> We build our application using ASTA and instead of distributing the
> Firebird server interface DLL, we distribute the the embedded DLL
> version. ASTA then talks directly to a local/embedded database.
>
> Multiple clients can then communicate with ASTA.
>
> Presto! Multi-user features while still using the embedded database.

Yes, I'm interested mostly here about the ASTA/FB usage. If you need ASTA to
run as a server, why no install FB as a service on the machine running ASTA?
What's the special need for running embedded in this situation?
Alan