Hi,

I am new to interbase and firebird so please bare with me :-)...

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I am developing an application that extracts data from an Interbase
database (.IB).

I am currently using an old INTERSOLV ODBC driver to connect however
I would like to distribute the application and I'm looking for other
option for easier installation and without the cost of expensive
licenses.

I am using Visual Studio 2003 with VB code.

So, is there an SDK from firebird I can use to connect to my IB
database and can it be implemented in code so an actual ODBC driver
does not have to me manually installed on a target system?

Cheers in advance,
Kevin Preston.