On 5/2/05, Stefan Gustavsson <stefan.gustavsson@...> wrote:

> Hi Jack!
>
> On 5/2/05, jrodenhi <jack@...> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Short term or long term no problem at all, I've had customers that on
> todays date have be runnning embedded fb on a thumbdrive for more than
> a year without a single problem in a POS system, I guess that there
> are plenty with people on this list that have it running for more than
> that.
>

Sorry I meant a month, anyhow it works wonderful.

> >
> > 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.
>
> Correct.
>
> >
> > Am I wrong in expecting to be able to install the server as an
> > application on my thumb drive?
>
> Just deploy your application with all the nessecary dependencies and
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/firebird/Firebird-1.5.2.4731_embed_win32.zip?download
> that zip file contains everything you will need for running FB embedded.
>
> > Again, thank you very much for your help.
> >
> > -Jack
>
> Regards Stefan
>