> Yes, that's not the issue. Maybe I didn't explain it correctly. Lets

forget

> the server for now. I have TWO applications on ONE PC. Can they both

access

> the SAME DB file at the same time since they are both using the same
> embedded DLL?

No they can't.

You could create a service (using RemObjects or equivalent) as a data
abstraction layer, and multiple programs could then effectively access
the database via that layer.

Embedded can behave just like a normal fbclient.dll when connecting to
another FB Server via TCP, but it doesn't itself have a TCP listening
service.

Adam