Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Developing on MAC with Firebird 2.0.3
Author Fulvio Senore
No problem for sharing the code. Since this is rather OT I think that it
is better if you contact me off-list.

Just another info: if you are using V2.0.3 download the latest package
(number 13024) from the Firebird site. The previous package contained a
bug and the services api (backup, restore...) did not work.

Fulvio Senore

Chris Peters ha scritto:
> Hi Fulvio,
>
> I do development on MAC OS X using Objective-C. I think ( not sure)
> it can interface with C++ code. Do you mind sharing your code (just
> that part that connects to Firebid will be fine)? I would like to
> test it out. Thanks. Also, thank you for your tip that FB is
> installed as Framework.
>
> Chris.
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Fulvio Senore <mailing@...>
> wrote:
>
>> Chris Peters ha scritto:
>>
>>> I have been using Firebird 2.0.3 with .NET very well, and very
>>>
> very
>
>>> happy. Now I need to do a fairly medium size database system on
>>>
> latest
>
>>> MAC OS (Leopard).
>>>
>>> Does Firebird interface very well with XCode and Cocoa? What
>>>
> interface
>
>>> shold I use for the development. For example, there is a
>>>
> QuickLite
>
>>> middleware for SQLite. .NET provider for C# interface with
>>>
> Firebird.
>
>>> What do I need to use so that I can use Firebird with XCode and
>>>
> Cocoa.
>
>>> Do I need to write raw C code to develop on MAC?
>>>
>>>
>> I have just ported a program to OSX. The program uses the IBPP
>>
> library
>
>> to access Firebird and I have used XCode without problems.
>> Firebird itself is installed as a framework in OSX so you need to
>>
> use a
>
>> special linker switch (-framework).
>> Cocoa is Objective-C and IBPP is C++: I am not an expert and I do
>>
> not
>
>> know if you can integrate the two languages, but I think that it is
>> probably possible.
>> Maybe there are also higher-level interfaces, but I did not look
>>
> for them.
>
>> Fulvio Senore
>>
>>
>
>