RE: [Firebird-devel] Two more install bugs for Windows 98

[Leyne, S. <sl...@at...>]

Helen,

You're wrong!

I know for a fact that v4.2 thru v5.6 installed an auto-start link to
start IBServer.

The Interbase Configuration Tool controls the settings for the initial
startup (on boot/Windows startup, manual and disabled) as well as the
IBGuardian re-start functions (Start once and Start Always [ie.
restart]).


Sean

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Helen Borrie [mailto:he...@wr...]=20
Sent:	Tuesday, January 30, 2001 5:47 AM
To:	fir...@li...
Subject:	Re: [Firebird-devel] Two more install bugs for Windows
98

At 02:50 PM 30-01-01 +0700, you wrote:
>[1] When I install Firebird as a new installation on a Windows 98=20
>computer, there is no method created to run the server. There should =
be
a=20
>link to IbGuard.exe inserted somewhere into C:\Windows\Start=20
>Menu\Programs, either at Firebird (to manually start the server) or at =

>StartUp (to automatically start the server). Since this only affects=20
>Windows 98 I think it's a low priority.

AFAIK, no InterBase installation ever installed an autostart on Win 95
or=20
98.  On NT it autostarts the IBGuardian service.  I guess you could put =

ibserver.exe or ibguard.exe into a Win95 or 98 startup folder (though
I've=20
never bothered - I consider this a development platform, not a viable=20
remote server platform, given the security exposure).


>[2] When I actually run IbGuard.exe on Windows 98 I get the message
"The=20
>registry information is missing. Please run the InterBase =
Configuration

>Utility." Sure enough there is almost nothing in the registry about=20
>Interbase. Someone should check to see if this behavior occurs under=20
>Windows NT (the target server for Micros--t systems). Program
instreg.exe=20
>does something but not enough, instsvc.exe fails looking for Windows
NT.=20
>So, perhaps, there is not yet any "InterBase Configuration Utility" =
for

>Windows [98].

I didn't have this problem on Win98 with the original=20
installation.  Perhaps something *has* gone missing.  I can't test it,=20
either, as I have my IB 6 on Linux and have uninstalled the Win version
to=20
replace with a 5.6 install I needed for a customer.

Interesting...did you try David Robinson's Firebird install?

Helen





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