Hi Helen

Sorry I didnt write that post very clearly, when i was talking
about 'clients' I was really meaning customers. :(

Therefore, I would assume from what you have said about gds32 being
different and possibly causing problems, certainly with IBX (my
customers might have other applications using interbase and or IBX)
that I should be leaving gds32.dll alone and changing my app to
fbcleint?

Sorry again for the initial mixup, I'm new to client server apps and
still tend to think of the client as someone who may want to pay me
for my app!

Pete


--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
wrote:

> At 11:23 AM 5/10/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>
>
> >Hi
> >
> >If my delphi/IBO application is intended to be installed on

various

> >client machines, are there advantages/disadvantages in my
> >application using either fbclient.dll or gds32.dll?
>
> You should be using fbclient.dll, copied as gds32.dll.
>
>
> >I am currently using firebird-1.5.0.4306-win32 /silent as part of

my

> >setup. As I understand things this option does not overwrite
> >gds32.dll if it exists. Could this cause me problems if a client

has

> >a different version of gds32.dll installed, or are they all the

same?

>
> Yes, it could cause problems and no, they are not all the same.
>
>
> >As i understand it i can replace/ update the gds32.dll by adding
> >instcleint i[gds32]to my setup. But I am worried that
> >updating/replacing gds32.dll may cause problems with my clients
> >machines either now or in the future.
>
> In fact, you don't need to run instclient.exe for IBO. Just

renaming it

> and placing it in the system directory is sufficient. It is

mainly for

> IBX, which decides the client is illegal if it doesn't have the

build

> details for InterBase.
>
>
> >To me it seems more sensible to convert my IBO units to use
> >fbclient.dll (I understand I can do this by: In ib_constants,

change

> >the first variable defined in that unit, viz. IB_GDS32:
> >string= 'gds32.dll'; to IB_GDS32: string = 'fbclient.dll';). but

are

> >there any disadvantages in doing this?
>
> There are various techniques, if you want to go this way - off-

topic in

> this list.
>
> >It seems strange that IBO is
> >not setup to use fbclient as firebird doc says gds32.dll will not
> >always be supported.
>
> Not strange at all. IBO is used with Interbase as well as with
> Firebird. The correct Firebird client renamed to gds32.dll can be

used

> with firebird. The interbase client gds32.dll renamed to

fbclient.dll

> won't work with InterBase...
>
> ./hb