Editions

Beginning from version 2.1 IXFile is released in two editions. Professional Edition is a direct continuation of IXFile 2.0 and has complete functionality with all features available. Standard Edition does not support file sharing, locking and multithreading; it is meant for developers who need exclusive file access only. See table below for comparison of Professional and Standard Edition features.

Feature Professional Standard file opening various access and sharing modes • attaching opened files by handle • • automatic file closing • • reading, writing and finding data bit • • byte • • short and long integer • • single and double precision floating point number • • variant, date, currency, decimal • • text (ANSI and Unicode, several formats) • • binary • • locking automatic locking on read and write operations • manual locking for various data types • multilock feature for locking overlapping file regions • resizing block insertions and deletions • • manual file resizing • • positioning automatic positioning on read and write operations • • absolute and relative manual positioning • • file system operations checking file existence • • copying, moving and deleting files • • path manipulations • • other features optimizable buffering and unbuffered transfer • • Unicode support with adjustable conversion • • multithreading support • error reporting with failure/error code and error description • • available as COM component and C++ library • •