30 May 2003
It's almost three years since I kicked off this project. It went quiet after that, when the OPTK developer Binh Li decided not to port his framework beyond Delphi 5.

Now the good news is that Fabricio Araujo (Brazil) has picked it up, obtained some source code from Binh Li, and has compiled OPTK on Delphi 6 and 7. This will at least provide the chance for anyone interested to move forward with this.

In the hope that our OLE-DB driver project can now move forward again, I am running a diary of developments as they occur.

DIARY DATE	DEVELOPER	COMMENT
30 May 2003	Fabricio Araujo	The problem: Optk binary code was compiled in D5. Need the full source (including the full source of wizard) to make it work. And the source of wizard weren't supplied nor available in navigable link in techvanguards. I asked Binh Li and he sent me the wizard's code. I'll send for you my code (which can compile in D6 - but I haven't tested yet) and the original D5 code. I'll make a tutorial more complete than the install notes - including the steps I had to follow to recompile the source ( really, it's a little weird ). And I had to change a few lines of code to satisfy the D7 compiler - which gave errors the code in the first tries. Note.: Your 'protocol' idea in the driver gave some ideas...
17 June 2000	Jason Wharton	I have had an OLE-DB driver for InterBase 6.x working for a while now. I had hoped to add more capabilities for review before sending it out but I have been otherwise occupied. Rather than keep holding it back, I figured it would be worthwhile to show you what there is, so we all at least have somewhere to start. My first order of enhancement is to get it to process a SELECT statement. That will be easy... It's a start! Comments and feedback are appreciated.

Thanks,
Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ