At 05/12/2001 08:00 AM, you wrote:

>One Interesting feature is the possibility of hiding the metadata. I
>remember it was an issue with many developpers.
>One the bad side, many people use IB Express. Once IB Express starts
>supporting IB6.5, we may start having problems
>using them with Firebird. Are there substitutes with similar functionnality?

Take a look at IB Objects at www.ibobjects.com. Jason has made a set of
components that are wonderful to work with. Do keep in mind that they have
some differences in the way they work in comparison with IBX, but they are
much better. BTW, they are not free(trustware), but worth the money for
the work that Jason does.

Have a look and there a YahooGroups for IBO support and it's excellent support.


Daniel Rail
Senior System Engineer
ACCRA Group Inc. (www.accra.ca)
ACCRA Med Software Inc. (www.filopto.com)