Hi Martin,

> what
> is the recommended way of connecting to the database file on the server
> (eg. mapped drive directly to the db location or is there another better
> way?)

This isn't a way. The client does not need (and it should not) to have
direct access to the file itself. Just the server needs to have direct
access to the db file. When you connect to the server, you send the full
path of the thd db for the server (Ex: C:\Databases\MyDatabase.fdb).

Use TCP/IP to connect. The only think that the server must have open to the
lan is port 3050 (and other ports if you use events).

at the moment im doing some major work in my app to convert it to use

> the interbase db. are there any other factors that i might need to

consider

> when im installing the client?

Installing the client is, for most cases, just installing gds32.dll at a
location that is available in the path. A simple way to to this, without the
installer, will be copying that dll to your application directory. You may
want to copy the .msg file also, if you want the messages returned from the
server.

Some of this will be different for 1.5 - Alias on the server will replace
the need for the full path, gds32.dll is now fbclient.dll.

Artur