--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...> wrote:

> At 05:33 PM 21/04/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>
>
> >How do I connect to Firebird using IBO? There appears to be no
> >property in TIBODatabase for selecting FBClient.dll. Trying to

set the

> >active property to True results in an error window indicating

that the

> >component cannot find GDS32.Dll. Installing the GDS32 FB clone in

the

> >Windows system directory works but is this a necessity when

working

> >with IBO?
>
> Currently, it's one of a range of options and probably the easiest

one if

> you are new to IBO and are just trialling it. Since IBO isn't

just for

> Firebird but also for InterBase, IBO's default is to

load "gds32.dll" from

> (1) the app dir or, failing that, (2) the system dir.
>
> You can customise the IBO source to load the client (which can be
> "fbclient.dll" if you wish) from another location. Do you want

those

> details at this stage?
>
> Helen

Thanks for the reply Helen. Had a feeling that I had maybe misssed
something, possibly a 'switch' on installing the components.
I had started trialing FIB before IBO was recommended and one could
set a property to GDS32 or FBClient so had expected IBO to have a
similar facility (Et tu Jason?).
As I'm working with the trial I will reserve modifying the source
until I get to that stage. However, it's nice to know that I can
still follow the recommended procedure of placing the library in the
app. dir.

Regards