> Is there any way to find out if there is Firebird installed before tying
> any connection?
>
> I want when starting my application to check if it is installed, if it
> is right, if it is not I want to warn the user about the needed
> instalation.

There is no way to do this in pure Java (at least I do not know of any)
except to connect to the server and check for an error. In C/C++ under
Windows you can check for a window handle, but that is question for a
Firebird-Support list.

Roman