> But I decided to try one more thing. I left the
> embedded fbclient.dll in the debug directory. I also
> have its twin, gds32.dll, in the same directory.
> Both are 1481 KB in size. That's the size of the
> embedded DLL. There is no client only fbclient.dll
> in the executable's directory.
>
> My program worked, apparently it connected to the
> server. Is that to be expected when using the embedded's
> DLL? With the big embedded server DLL in the executable's
> directory, should the app still depend on, or use, the
> Firebird server?
>
> Thanks
> Larry

If your application tries to connect to a server (i.e.uses a tcp connection
string starting with a server name, then it will behave as a client and try
to connect to that server. If your connection string is local (no
servername) then it will respond and behave like the embedded server which
it is.
Alan