--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Masefield"
<polsolsa@y...> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Have tried to run an app on a Win 200 machine connected to the same
> LAN as my devlopment laptop. Although the app runs OK on the laptop,
> it won't run on the Win 2000 PC. As a newbie to firebird I have
> installed on the Win 2000 machine the app plus fbclient plus
> msvcp60.dll in the same directory and have cloned the GDS32.dll into
> Windows/System32.
> This particluar app was built with FIBP trial version and, when run
> on the Win 2000 PC one gets the "thanks for evaluating FIBP"
> followed by the MS "Can't run this program report error" screen
> (no 'debug' button) then nothing.
> Any idea what can be wrong?
> Have checked the properties of the GDS32 file and it indicates that
> it is the 'firebird' version.
> As a last resort, tried installing the superserver on the target
> (Win 2000) PC and stopping the (local) server. Still get same
> problem.
> Is there something specific about Win 2000 client installation I
> should know?
>
> BTW, the IBPheonix site GSTG talks about a file called FB32.dll
> being necessary for the client but cannot find this file (now
> fbclient.dll?).
>
> Having done a 'Google' search for Firebird client installations the
> information is somewhat thin (understatement?). Most of the info I
> gleaned was from the IB Expert site (via Google) and it's difficult
> to ascertain what files are necessary on the client (there is some
> conflicting information) and whether or not any registry keys are
> necessary (which does not appear to be the case).
> Has no-one yet come up with a client installation binary?
>
> Regards,

"Can't run this program report error" that mean your application had
long time when loading for run, i think that message "thanks for
evaluating FIBP" do this problem because it showed when your app
loaded not after run.