--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Paul Vinkenoog <paulvink@s...> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> >> Are there components that I can use to backup and restore FireBird
> >> Database?
>
> > IBO has not.
> > Maybe you can execute a gback from your program...
>
> I think gbak is only an option if you're local. You can call the API
> for these services. (I noticed however that the Classic Server for
> Linux does not offer services - SuperServer does.)

Never used, but in the future I think it would be good to add this
functionality to my program

>
> Because the API calls require al kinds of tedious and error-prone
> low-level stuff like setting up service param blocks and the like, I
> recently wrote three easy to use front-end functions IB_Backup,
> IB_Restore and IB_VerifyUser to take care of this.

Fabolous!

>
> If anybody is interested I can put the source on my website for
> download. They are in C++ but they should be easy to transcode to
> Pascal.

Great, do it!
I think that it would be great for IBO, but I would like to have Jason
tell something about it. If you donate these components to IBO, if I
remember correctly, you gain a "lifetime" access to IBO source, if you
aready don't have one.
If you want, I could try to translate in Pascal for you (I already
have "lifetime" access to ibo source thanks to IB_Currency and other
stuff).
Of course, if anybody here would like to do the transcode from C++ to
Delphi (I know only C and Delphi, not C++) is welcome (I'm really
busy, as usual ;)).

thanks
Marco Menardi