I have got the same problem....

I'm using a software that is based on two alternate datamodules, one is odac
on oracle, but if I compile an oracle application and I have a form that
used interbase I must installa a gds32.dll with the oracle client!

----- Original Message -----
From: "rogervellacott" <rvellacott@...>
To: <IBObjects@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [IBO] IBO 4.2.I / Firebird1.5 / Windows 2000 Advanced Server /
Delphi 6 problem


> I have seen something very similar, and I think this is the
> explanation.
>
> Putting IB_Components into the uses clause causes IBO to call a
> function in gds32.dll, even if no IB components are created or used.
>
> In FB1.5, gds32.dll simply redirects calls to fbclient.dll.
>
> If you have fbclient.dll but not gds32.dll in your project folder,
> and gds32.dll is in the Windows search path (eg in Windows/system),
> then gds32.dll cannot always find fbclient. Hence the error, which
> manifests as an illegal Windows operation.
>
> This is why it might work ok on one project, but not another.
>
>
> Roger Vellacott
>
> --- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, "Marv Cook" <mjcook@i...> wrote:
> > Helen,
> > In Delphi, create a simple form. Add a label with caption 'Hello
> World'.
> > Run it. It will run on anything.
> >
> > Now add IB_Components to the uses clause. Run it. It will run on
> anything
> > except a server running Firebase 1.5, where it will throw a
> Dr.Watson error.
> >
> > This can be a problem if you have a library unit that uses IB in
> one of its
> > functions, even if that function is not called in the program you
> are
> > creating.
> >
> > My server did not have Dr.Watson give any indication of an error by
> default.
> > I had to discover the error and set up Dr Watson to show errors.
> >
> > Marv
>
>
>
>
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