Frank Schlottmann-goedde wrote:

> On Saturday 20 September 2003 23:49, peter_jacobi.rm wrote:
>
>>Dear All,
>>
>>A rather embarassing question, but is there a possibility
>>of accessing a Firebird Server from a DOS Client
>>running 32bit (DOS/4GW) program?
>>
>>Network access via packet driver or NDIS drivers.
>
>
> The only way I could think of is to check whether you can use FreePascal
> Not too much hope though :-(
>

I would say the real problem is that you need a client library that works
under dos. gds32 probably won't work. It requires a whole bunch of Win32
system dll's - ADVAPI32.DLL, GDI32.DLL, KERNEL32.DLL, MPR.DLL, MSVCRT.DLL,
NTDLL.DLL, RPCRT4.DLL, USER32.DLL, WS2HELP.DLL, WS2_32.DLL

So, the first task is likely to be compiling a client library that doesn't
have these dependancies. It can be done (but don't ask me how). The rest
will be a walk in the park. Gpre would be a good starting point if you ever
get to actually write a client app.


Paul