I was able to get embedded to work after intalling 4.5B. One thing
that confused me was that I was expecting the connection to work at
design time -- wishfull thinking.

So now my question is: Is 4.5 the only version that supports
embedded? If so, then I will have to base the beta release of my app
on the release of 4.5. Now, I know this is a question that no
developer in his right mind would answer :), but -- any estimated
timeline on release of 4.5 production version?

Steve

--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...> wrote:
> At 02:14 PM 8/06/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> >IBDatabase
>
> TIBODatabase, yes?
>
> >doesn't seem to have a property for connect string as
> >such.
>
> True - IBO assembles the connection string from the server name
(if any)
> and the Path property, according to your Protocol setting.
>
> >I do have the server property empty and the protocol set to
> >cpLocal.
>
> What does the Path property look like?
>
> With embedded, it's more important that you use the Server, Path
and
> Protocol properties to set up the connection path and don't set
the
> DatabaseName property manually. Delete the DatabaseName property
that was
> stored by the original application, regardless, to ensure that IBO
updates
> it with the correct connection path. Likewise, with your other
objects,
> make sure you use the IB_Connection property, not DatabaseName.
>
> If that doesn't provide any useful clues, save the project and
shut down
> Delphi; then run your exe file directly to see whether the
problem
> actually exists. I seem to recollect a problem something like
this
> occurring when running a TDataset-compatible project in the IDE
when I had
> IBX installed.
>
> Beyond that, there are some explicit things you can do with your
project
> code to make your program load the correct gds32.dll. Hard-coding
the
> library location isn't ideal but it can be a solution to the
immediate problem.
>
> Helen