003-12-20</font></td>
<td height="31"> <li> <u>UIB v1.2 RC1</u> </li>
<li> Improved SQL Editor (code completion, code parameter,
syntax HighLighter ...). </li>
<li> Bug corrected in UIBMetadata (when reading a double
foreign key). </li>
<li> TUIBQuery can now excecute a stored proc that return
values without adding "suspend" at the end.</li>
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<td height="31" width="74"><font color="#006600">2003-12-12</font></td>
<td height="31"> <li> <u>UIB v1.1d</u>: Maintenance
Update. </li>
<li> BUG corrected on blob Read/Write operations, the bug
was occuring on blobs > 64 Kb. </li>
<li> TUIBStatement.SetTransaction corrected.</li>
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<td height="31" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-12-09</font></td>
<td height="31"> <li> <u>UIB v1.2 beta 2</u> </li>
<li> New property editors for Database, Transaction and
Query components, SQL property editor need <a
href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/synedit/synedit-cvs-2003-12-07.zip?download">
SYNEDIT</a> components. </li>
<li> New "Autostop" property, default = false, if True you
need to close transaction explicitly. </li>
<li> There is now 2 packages to install, the Runtime and
the design pakages, read help file. </li>
<li> UIBScript doesn't commit automatically anymore. </li>
<li> BUG corrected on blob Read/Write operations, the bug
was occuring on blobs > 64 Kb. </li>
<li> Spanish language support. </li>
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<td height="31" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-11-16</font></td>
<td height="31"> <li> <u>UIB v1.2 beta 1</u> </li>
<li> <strong>Major update on transaction rules</strong>, in
the previous versions when a transaction is committed
and there is at least one query alive, "Commit" was changed to
"CommitRetaining" to make other queries
still usable. The new "<strong>AutoRetain</strong>"
property on Transaction component change this behaviour to close all
active queries when transaction commited. The default value is "False",
<strong>for compatibility with the previous versions you
must set this property manually to "True". </strong> It is
highly recommended to keep the default value, excepted if you
perfectly understand this feature. </li>
<li> New "<strong>AutoStart</strong>" property on
transaction component, default value is "True", if this
property is set to "False", you have to call <strong>StartTransaction</strong>.
</li>
<li> More debugging informations in exceptions
messages, previously only the first line was diplayed :( </li>
<li> New exception: <strong>EUIBException</strong> =
class(EUIBError). This exception class is raised when stored
procedures or triggers raise interbase exceptions. You can add
your own exceptions using "<strong>RegisterException"</strong>
method on the database component, so UIB will be able to
raise different exeption for each Interbase exception. </li>
<li> If FB15 compiler option is defined, you can use the
"GetClientLibrary" method (UIBLib.pas) to retrieve absolute path
of the client library according to to the new Firebird specifications. </li>
<li> UIBMetadata unit: Now support <strong>Roles</strong>
and <strong>Domains</strong> (thank to Ritsaert Hornstra). </li>
<li> UIB join <a
href="http://v.webring.com/hub?ring=interbase">Interbase® WebRing</a>.</li>
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<td height="31" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-10-22</font></td>
<td height="31"> <li> <u>UIB v1.1c</u> </li>
<li> Bug corrected when reading a large blob as string. </li>
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<td height="56" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-10-11</font></td>
<td height="56"> <li> <u>UIB v1.1b</u> </li>
<li> TUIBDataBase.OnConnectionLost. </li>
<li> "Two Phase Commits" support. </li>
<li> Bug on TUIBDataSet.Fields[n].IsNull corrected. </li>
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<td height="41" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-10-04</font></td>
<td height="41"> <li> <u>UIB v1.1a</u> </li>
<li> Improved speed on Blob operations. </li>
<li> Bug corrected in TUIBScript with "Drop" statements. </li>
<li> Deutch language support. </li>
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<td height="31" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-10-01</font></td>
<td height="31"> <li> <u>UIB v1.1 Stable Release.</u> </li>
<li> Now working with Delphi 4 and BCB 5. </li>
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<td height="41" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-09-21</font></td>
<td height="41"> <li> <u>UIB v 1.1 RC3 </u> </li>
<li> New TUIBDataSet component, at this time the
component is "read only". </li>
<li> New package for Delphi 6 Personnal Editions. </li>
<li> New CZECH language support (Thank to Petr Stasiak). </li>
<li> Bugs corrected:
<ul>
<ul>
<li> Now, setting a param as an empty string
don't change the parametter to NULL. </li>
<li> Setting a blob parametter with a stream was not
working correctly. </li>
<li> Renamed TFieldType to TUIBFieldType.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
</li>
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<td height="41" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-09-07</font></td>
<td height="41"> <li> <u>UIB v 1.1 RC2</u> </li>
<li> New component TUIBScript (You don't need to use "SET
TERM"). </li>
<li> New method: TUIBDataBase.CreateDatabase. </li>
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<td height="41" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-08-15</font></td>
<td height="41"> <li> <u>UIB v 1.1 RC1. </u> </li>
<li> New unit UIBMetaData, to extract Metadatas (see
UIB\examples\UIB\Component\Metadata sample). </li>
<li> New Widestring data type (Params & Fields). </li>
<li> New optimization on TUIBQuery.Open, now you can
reopen the same query just changing parametters to save the "prepare
time" (the query is still closed if you change Sql text). </li>
<li> new method (TUIBQuery.BuildStoredProc):
automatically create sql query and find parametter types from procedure
name. </li>
<li> new event: TUIBTransaction.OnStartTransaction &
OnEndTransaction; </li>
<li> UIB source code on sourceforge. </li>
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<td height="31" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-07-13</font></td>
<td height="31"> <li> <u>UIB v 1.1 Beta 2. </u> </li>
<li> Parsing error corrected with "CREATE XXX" statements. </li>
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<td height="41" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-07-09</font></td>
<td height="41"> <li> <u>UIB v 1.1 Beta 1. </u> </li>
<li> UIB now working with <a
href="http://www.freepascal.org">FreePascal</a> Compiler
v1.1 (win32 & Linux) and <a
href="http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org">Lazarus</a> IDE (Linux
Only). <br>
*** Special thanks to <strong>Olivier Guilbaud</strong> for his
help :) *** </li>
<li> new: <strong>Parametters by name</strong>
(:identifier), you can still use "?" as identifier. </li>
<li> removed: "UseCursor", now query component always use a
cursor to avoid conficts when updating metadatas. </li>
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<td height="20" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-06-28</font></td>
<td height="20"> <li> Previous version become
a stable release, this version will allways be available
here. </li>
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<td height="41" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-06-25</font></td>
<td height="41"> <li> New property on TUIBDataBase,
TUIBackUp & TUIBRestore: <strong>LibraryName</strong>, to
specify thr GDS library to use (helpfull for embeded versions). </li>
<li> Added <strong>Interbase 7.1</strong> compatibility. </li>
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<td height="20" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-06-14</font></td>
<td height="20"> <li> A bug corrected with string param. </li>
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<td height="28" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-06-12</font></td>
<td height="28"> <li> Corrected: AsVariant with boolean
data types. </li>
<li> Missed methods added (AddCurrency, AddBoolean). </li>
<li> Added: Execute method on TUIBQuery (see data pump
example). </li>
<li> Transaction can lock more than one table (ex: LockRead
:= 'Table1;Table2 ...'). </li>
<li> New Compiler Options:<br>
- FB103: Firebird 1.03.<br>
- UIBLANG_EN: UIB messages in English (Default).<br>
- UIBLANG_FR: UIB messages in French.<br>
- UIBNOCOMPONENT: Use class instead of components.<br>
<p>Contact me to add your language.</p>
</li>
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<td height="28" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-06-08</font></td>
<td height="28"> <li> Added Currency Data Type. </li>
<li> Added Boolean Data Type. </li>
<li> Added UseCursor: boolean property on TUIBQuery
(see cursor example). </li>
<li> Added OnError: TEndTransMode property on TUIBQuery
to define what to do on transaction when error occur (see cursor
example). </li>
<li> AddBlob <strong>renamed</strong> with ParamAddBlob. </li>
<li> Added ParamReadBlob. </li>
<li> Added ParamSetBlob. </li>
<li> First Release Candidate: V1.0 RC1</li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-05-31</font></td>
<td> <li> A bug corrected when adding a blob
parametter from a stream (too many data are saved). </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-05-29</font></td>
<td> <li> Minor design update. </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-05-14</font></td>
<td> <li> Bug corrected when adding an empty string
parametter to Query. </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-05-07</font></td>
<td> <li> Threaded Query sample modified. </li>
<li> Disconnecting Database now close transactions properly
when needed. </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-05-03</font></td>
<td> <li> Minor bug corrected on TUIBQuery.ExecSQL. </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-04-25</font></td>
<td> <li> UIB working with Kylix 3. </li>
<li> New compiler option: "FBEMBED" to use FireBird 1.5
Embed. ("FB15" must be defined). </li>
<li> Database Handle property, set this property with the
handle of another IB Database Component to migrate to UIB easier. </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-04-20</font></td>
<td> <li> New compiler option: "UIBTHREADSAFE",
desactivate multithreading to retrieve records faster. (single
thread applications only) </li>
<li> New TUIBQuery property: "BufferChunks" to allocate
memory faster when "CachedFetch" property is set to True. </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-04-16</font></td>
<td> <li> Minor update to retrieve faster (27.5%) a
field by his name. </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-04-15</font></td>
<td> <li> BCB6 compatibility improved. </li>
<li> A bug with VARCHAR Type corrected. </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-04-12</font></td>
<td> <li> align="left">Read Blob as Variant. </li>
<li> A minor bug corrected on a Blob function. </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-04-11</font></td>
<td> <li> Automation sample to use with Excel, VBScript
... </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-04-10</font></td>
<td> <li> Now work with BCB6 </li>
<li> New components: TUIBBackup & TUIBRestore. </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-03-29</font></td>
<td> <li> UIB now work with Delphi 5. </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-03-26</font></td>
<td> <li> UIB now work with YAFFIL. </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-03-18</font></td>
<td> <li> Now blobs can be fetched in a TSQLResult (See
FetchBlob Property). </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-03-16</font></td>
<td> <li> UIB now include an ORB working wtih Indy (See
Client/Server sample). </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-03-12</font></td>
<td> <li> Synchronisation corrected with multi-database
connections. </li>
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<td height="18" width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-03-11</font></td>
<td height="18"> <li> UIB Will be included to JVCL 3.0,
Components are now compliant to JVCL Specifications. </li>
<li> QuickScript property on TUIBQuery. </li>
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<td width="74"><font color="darkgreen">2003-03-07</font></td>
<td> <li> Read/Write Blob. </li>
<li> Fields by name. </li>
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<h3 align="left">Why to use UIB ?</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<div align="left">You need a fast access to database.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">You need a threaded access to database.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">You want to use indifferently Interbase,
FireBird or Yaffil.</div>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 align="left">Which version of Database are supported ?</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<div align="left">Interbase 6.00, 6.01, 6.02, 6.5, 7.0, 7.1,
7.5.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Firebird 1.02, 1.03, 1.5, 2.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Yaffil 1.0.xxx</div>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 align="left">Which version of compilers are
supported ?</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<div align="left">Delphi 5.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Delphi 6 & PE.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Delphi 7.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">BCB 5.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">BCB 6.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Kylix 3.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">FreePascal V1.9.x (Win32 & Linux).</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">Other versions are not tested.</div>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 align="left">Compiler options:</h3>
<p align="left">Edit "UIB.inc" and activate what you need.</p>
<p align="left">(UIB work in compatibility mode
(IB6) if any option is defined.)</p>
<ul>
<li>
<div align="left">"FB102" (FireBird 1.02)</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">"FB103" (FireBird 1.03)</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">"FB15" (FireBird 1.5)</div>
</li>
<li> "FB20" (Firebird 2)</li>
<li>
<div align="left">"IB65" (Interbase 6.5)</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">"IB7" (Interbase 7)</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">"IB71" (Interbase 7.1)</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">"YF867" (YAFFIL 1 build 867)</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">UIBTHREADSAFE (DEFAULT)</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">UIBLANG_EN : messages in English (DEFAULT).</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">UIBLANG_FR : messages in French.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">UIBLANG_CZ: messages in Czech.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">UIBLANG_DE: messages in Deutch.</div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">UIBLANG_ES: messages in Spanish.</div>
</li>
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