Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Unable to get Firebird ODBC driver working in 64-bit |
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Author | Mark Rotteveel |
Post date | 2013-11-10T07:50:55Z |
On 10-11-2013 03:10, Helen Borrie wrote:
System32 folder (afaik an archaic method to get libraries and the
searchpath and I believe Microsoft discourages it), and not in the
Windows folder.
Mark
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Mark Rotteveel
> Some of the client tools that ship with Fb use fbclient.dll and just find it right there. Other tools and drivers, you have to tell them how to find it. Either use the PATH environment variable and put it right at the beginning; or put a copy of the bitness-correct fbclient.dll in the appropriate system folder.That is not true: on 64 bit windows, the 64 bit DLLs go into the
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> (On a 64-bit Windows, the 64-bit dlls go into the Windows folder and 32-bit dlls into \Windows\sysWOW64; nothing in \Windows\system32.)
System32 folder (afaik an archaic method to get libraries and the
searchpath and I believe Microsoft discourages it), and not in the
Windows folder.
Mark
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Mark Rotteveel