Hi Folks:

Developing on XP, VS2008 Pro, C++ Win32 no MFC.

Firebird 2.1.1 Embedded, recient IBPP.

I'm a big fan of IBPP, but for reasons I don't understand I can't
get any traction with it when the task is recovering a database.

Oliver spelled it out for me:

svc = ServiceFactory()
svc->Connect()
svc->shutdown()
svc->StartRestore)
svc->Disconnect()

I just can't seem to run shutdown without it blowing up.
With complaints this complaint.

> Engine Code : 335544835
> Engine Message :
> Target shutdown mode is invalid for database "C:\PROGRAM FILES\...
> \xxx.FDB"

So I'm goint to take a swing at it without IBPP.

The user is running my application, they hit the recover button and
select a file to user for a recovery.

Now I want to emulate what Oliver was showing me.

So first I connect to the service with an attach, right?

if (isc_service_attach(status, 0, service_name,
&service_handle, spb_length, spb_buffer))
(

The service attach come back with an error:

Cannot attach to services manager

- service is not defined

Because this is an embedded application, I pass a NULL service to
isc_service_attach() and the sbp buffer has the parameters for a
partner user and a password.

is "Service" the saem as "Server"? of am I missing soemthng.