> Btw, are events using randomly choosen ports in your case? If so, then
> set the RemoteAuxPort configuration parameter in firebird.conf and open
> that port in the firewall. Although, this parameter only works with
> SuperServer.
>

Hi Thomas,

It's not that I try to make events work. I use them for years. And I am
very aware of possible solutions in newer versions of FB and fbclient.dll.

I just want to make my application check if the connectionpath to the
fbserver is suitable to handle events. If not, no problem, I'll poll.
I used to tell my customers: Does it freeze? Ok, kill it, turn off
events in the configurationfile and restart. Problem solved.

Now I want my app to do this once (at first connection to db): check if
events can be used and if not, use other techniques to keep up with changes.

But the check (by calling RegisterEvents) freezes after the
exception-message that it is not possible to use events...
No problems at serverside. Its just the delphi7-built client, running
under XP, that hangs.

Thanks for responding!

John