From: "M Tuttle" <miket@...>

> I'm kind of new to this stuff. Can you tell me specifically what I'm
> looking for or maybe a little example code?
>
> I simply want a way to determine if IBServer is running on a WinNT or

Novell

> server.
>
> Basically when my app starts up, I receive several error messages and

access

> violations if the IBServer is not running and I simply want a graceful way
> to terminate my app without all these errors and AV's
>
> Any additional help welcomed.
>

It depends on what you are using but I would think the simplest method would
be to put a test Open function for your main database component in the
datamodule. Something like this:

function CanConnect: boolean;
begin
try
MyDB.Open;
result := true;
except
result := false;
end;
end;

Then, you can just use this to start with. If it returns false, don't try to
do any database stuff in your app. You can show a message and exit or
whatever you want to do.

HTH
Woody