Rick,
Thank you for your response and clear instructions. I am still having
trouble installing the Firebird Client in the GAC. I have tried the
following:
- Installer (.msi) file that comes with the client. This installs it in
the Program Files (x86)\FirebirdClient folder, but does not install it in
the GAC.
- gacutil /i c:\program files
(x86)\firebirdclient\firebirdsql.data.firebirdclient.dll. This one gives me
the error: "Unknown options: File"
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Configuration tool. This one gives me the
error: "Unable to add the selected assembly. The assembly must have a
strong name (name, version and public key)."
- Drag an drop the firebirdsql.data.firebirdclient.dll into the assembly
folder. This was also unsuccessful.
All of these I tried using Run as Administrator.
I'm not sure what to try next. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Kevin
On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Rick <rick__...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> To install the DDEX provider:
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Firebird Data Access Designer DDEX installation
>
> Prerequisites
> 1. Make sure that you have Visual Studio .NET 2005 Standard or higher
> edition.
> 2. Express editions are not supported.
>
> Install the Firebird Client to the GAC
> 1. Install the FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.dll into the GAC (although
> -
> I have successfully ran with it outside of the GAC by referencing it
> inside
> of my project and including it locally - for general purposes - I would
> install it to the GAC).
>
> Registry update
> 1. Install the .reg file into the registry for your system.
> 2. Open Regedit or another registry tool and update the path in
> FirebirdDDEXProviderPackageLess32.reg or
> FirebirdDDEXProviderPackageLess64.reg registry entry.
> 3. The Win7 64bit registry file should be in:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\DataProviders
> 4. You can do a search for "FirebirdSql.VisualStudio.DataTools" in
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ to speed up the process.
> 5. The places where to update it is marked %Path%. This should be in
> "CodeBase".
> 6. Put in the full path to the FirebirdSql.VisualStudio.DataTools.dll that
> you have saved to a folder for this purpose.
>
> Machine.config update
> Add the following two sections to machine.config (located usually at
> C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG\machine.config and
> C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\CONFIG\machine.config on
> 64-bit system).
> To do this you have to run the editing application (whether it is notepad
> or
> Visual Studio) as an administrator (Properties on the short cut for the
> application - advanced tab - enable the option to 'run as administrator')
> <configuration>
> ...
> <configSections>
> ...
> <section name="firebirdsql.data.firebirdclient"
> type="System.Data.Common.DbProviderConfigurationHandler, System.Data,
> Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
> ...
> </configSections>
> ...
> <system.data>
> <DbProviderFactories>
> ...
> <add name="FirebirdClient Data Provider"
> invariant="FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient" description=".Net Framework
> Data
> Provider for Firebird"
> type="FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.FirebirdClientFactory,
> FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient, Version=%Version%, Culture=%Culture%,
> PublicKeyToken=%PublicKeyToken%" />
> ...
> </DbProviderFactories>
> </system.data>
> ...
> </configuration>
> And substitute:
> %Version% With the version of the provider assembly that you have in the
> GAC.
> %Culture% With the culture of the provider assembly that you have in the
> GAC.
> %PublicKeyToken% With the PublicKeyToken of the provider assembly that
> you have in the GAC.
>
> VS2008 - needed support files to be added - Embedded version
>
> Add the following files to the Program Files Folder for VS2008 which is
> located at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7 for
> 64bit systems.
> fbembed.dll, ib_util.dll, icudt30.dll, icuin30.dll, icuuc30.dll,
> msvcp80.dll, msvcr80.dll
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I haven't explored -exactly- what was needed, I just included all of the
> above in that folder (Program Files Folder for VS2008) and the VS GUI
> worked
> as expected. It may be possible to eliminate some of those with further
> testing.
>
> Also I changed the first mod in the Machine.config to match the second
> modification even thought it didn't call for it. I don't know what
> difference that would/will make.
>
> Hope this helps someone else who is trying to install the DDEX provider...
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:* Kevin Meyers <kevinjmey...@gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 03, 2011 9:53 AM
> *To:* firebird-net-provider@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* [Firebird-net-provider] Installing for Use with Visual Studio
> 2008Professional
>
> All:
>
> Please excuse the newbie question. I worked with Interbase years ago and
> Firebird 1.5 briefly with Delphi a few years ago, but would now like to use
> the current version of Firebird with Visual Studio 2008 Professional
> (VS2008). I have looked through all of the resources I can find as well as
> information I found on various sites on the web on how to install it. What
> I have found is often incomplete and contradictory. Does anyone know of a
> clear set of instructions for setting up Firebird and VS2008 to work
> together? I sure would appreciate any help you could provide.
>
> For reference, I am using the following:
>
> Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
> Visual Studio 2008 Professional (9.0.21022.8 RTM)
> .NET 3.5 SP1
> Firebird 2.5.1 (64-bit)
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Kevin Meyers
> kevinjmey...@gmail.com
>
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