> You are not saying how you created these scripts, either. If IBExpert has some utility for creating scripts then it is not very likely that those scripts would be in UTF-8, since IBE is written in Delphi and Delphi does not support UTF-8.

I don't know if IBExpert was designed for this, but seems that since Delphi 2009, Delphi is Unicode compatible, no? I don't have sure cause I don't use 2009 very often. But see this:

"Delphi 2009 is fully Unicode based, and defines a new type called UnicodeString which is the new equivalent for the String type."
Extracted from: http://www.drbob42.com/examines/examinA7.htm

Regards :)