Thank you :)

Regards,

Robert.

Helen Borrie wrote:

> At 11:06 PM 6/08/2008, you wrote:
>> I'm writing a Windows service that is dependent on the Firebird
>> service. Is it valid to hard code "FirebirdServerDefaultInstance"
>> as the Firebird service name,
>
> Yes, if it is the instance that you want your service to depend on.
>
>> or should I be deriving the name somehow to ensure future (and
>> perhaps backwards) compatability?
>
> If other instances of a firebird server are running as services then
> someone put them there. (Check the Registry if your site suffers
> from software anarchy on the servers!) At the moment it has to be
> done manually although I believe there are still plans to make it an
> option you can do automatically via the installer.
>
> There are no plans to change the name of the default instance so, if
> you know that your service is always going to want dependency on the
> default instance and you are secure in the knowledge that someone
> else isn't going to come along and replace *your*
> FirebirdServerDefaultInstance with a different version, then you have
> no fears about future-proofing.
>
> ./heLen
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