I'm aware of this.
I'm sorry, I should have made it clear in my post but fbclient.dll is
in the system path.
I'm testing on a new, blank app with only a single TIB_Connection
component on it but it's still throws the GDS32.DLL error.

I'll investigate a little further before I give up!

> the error message says "GDS32" but it is really looking for whatever you
> put in the constant. Fbclient.dll must also be found in the system
> path, unless you provide the full path in the constant, or put in code
> that reads the Firebird path from the system registry.
>
> Ciao
> --
> Nando Dessena
>