Thanks Helen

I am using D6 so perhaps I need to upgrade. Will look at converting to
the IBOAdmin components as well. Seems like its the better move.



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Helen Borrie wrote:

>At 06:56 AM 23/01/2006, you wrote:
>
>
>>Hi Boguslaw
>>
>>The problem actually occurs even if the file name has no spaces. The
>>error is chopped off and it just happened that it was on the space part
>>of the initial file name.
>>
>>I have had to deal with other more pressing issues but I will go back to
>>this soon. What I would love to know is, is anybody using
>>IBBackupService with FB classic (1.5.1..)?
>>
>>
>
>Not all IBXes are created equal. For example, if you are using the
>components that shipped with Delphi 5 or 6, you're in trouble,
>because they were early betas. You can download more recent versions
>from Borland's CodeCentral. The fastest way to find them is to
>search for releases by Jeff Overcash.
>
>OTOH, if you are using IB Objects for your connectivity, you should
>use the IBOAdmin components instead (free download, www.mengoni.it,
>make sure you track through to the Downloads page, the link on the
>home page doesn't work...). I mentioned this, because you have been
>a frequent poster in the IBO list, as recently as last Friday.
>
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>>I think I might just have to use some other method, I just don't want to
>>change the tested code already in use.
>>
>>
>
>Even though it's broken?
>
>Two things you should be aware of:
>
>1) You should upgrade your server software. Classic on Windows in
>1.5.1 was still fairly experimental. We've had two Christmases and
>two sub-releases of 1.5 since then.
>
>2) The Borland components don't play nice with Classic - a
>reflection of the fact that the IB 6 Classic implementation (which
>was POSIX-only) did not support the Services API. The IBX service
>components implement the Services API. You should make sure that the
>server AND any client that accesses the Services API does so ONLY
>through the "compatibility client", which you can generate by running
>the command-line program instclient.exe. Read the docs on
>this. (And remember that the Delphi IDE is a client....)
>
>3) Also note that, if you have the fbguard.exe (Guardian) service
>running over a Classic server, you should disable it.
>
>./heLen
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