> Since I do not know in which directory it will be installed I want it
> to run standalone (all in one directory). Also it will be written in
> Java. My problem is that I do not know what I need to configure where,
> so I get all kinds of errors (presently somethig about being unable to
> find or load gds32.dll). Specifying absolute paths isn't an option. Is
> this at all possible with a combination of embedded FirebirdSQL and
> Java?

Yes, however you have to add the "current dir" to the PATH and also you
have to specify the FIREBIRD variable to point to the "current dir".
Something like:

set PATH=.;%PATH%
set FIREBIRD=.

javaw.exe -classpath .... com.mycompany.MainClass

should do the trick.

Roman