Martijn Tonies wrote:

> > > >First, you need to make up your requirements -
> >
> > Thanks Martijn for showing to focus on the right question(s).
> >
> > Which components would you, or anybody else, recommend for
> > a multilingual multimedia application on CD/DVD with Firebird
> > Embedded 1.5.1.4481 ?
> >
> > Using
> > - Delphi 7.0 Professional US ( Build 8.1 )
> > - Windows 98 SE ( Build 4.10.2222 A )
>
>Well, not dbExpress as it doesn't support widestrings.
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It seems to me that IB Objects can be removed from the list also because
it looks like this suite doesn't support widestrings either (very much
to my regret).
Regardless of the componentset you choose, you have to move to W2K (or
higher) to get real unicode support.