Re: [Firebird-odbc-devel] ODBC on Windows 8

[André K. <Kna...@be...>]

Wow! Works! Thanks so much.
I   hope  you will be in Luxemburg, so I can at least spend a round of
beer or wine in return.

> I have attached a snapshot of ODBC driver that can work with Win 8 here
> http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/ODBC-151

> On 15.10.2012 15:03, André Knappstein wrote:
>> Thanks,  but I think that nevertheless I must give up for now and wait
>> until there is a version for mouse-jostlers like me.
>>
>> I finally found the directory of the code, but I did not see any entry
>> for 2.x in a standard browser.
>>
>> I tried different CVS clients to get it, but no luck so far.
>> A  tool called SmartCVS has options for Proxy, but I get I/O error, so
>> probably authentication does not work properly.
>> 2  other  tools called "TortoiseCVS" and "WinCVS" obviously don't even
>> have options for working behind a secure proxy.
>>
>> But  even  if  I  will solve  this  one as soon as I can manage to get
>> away  from  behind  the  security  server,   I   still expect problems
>> building the driver myself using VS2010 or VS2012.
>>
>> Please notify the list as soon as there is a new build available.
>>
>> Until  then I can either give the Win-8 boxes to people not relying on
>> older  Crystal  Reports  or  make  more speed in converting CRs to use
>> ADO.net instead of ODBC.