Well, you could simply respond to the error when attempting a connection.
See what the error is when it isn't running and then code to respond to it.

HTH,
Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <gerbreown@...>
To: <IBObjects@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 12:57 PM
Subject: [IBO] Check if IB server is running


> Jason,
>
> Is there an IBO component that I can use from within my Delphi
> application to see if the local IB server is currently running? If it
> is not running then I want to start it before my application tries to
> access any databases. I then want shut it down, if I started it, just
> before my applicition quits. If it was running when my application
> started then I would leave it run at appliction quit time.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gerald S. Brown
>
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