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Firebird and Delphi XE

Can anyone explain what the default requirements are for Firebird on Delphi-XE and 64bit windows ?

From what I understand, you need fbclient.dll and the dbxfb.dll (with both being in app path or c:\windows\syswow64 ????)

Is there anything else needed ? (other than the service running if not using embedded) ?

Also does dbexpress work with fbembedded.dll ??

Any info on Firebird/DelphiXE/dbExpress appreciated.

Thanks

Solution

  • On Windows x64 you can:

    1. install 32bit or x64 server software.
    2. install 32bit fbclient.dll, because Delphi XE is a 32bit application.
    3. install 32bit fbembed.dll, because Delphi XE is a 32bit application.

    dbExpress should work with fbembed.dll. You need to set 

    VendorLib=fbembed.dll