At 10:27 PM 2/06/2006, you wrote:

>Thanks a lot for your comments. They make things clear.
>Sorry but I have a few more questions :
>1) How will I read the aliases.conf file ?

You don't. It is done by fbclient.dll.

>Do I just have to put the
>alias name in the connection property Aliasname or is there another
>procedure ?

No. It does NOT belong to the AliasName property which should, in my
opinion, be removed. AliasName has nothing to do with Firebird and
applications do not require to know about the real path that is
stored in aliases.conf.

Merely place your Firebird alias in the Path property.

>2)I have added "DefaultTransaction := IB_Transaction1;" to my code
>concerning IB_Connection, so that they are now assigned both ways.
>OK ?
>3)I don't know what a TS desktop is.

Terminal Services, now known as Remote Desktop I think. I don't know
what it is called in the French version of Windows.

Helen