Subject Re: [firebird-support] FB2.5 How does FBClient locate firebird.conf and firebird.msg
Author Michael Ludwig
wadeauch schrieb am 14.10.2010 um 06:13 (-0000):
>
> (2) From an application, do a local connection (Trying to connect to
> FB2.5 which a different IpcName). It will fail. Clearly fbclient.dll
> is looking at "DefaultInstance" in the registry and reading the FB1.5
> file. Renaming the "DefaultInstance" key causes fbclient to look for
> firebird.conf in the folder above itself and hence get the correct
> IpcName.

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird Server\Instances\DefaultInstance

Renaming the "DefaultInstance" value also helped to get rid of this
error message:

"can't format message 18:45 -- message system code -4"

Which occurred when running "gsec.exe -h", and probably on other
occasions as well.

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Michael Ludwig