Craig,

C> I recently read in the DevGuide about the ibinstall.pas file
C> for delphi users to write an install for firebird, i could not find
C> this file in my installation of firebird. I would like to write a
C> silent install app using delphi (or c++ if needs be) to install
C> firebird on designated machines, i have looked at the
C> ibinstall.defined.net site but anything related to firebird does
C> not appear recent to Version 1.5. Can anyone offer some direction
C> or avenues to pursue.

if you need a "standard" installation of Firebird you can launch the
provided setup program with command line flags to make it silent (I
believe they are at least /SILENT and /VERYSILENT). This only
works on Windows which as I understand is your platform.

Alternatively, you can build a "custom" Firebird installation in case
you have special requirements. InnoSetup is an ideal tool to do that.

The installation API, as declared in ibinstall, was not part of the
initial open sourcing of InterBase and so is not included in Firebird.
Not that many people actually cares. ;-)

Ciao
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