At 10:03 AM 14/02/2003 +1300, you wrote:

>Hello Team IBO
>
>Firebird has install programs for Windows, Linux, MacOS, AIX, HP-US,
>FreeBSD, Darwin.
>
>I have used my IBO Windows client application with the FB engine on Windows
>and Linux boxes.
>
>For a Windows DB server IBO requires a connection string like
>"machinename:DriveLetter:\folder1\folder2\file.ext" and for a Linux DB
>server IBO requires a connection string like
>"machinename:/folder1/folder2/file.ext".

Correct, although the path must be a filesystem that is physically located
on the server.

>With no test access to boxes with the other OSes listed above I am wondering
>if I can tell a prospective user that can use my app with a, for example,
>AIX DB server?

AIX is UNIX so there shouldn't be any problem just using the POSIX path
format. Same physical restrictions apply.

>Do all the other OSes above support Windows clients as a Linux+Samba file
>sever box does?

You can't do it that way. Samba provides filesystem access to disparate
filesystems, conceptually similar to a share on Windows.

>Will IBO connect to them and if so what is the form of IBO's connection
>string?

Actually, it's not "IBO's connection string" but "the client connection
string". The connection string is determined by the server OS. For
Firebird currently, you have only the two to know about, Windows and POSIX.

You'll get first-hand tips by asking your question on ib-support...

regards,
Helen