--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Paul Vinkenoog <paul@v...>
wrote:

> > Is there any documentation anywhere for the Firebird client API

for

> > use from C/C++.
>
> > I presume I need to use the 'ibase.h' file (and associated files),
> > but I can't find any documentation on the functions in there.
>
> This is the most complete guide:
>
> http://www.ibphoenix.com/downloads/60ApiGuide.zip
>
> It's still the InterBase 6 API guide, but very little has changed.
> Consult the Firebird Release Notes to make sure.

Thanks - I wasn't sure if it was the same or not.

> If you're a C++ programmer, I think you could also greatly benefit
> from ibpp, a C++ Firebird API (a frontend to the C API):
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/ibpp

I saw that, but wasn't sure about the use of it in a commercial
product (it seems to require source code availability of the bits
which use ibpp - this is OK when we use Firebird itself, as we don't
mind giving people the source code to Firebird which is a standalone
product..)