> Thanks again Alan:
>
> What an amazingly quick reply.
>
> I wasn't using the services API, I'm not sure what it is. I was
> running gbak with calls to CreateProcess, and identifying the gbak
> executable.
>
> Can you point me at a page that describes the services API? I've
> just looked in Helen's book

page 101

and googled various iterations of

> "Firebird Services API gbak" and I'm not getting any traction.
>
> Thanks again
> Larry
>

it has more to do with the components you use - you've never mentioned
Alan