--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Alan McDonald" <alan@...>
wrote:

>
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I have been testing Firebird embedded and it works great on

the

> > WinXP
> > > > machines I'm testing on but I found that when I copy my
> > application to
> > > > a Windows 2003 Server I get an error message saying
> > (fbembed.dll)
> > > > cannot be found. Any tips or tricks to make this work on

Windows

> > 2003
> > > > or is this a known bug? I am using Firebird .NET Provider

2.0.

> > and FB
> > > > 2.0 In addition the server already has a previous version of

FB

> > Super
> > > > Server installed, 1.5 or 1.7, should that have any effect on
> > using 2.0
> > > > FB embedded?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Thad
> > >
> > > they were just talking about this on
> > > firebird-net-provider@
> > > check over there
> > > Alan
> > >
> >
> > Alan,
> > I looked through the recent posts on the firebird-net-provider

list

> > and didn't see any relevant posts to Windows Server 2003 and FB
> > embedded problem. The closest post I found was somone trying to

use

> > fbembed.dll without the required icu* files. Do you recall a
> > specific post I should be looking for? I am successfully using
> > embedded FB in Windows XP SP2 environment. I'm just trying to
> > troubleshoot why the same application and files don't work in
> > Windows Server 2003 which is a later release then XP. I'm aware

of

> > some issues using FB embedded in Win98 because of some missing

MS

> > libraries that were included in later OS releases. Again, if you

can

> > recall a specific post to look at I'd be greatfull.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Thad
>
> you use loadlibrary?
> Alan
>

Not sure,
The fbembed.dll is loaded by the Firebird .NET Provider dll. I've
not looked at that source code to see how the library is loaded.