> >> But the combo could list those on port 3050 only I
> suppose, by trying
> >> a connection on that port on each computer found on the network?
> >> Perhaps his app could be configured to try other ports too, but
> >> default to only 3050.
> >>
> >> Furthermore, there is such a thing as aliases, in which case the
> >> server does know about all aliased databases. Isn't this so? But I
> >> don't know if there's any way to get a server to list its
> registered
> >> aliases. Is there?
> >>
> >
> > These things are all true but they are based on "only if" scenarios
> > which are not a reliable way to handle things, IMO.
>
> Of course, but maybe it's good enough for Martijn's application.

I will probably create a connection screen with some input fields for
hostname, portnumber and database name (and username / password)

The suggestion to find computers responding to the entered portnumber would
help a lot (with the default of 3050) and will be enough in most situations.
I also found a way to request the registered databases on a server, so that
would make it a lot easier to find the correct server. I can even try to
open the database to see if it is a database for my application.

Thanks for the input!

Friendly greetings,
Martijn van der Kooij
Author of Picto Selector www.PECSforAll.com