>> So a minimal Firebird Client-Installation would consist of the following:
>>
>> - gds32.dll/fbclient.dll
>> - A firebird.msg somewhere
>> - The mentioned registry key pointing to the firebird.msg-File.
>>
>> Is that correct, or am I still missing something?

> Basically, this is correct. You may avoid the registry key if
> firebird.msg is located one directory above the client executable, this
> is the default location fbclient uses to look for it.

I never delivered a firebird.msg with any of my clients. Why do my
applications work anyway? (And why do they deliver plain-text error
messages e.g. when they fail to connect to the server? Is that IBO?)

Regards

Stefan