Thanks for clarifying. Is there a more current Embedded_fb3.pdf doc? I don't see fbclient.dll file mentioned in that doc (although fbclient.dll is in Firebird 3.zip).
Referencing fbclient.dll to Visual Studio is easy. Do I need any other files (such as plugins)? Is there any compiling or installation necessary? Typically, I reference a dll in Visual Studio, and Visual Studio includes it when a program is compiled. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 12:51 PM Mark Rotteveel m...@lawinegevaar.nl [firebird-support] <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > On 2019-10-01 19:15, Clyde Eisenbeis cte...@gmail.com [firebird-support] > wrote: > > I downloaded both Firebird 2.5.zip and Firebird 3.zip. I cannot find > > the file (fbembed.dll) described in Embedded_fb3.pdf. > > Please read that PDF again, it mentions fbembed.dll only once, and in > the past tense to describe the situation of previous Firebird versions. > That is because with Firebird 3, there is no separate DLL anymore, it is > accessible through fbclient.dll if you have the right additional plugin > DLLs relative to that fbclient.dll, which is described in that PDF. > > The fbembed.dll only exists in Firebird 2.5 and earlier, and you need to > download the embedded zipkit for that. This embedded zipkit is available > from the downloadpage for 2.5: > https://www.firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-2-5/ > > For Firebird 3, you can use the normal zipkit from the downloadpage for > 3.0: https://www.firebirdsql.org/en/firebird-3-0/ > > See also: > https://www.lawinegevaar.nl/firebird/jaybird_embedded_example.html (for > Java, but the description of the folder layout can be applied for C# as > well) > > If I recall correctly, the Firebird ADO.net provider by default tries to > load fbembed.dll and I don't recall if it also tries fbclient.dll. When > using Firebird 3 embedded, you may need to explicitly set the client > library to fbclient.dll (it has a connection property for this). > > > Is there an email adr for Firebird Embedded developers? > > There are no separate developers for Firebird Embedded: it is the same > engine that is used by Firebird server. You have this mailing list, or > the firebird-net-provider list for C# specific questions. There is also > the firebird-devel mailing list, but that is primarily focused on > development of Firebird itself and not intended for support questions. > > Mark > >
