What is the difference between IB Objects, InterBase Express and Free IB Components?

Resumen: What is the difference between IB Objects, InterBase Express and Free IB Components?

Problem: What is the difference, if any, between IB Objects, IB Express that ships with D5, and Free IB Components? Solution: All three are implemented with the InterBase API directly; no BDE or ODBC or other middleware. You need only install the InterBase client and the component library on your client host. All three grant component-level access to many features of InterBase that are not usable via BDE. IB Objects is a commercial set of components that perform data access and other convenience features for InterBase. They are several years old, quite mature, and very high performance. These components work with Delphi 2 and later. Free IB Components (FIBC) is a freeware offering that implements a custom TDataSet architecture for InterBase. These work with Delphi 3 and later. InterBase Express (IBX) is based on FIBC, but with a lot of additional components and features implemented by InterBase engineering. It supports things such as master-detail, TProvider for multi-tier MIDAS apps, as well as upcoming InterBase 6 features such as the Services API and Install API. There are also quite a few component property editors, and full context-sensitive reference documentation. IBX is compatible only with Delphi 5, but by doing this IBX is fully integrated with the new Delphi 5 Data Module Designer and other new Delphi 5 interface changes. Source: Bill Karwin - Mers List 9/28/99

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