RE: [firebird-support] Get Installed Folder

2012-09-13 Thread Maya Opperman 
How can I get the folder where FireBird is installed.
I use Delphi and I want to copy the UDF folder after a silent installation.

Not sure if this is the best method, but I read the DefaultInstance registry 
key. It work for me for FB 1.5, 2.1 and 2.5:

  RootKey := HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
  Found := MyRegistry.OpenKeyReadOnly('\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird 
Server\Instances');
  if not Found then
Found := MyRegistry.OpenKeyReadOnly('\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Firebird 
Project\Firebird Server\Instances');

If Found then
  Result := MyRegistry.ReadString('DefaultInstance');


Regards
Maya


PS. Pardon the lack of object creation, etc, I have a few sub procs hat I 
merged this together from, so you get the gist

Re: [firebird-support] Get Installed Folder

2012-09-13 Thread Josef Kokeš 
  How can I get the folder where FireBird is installed.
  I use Delphi and I want to copy the UDF folder after a silent
 installation.

 Not sure if this is the best method, but I read the DefaultInstance
 registry key. It work for me for FB 1.5, 2.1 and 2.5:

 RootKey := HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE;
 Found := MyRegistry.OpenKeyReadOnly('\SOFTWARE\Firebird Project\Firebird
 Server\Instances');
 if not Found then
 Found := MyRegistry.OpenKeyReadOnly('\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Firebird
 Project\Firebird Server\Instances');

 If Found then
 Result := MyRegistry.ReadString('DefaultInstance');

 Regards
 Maya

As I only run Firebird as a service, I run through a list of all 
installed services and take the binary path of all services whose 
service name (not DisplayName!) begins with FirebirdServer. Seems to 
work OK for me, updates my UDF for all installed Firebirds - regardless 
of whether they have a key in registry or not.

Josef




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