Hi Gerard,

gerardusmercator wrote:

> Hi all.
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> I am evaluating Firebird 1.5 as a replacement of the BDE + Paradox.
> I have some doubts about the deployment of the Firebird server:
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> - Is there a way to embed the installation of the FB 1.5
> classic/superserver in one's own app install process?
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> - What if my app installs a FB 1.5 classic or superserver on a
> computer that already has a FB 1.0 or Interbase server (6.X or later)
> installed. Will it interfere with the other servers installations or
> can they work simultaneously?
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> Currently, the app has an Excel add-on (a DLL wrapped by a XLA, may be
> converted to a XLL soon) that accesses the DB directly.
> This wouldn't be possible with an embedded server, as the Excel add-on
> would load another instance of the server, right?

Depending on your application you might want to consider the embedded
version of Firebird. This is very easy to deploy/install with your own
application, even I managed to do this for my shareware application.

Werner

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