> CLASSPATH=D:\Test1\jaybird-full-2.1.6.jar;.

Ok.

> FIREBIRD=D:\Test1

Ok.

> Path=D:\Test1; <rest snipped!>

Ok.

> The code that fails looks like this
>
> con = DriverManager.getConnection
> ("jdbc:firebirdsql:embedded/3050:
> D:\\Test1\\EMPLOYEE.FDB", "SYSDBA", "masterkey");

Not ok. If you use embedded URL should be:

jdbc:firebirdsql:embedded:d:\\Test1\EMPLOYEE.FDB

You should have checked the release notes on page 9.

> For "embedded" I have also subsituted the IP address,
> localhost, 127.0.0.1 and the computer name - all to
> no avail.

It does not access the database via IP. Also you do not need server for
this.

Roman