--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Graeme Edwards"
<g.edwards@s...> wrote:

>
> --- 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,
>
> What exactly do you mean by client in this context? To me, a

client

> firebird setup would
> be done so that databases can be run on a remote machine. A server

setup

> would allow the
> local machine to be the server that runs the database.
> Are you trying to run the database on your laptop from the Win

2000 PC?

>

No, the server is remote and runs Win 2003 server, the Win 2000 PC
is a client to this server.

> If this is the case, what connnection string are you using to

connect to the

> database.
>

Connection string is of the type MyServer:C:\Dirctory

> If the full superserver is installed locally on the win 2000

machine and the

> database is
> local to this machine, there should be no problem in running it

locally on

> this machine.
>

It was but has been removed.

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