[Lazarus] Cannot connect Firebird server

[michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be]

On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Sławek wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'd like to start a new life (after Delphi) with Lazarus IDE but got into 
> trouble with basic Firebird connection  procedure :(
> Error message: Cannot load default Firebird clients (fbembed.dll or 
> gds32.dll) ??
>
> System Win7,64bit,home
> Firebird 2.5/32bit installed on local machine from zip package; database 
> located on local machine
> Lazarus 32bit, 0.9.30.4
>
> Any hints ?

First, make sure that fbclient.dll is in the PATH

Then, try adding
   InitialiseIBase60('fbclient.dll');
as the first line in your program source.

Michael.