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Bug Fixes:

• Fixed bug #1490166.
• Fixed bug #1489770.
• Fixed bug in Domains schema.
• Added the information of the of IscException’s errors to the errors collection.
• Fixed incorrect number of bytes per character in the UTF-8 character set information.
• Fixed FbDataReader.GetEnumerator method to allow the Reader to be closed with CommandBehavior.CloseConnection

Changes:

• Changed GetIPAdressMethod to use IPAddress.Parse with the Data Source when getting an exception with Dns.GetHostEntry.
• Changes on Dispose implementations of FbDataReader, FbCommand and FbConnection classes.
• Added a minor hack to the FbParameter.Size property to try to ha a better detection of Clob parameters
• Added initial support for connection string property synonyms in the DDEX provider.

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The application is a Windows client/server application based on the following platform:

• Borland Delphi 7 – compiled Win32 executable
• Developer Express VCL Libraries – user interface controls
• Reportbuilder – Delphi native report engine with end-user report designer
• Firebird – Open source client/server database engine

We have C# and MSSQL Server skills, have several MSDN subscriptions, but we deliberately chose to develop the product in Delphi….why?

• Internet Deployment – We have an 8MB download – including a client/server database – impossible with .NET, and a 100+MB download is too much – way too much.

• User experience – A Win32 application written in Delphi is FAR more responsive than a .NET application.

• Speed of development – We have C# experience and Delphi experience, and while it is true we’ve more Delphi experience than C#, the consensus here is it’s still quite a lot quicker to get a Delphi application out of the door than one created in Visual Studio.
  

As .NET matures, we’ll be keeping an eye on things and future versions of the software could have a .NET client – we’ll have to wait and see. As we add things like Internet services, we’ll have this in mind as we make our technology choices; but for now, we’re sticking with Win32 and Delphi.

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