FlameRobin 26.6.2 Release Notes

We are pleased to announce the release of FlameRobin 26.6.2, which introduces critical stability fixes and resolves major issues related to user management and modern wxWidgets GUI integration.

This version resolves the regression errors found in 26.6.1 and 26.6.0.

Key Highlights

1. Fix for User Management Plugin Loading Failure

• Issue: When using the default fbcpp database/service engine on Windows, attempting to perform user management actions (e.g. Server -> Manage Users -> list or add user) resulted in a database error:

  User management plugin is missing or failed to load

• Cause: The Firebird client library (fbclient.dll) was being loaded from the system directory (e.g. C:\Windows\System32), which does not contain the plugins/ directory containing the Srp or Legacy_UserManager plugin DLLs.
• Resolution: Re-enabled client library dynamic loading in the fbcpp backend (FbCppDatabase and FbCppService) using Boost.DLL. FlameRobin now explicitly loads the user-specified custom fbclient.dll path configured in the database settings. This ensures the correct relative directory is used to load native Firebird plugins (such as srp.dll).
• Build Configuration: Added Boost::filesystem and Boost::dll components to the CMake build link targets to resolve dependencies.

2. Fix for wxWidgets Sizer Debug Alerts (Crash Fix)

• Issue: Selecting "Database -> Test data generator" or other UI elements on modern wxWidgets builds (e.g. 3.3.x) threw a fatal wxWidgets Debug Alert sizer assertion failure dialog:

  wxALIGN_RIGHT | wxALIGN_CENTRE_HORIZONTAL | wxALIGN_BOTTOM | wxALIGN_CENTRE_VERTICAL will be ignored in this sizer: wxEXPAND overrides alignment flags in box sizers

• Resolution: Removed conflicting sizer alignment flags when combined with the wxEXPAND flag across multiple UI dialog codebases:
• DataGeneratorFrame.cpp (fixing the Test Data Generator assert)
• FindDialog.cpp (Find & Replace dialog)
• PrivilegesDialog.cpp (Grant/Revoke privileges dialog)
• ReorderFieldsDialog.cpp (Reorder fields dialog)

Detailed Changelog & Commit Log

• Version Bump: Incremented SemVer configuration to 26.6.2 in vcpkg.json, src/frversion.h (to 2), and docs/fr_whatsnew.html.
• Commits:
• Update docs/fr_whatsnew.html and vcpkg.json for release v26.6.2
• Fix user management error by correctly resolving and dynamically loading user-specified client library in fbcpp backend
• Fix wxWidgets sizer debug assertion failures by removing conflicting alignment flags in combination with wxEXPAND

We recommend all users upgrade to FlameRobin 26.6.2 for a more stable and robust database administration experience. If you find any issues, please report them to our bug tracker at mariuz/flamerobin issues.