> Is it OK to have both these dlls in system32? My app uses the legacy
> gds32.dll but the FB utils like gbak will use fbclient.dll. I'm
> getting an error on gbak that says another process has the database
> open. I have tried several very simple versions of the gbak .bat job
> on the same PC where FB is running (and the app using localhost).
> Thanks.
>

You have to use identical connection strings.
So on the server you have to have
servername:drive:\path
and on the remote PCs you also have to have
servername:drive:\path
if a remote machine uses servename:drive\path
then you can't connect on the server (locally) using localhost
Alan