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[Firebird-odbc-devel] Is it possible to use and ODBC driver without installating it?
W O
14 years ago
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Hello everybody

I want to make an application portable, so the user just plug the pen-drive
and the application works.

But my application needs an ODBC driver.

It would be possible to use the ODBC driver without the user installing it?

Thanks in advance.

Walter.
Alexander Potapchenko
14 years ago
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Post by W O
Hello everybody
I want to make an application portable, so the user just plug the
pen-drive and the application works.
But my application needs an ODBC driver.
It would be possible to use the ODBC driver without the user
installing it?
Hi,

You can store the Firebird ODBC driver files(OdbcFb.dll, OdbcFb.chm)
together with your application, but the driver registration in system is
required.
Command - regsvr32.exe /s {dir}\OdbcFb.dll

Regards,
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Alexander Potapchenko
Lead developer
LASP technology, http://www.lasptech.ru
W O
14 years ago
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Ok, excellent, I can do the registration without user's intervention.

Thank you.

Walter.



On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Alexander Potapchenko <
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Nikolay Samofatov
14 years ago
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It is possible to use driver without registration. In fact we helped implement "Flash Start" edition
for one program.

One way to do this is to load driver directly, without using driver manager.
Another way is to use special "proxy" DLL which transparently replaces ODBC driver manager.
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Nikolay Samofatov, MBA
Red Soft Corporation
+7 495 668 3735
W O
14 years ago
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Thank you very much Nikolay.

I believe that I had achieved that, later I'll try with another computer,
one that never had Firebird neither ODBC installed.

If I get good results then I'll share my findings.

Walter.



On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Nikolay Samofatov <
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