At 12:04 AM 06-06-02 +0000, you wrote:

>We are thinking about using IBObjects in a new project, along with
>Firebird and C++Builder.
>
>As well as Linux/NT, we are also looking at Solaris. Is IBObjects
>supported/available for Solaris (and what versions), also the other
>Unix varients such as HP_UX, which has an FB build? I couldn't see
>this info on the website. (Perhaps it displays my ignorance about
>deployment :-))

IBObjects is a set of components for use in Delphi (and, in beta, in
Kylix). Delphi is for building Windows applications; Kylix is for
building Linux applications.

Firebird is a client/server RDBMS. In Delphi and Kylix you write client
applications.

IB and Firebird applications communicate with databases, running on any
supported platform, through the IB/FB client library. On Windows, it is
gds32.dll; on *nix, it is libgds.so. This client library is made
available to applications through the API. IBObjects provides the
application interface by surfacing the API functions and structures as
Delphi and Kylix classes. IBObjects supports each of the network protocols
that are needed for the different platforms, currently TCP/IP for all *nix
and for Windows, SPX/IPX for Novell Netware (which Firebird does not
support at all) and NetBeui for Windows networking involving an NT, Win2K
or XP server.

So, in short, with Delphi + IBO, you write Windows clients for
Firebird; with Kylix + IBO, you write Linux clients - for any supported
server platform that can be reached through these protocols.

regards,
Helen Borrie (TeamIBO Support)

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