hello Mark,

thank you for your reply.

> Did you use the .local files for the 3 dlls
> (fbclient.dll, msvcrt.dll, msvcp60.dll) in
> the same folder as your app?

Yes, of course. I don't change original system dll's. Furthermore, on the
ME machine Firebird is not installed so it uses local fbclient.dll for
sure.

> I'm pretty sure it's Windows ME and beyond that
> respect this .local dll usage. It just forces
> your app to load the dll files from your local
> directory rather than using the system path first.
> See Microsoft's web page regarding DLL hell.

I'll give it a look, but the scenario is already this. And now I'm going to
perform a test on the 98 SE machine, but I don't expect anything better :-(

If I remember well, someone on this list suggested to download the MSVCRT
and MSVCP60 package for 9x, ME and to install it. I'll see if Wise
installer will allow me to perform a selective installation, avoiding it on
2000 and XP systems.

Regards
Salvatore