Hello Phil,

> IBX provides backup/restore services for IB6 nicely bundled in
> Delphi. Is there an equivalent API/components for Firebird? They
> work after a fashion on Firebird but no way to inform the user when
> the process is done.

There are API functions you can call (see the API Guide). Because
these require some tedious setup and interpretation stuff everytime
you call them, I've written some VCL frontend functions which you can
download at http://vinkenoog.nl/interbase/

...BUT: they are in C++ source code so you'd have to convert them to
Object Pascal. Shouldn't be too difficult. I want to do it myself "as
soon as I find the time" - whenever that will be ;-)

Greetings,
Paul Vinkenoog