--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "robertgilland"
<robert_gilland@...> wrote:

>
> How can I determine programatically whether the Host Machine is using
> SuperServer or Classic?
>
> I have found that the Service function "IsServiceRunning" simply
> does not work in a Classic environment. ( IBOAdmin )
>
> Therefore I want to ignore this function depending on whether the
> Host is using Classic or SuperServer.l
>

Well the easiest way is by process name

'fbserver' is Superserver
'fb_inet_server' is Classic

There are a couple of tricks to determine if a process with a
particular name is running. Google for samples in your development
language.

Adam