Hello Artur,

Artur Anjos wrote:

> Hello fingerman,
>
> No replies for this interesting post, so I'm writing something. :-)

thanks, i was pretty surprised that no one answered so far... i'm aware
this approach isn't useful for everyone, but i like it a lot :)

> I have some doubts about the registry [Firebird client installs something
> on the registry] and about the messages file [I never understood quite well
> if we need the messages file in the client or not]. The two questions are
> related - if the registry is needed for the client it's to find the messages
> file. But Firebird installation really installs this.

i had similar thoughts at start, but just gave it a try. well -
all i can say is: i just bought a brand new xp box, no IB, FB, or Delphi
have ever been installed on it - and it works! no registry, no message file
needed. nothing but the exe. it unzips the dll on launch and off you go...

> Both questions are not-IBO related. So, Helen/Jason, should we continue it
> here, or should we move to ib-support (or private if nobody else is
> interested in this smart approach) ?
>
> Artur

noted - to keep it on-topic for this list<g> i just uploaded
"IBONanoBrowser", a really minimalistic thingie that lets you
issue SELECTs (made with IBO of course). Try and copy it onto
a machine that has no IB/FB client on it - it's so minimalistic
it fits on a 3,5" disk :-) - and pls let me know if it works
for you.

here are the links:

http://www.fingerbird.de/downloads/IBONanoBrowser_src.zip
(sources only, ~140kb; you'll also need nanozip v1.45)

http://www.fingerbird.de/downloads/IBONanoBrowser_exe.zip
(exe only, ~660kb)

...but i do agree we should probably continue in ib-support.

regards,
Frank
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