> >I've followed every single instruction concerning the deployment

of an

> >embedded application.
>
> Except one: you can't connect to an embedded server using a

network method

> (in your case, TCP/IP local loopback): you MUST use local

connect. Remove

> localhost: from the connection string and it will work - as long as

you are

> not trying to access a database file that's located on a share or

mapped

> drive, of course...
>
> /heLen

The README_embedded.txt file that comes with the .zip of the Win32
embedded package says this:

" 2.2. Database access

The embedded server can act as a true local server
accessing databases on a local machine, and as a remote
gateway which redirects all network calls to another
hosts (i.e. works as a client library). Note that you
cannot connect to the local standalone Firebird server
using the local connection string (without a host name).
It applies to IPC connections only, because they use
the same format of the connection string; but you can
connect to the local standalone server via TCP/IP localhost
loopback or via the named pipes protocol.
"

I understood the above as specifically stating that "I can connect to
the local standalone server (the embedded?) via TCP/IP localhost
loopback or via the named pipes protocol".

Thanks, I'll try further.

FJF