Hello,

f> If I understand correctly: I should design my application using the
f> full firebird database with it's supplied gds32.dll in the
f> application's directory. When running the exe, I should replace the
f> gds32.dll with the fbembed.dll?

did I say that? ;-)

There are several unrelated things to consider.

- Ability to connect at design time. This is something I don't do so
I can't offer my experience here. If you need to keep two copies of
gds32.dll around (one from IB and one - a renamed fbembed.dll - from
Fb) and you need to use both at design time, in different projects,
then I think your only option is start Delphi with two different PATH
specifications. You could have two batch files like this:

set PATH=c:\myib6client\;%PATH%
delphi32.exe

and

set PATH=c:\myfbclient\;%PATH%
delphi32.exe

and launch one or the other according to what project you need to work
on. Or you could have the batch files rename/copy libraries as needed
instead of messing with the PATH.

- Ability to use fbembed.dll with IBX. I just rename it to gds32.dll
and deploy it to my application's folder, together with the necessary
other files like firebird.msg, intl, udf, etc.

HTH
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