IB_SQL is written in IBO and is freeware. The properties you mention
can be found on the characteristics tab of the connection tab, so just
take a look at the source code and you should be able to see how to
find this information using IBO.

HTH,
Set

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "robertgilland" wrote:
> IBObjects we use for Metadata transactions,
> we found dbexpress did not work well with
> metadata transactions.
>
> we also use TIBInfo to determine properties
> of the GDB file like Forced Writes, Buffers
> used in memory and sweep intervals.
>
> Is there an equivalent for these in Firebird?