> Hi Folks:
>
> Developing on XP Home, Visual Studio 2008, C++,
> 2.1.0.17798-0_Win32_embed, IBPP.
>
> Attempting to run on Windows XP Media.
>
> I'm working on several projects, this one uses
> Firebird's embedded server.
>
> An app is installed in \Program Files\<App name>.
>
> This directory has the the app's .exe, the six
> required Firebird files, fbclient.dll, firebird.conf,
> firebird.msg, and the three icu*30.dll files.
>
> Istart the application and am hit with this when
> the app tries to open the database:
>
> Can't find or load FBCLIENT.DLL or GDS32.DLL
>
> I've always assumed that if the DLL is in the same
> directory as the .exe, things would be fine.

It is good idea to read documentation supplied with every new version of SW.
Read Installation Guide and install msvc8 runtime libraries.

Regards,
Vlad