26.01.0

2026-01-06

Added

• Oracle Database Support: Full Oracle support in Bold core persistence mappers (#10)
• AsObjectList helper for TBoldAbstractListHandle (#17)
• Codecov.io integration for code coverage tracking
• PowerShell scripts for unit tests and coverage

Changed

• Refactored code to reduce duplication with extracted helper methods (#13, #15, #18, #19):
  • IsValidIdentifier, SetPersistenceTaggedValue, EnsureConstraintListAndAdd
  • FreePublisherInstance, EnsurePublisher, BuildWCFOrQueryWithOperator
  • InitializeIndirectLinkFields, InitializeDirectLinkFields, InitializeTimestampFields
  • SystemHasDirtyObjects, DoPreChangeIfNeeded
• Removed C++ support from BoldUMLModelValidator (#16)
• Refactored TBANumeric.GetStringRepresentation to extract common logic (#19)
• Refactored TBABlob validation (#14)
• Code coverage improved from 28% to 40%

Fixed

• Missing Result := in TBABlobImageJPEG/BMP.GetStringRepresentation (#20)
• String columns ignoring AllowNull when using EmptyStringMarker (#11)
• 64-bit ACCESS_VIOLATION in grid and edit controls (#9)

25.12.1

2025-12-30

Added

• SQLite database support for MasterDetail demo
• Firebird database support for MasterDetail demo
• PostgreSQL database support for MasterDetail demo
• Changelog with version history

Changed

• Use NativeInt instead of Integer for TList-derived Items properties (fixes W1075 warnings)
• Simplified versioning: removed BoldVersionInfo.pas, version now in dproj only

Fixed

• FireDAC SQLite catalog issue causing "near '.': syntax error"
• DateTime field handling for SQLite (stores as TEXT in ISO 8601 format)
• VendorHome changed to VendorLib for FireDAC connections

Full Changelog: 25.12.0...25.12.1

25.12.0

Designtime packages for these Delphi versions

• Delphi 11.3 Alexandria
• Delphi 12.1 CE Athens
• Delphi 12.3 Athens
• Delphi 13 Florence

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bero/BoldForDelphi/commits/25.12.0

Bold 25.10

This release target Delphi 12.1 and 12.3.
12.1 is important as it is the last release for Community Edition.
I think it is important that Bold supports that.

dclBold231.bpl - Delphi 12.1
dclBold233.bpl - Delphi 12.3