Helen,

Just a short reply is all that is needed: Will
IBObjects/IB/FB work, at all, in a Peer2Peer set
up?
If so I will try to experiment with how I can
do it and come up with a way. If not then I have
wasted only part of my time, thank goodness.
(I still work some with server/NT setups)

Steve Fields
--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Fields"
<stevefields2424@y...> wrote:

> Helen, dont answer now!!!! Sleep!
>
> > Set the Path property to the *absolute* path
> > to the primary database file, as seen from
> > the server, e.g. D:\databases\MyDB.fdb
>
> This is what I guess I was looking for.
>
> When a remote user has installed the IB/FB server
> the drive may not be known to my apps. The database
> may be on E: or even F: drive on the server. It is
> this that I was trying to puzzle out. Jason_s
> TIB_Connection browse for file routine will not
> take UNC, only actually mapped drives in the dialog
> to locate GDBs. It was this that may have been shading
> my thinking.
>
> I was trying to come up with as automatic an install
> as I could get. I may have to look at this from another
> direction. I was using FindFile, etc to locate the path
> for my apps. Also I have not yet made the switch to
> Firebird....
>
> Thanks Much Much,
> Steve Fields