Subject Re: [firebird-support] IB 6.0.2 Open Source to FB 1.5 - Need help!
Author Helen Borrie
>Hello,
>
> > I have developed Application using Delphi 7 and IB 6.0.2 Open Souce
> > version. I have used IBExpress components.
> >
> > Now I need to upgrade it to FB 1.5. Converting Database from IB to FB
> > isnt a problem. But I am afraid IBExpress components that I have used
> > in Application for data access may not function properly with FB. Has
> > anyone done this before? Any problems or challenges?
> >
> > I will highly appreciate any suggestions.

At 10:51 AM 16/12/2004 +0100, Martijn Tonies wrote:

>As far as is known, IBExpress works fine with Fb 1.5 - but you have
>to rename "fbclient.dll" to "gds32.dll".

Actually, for IBX you need to do more - not just rename fbclient.dll, but
explicitly generate the IBX-compatible gds32.dll using the instclient.exe
tool in the bin directory. Instructions are in
..\doc\README.Win32LibraryInstallation.txt and also in the FAQ at
firebird.sourceforge.net

./heLen