Further to my last message, I think I am better off without FlameRobin. Based on the suggestion of this blog post (http://scott.yang.id.au/2004/09/free-firebirdinterbase-gui/), I have downloaded IBOConsole (http://www.mengoni.it/Downloads/IBOConsoleSetup.exe), and it is working well.

Thanks for your help anyway!

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "townman99" <dinesh.bajaj@...> wrote:
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> Thanks for your input. I have tried the various options suggested by the members, but to no avail. Here are the steps that I have taken so far:
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> 1)Turning off the Windows firewall. This is the only internet security option available on my computer. This step didn't yield any result, so I turned it on again.
> 2)Pinging localhost and 3050. While pinging localhost is always successful, pinging 3050 is invariably failing.
> 3)Have added the port 3050 to the exception list group (for local network) in the Firewall (though I would like to know whether I should select TCP or UDP in this dialog box. I have left the default option TCP remain selected so far).
> 3)Have ensured that the Firebird service is running. I can see the instance of fb_inet_server.exe in the Process tab of the Task Manager.
> 4)Have copied the file fbclient.dll to the FlameRobin's executable path.
> 5) Am able to connect to the database from isql.
> 6)The only difference I have noticed is that the error message has now changed. The new error dialog can be accessed at : http://www.iimmgg.com/image/9e09103bde63927eaaf83977b280ad2c
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> I am hoping that this issue can be resolved now. BTW, I would be grateful if you could suggest a better (and free) alternative to FlameRobin.
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> Thanks for your continued support.
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> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Milan Babuskov <milanb@> wrote:
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> > Helen Borrie wrote:
> > > Make sure there is a copy of fbclient.dll *copied from Firebird's \bin directory* in the same location as the FlameRobin executable.
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> > Let me fill in with some FR details. Actually, copying fbclient.dll is
> > not needed, at least not in this case. FlameRobin uses IBPP which has
> > auto-detection for fbclient. When it does not find it anywhere it
> > reports a different error message, something like "Cannot load fbclient
> > library".
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> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Milan Babuskov
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