Thanks for the fast and enthusiastic response. I guess I had to make
this tough though. Since my application is designed using the server
version and this is to be a demo of the full version that just happens
to come in a pretty convenient package, I need to use the server
version. I recognize that I will not be running the Firebird server
as a Windows service, but I think that will be fine, considering the
short term nature of the demo.

I don't think Firebird requires access to the Windows registry since
it is not an ActiveX control and gets its configuration information
from an ini file.

Am I wrong in expecting to be able to install the server as an
application on my thumb drive?

Again, thank you very much for your help.

-Jack

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Chuck Belanger
<phytotech@l...> wrote:

> Hello, Jack:
>
> I just finished an application which used Firebird on a Flash drive,

just

> fine. Its a tutoring program for students to take home to use and

bring

> back after a month to upload their testing data. My wife passes

them out

> on flash drives (the students love'm!). It uses the embedded

version of

> Firebird.
>
> It is only a little slower than using the hard disk directly, and

even

> then only on the initial set up of files, etc.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Chuck Belanger