Problem: Where Can I find an easy solution for using the API commands without using C ? Solution: Note: This information refers to InterBase version 5.X. "The package FreeIBComponents, which is downloadable from www.interbase.com or www.mers.com, contains a Delphi file ibase.pas, which declares all the InterBase API entry points for use in Delphi projects. The InterBase API can also be called from COBOL, Fortran, Pascal, Ada, etc... any language that can link with a dynamic library (aka DLL or shared library). The InterBase API is designed to exclude the use of language-specific structures, to remain as open as possible to multiple languages. A precompiler (gpre) is required to embed InterBase API function calls in any of the supported programming languages. A license for the "PreCompiler Capability" must be obtained in order to use this facility. The precompiler translate generic API calls to language specific function calls. There is a Java class package called InterClient that you can download from our web site. There is a Perl module that you can download from our web site. These are not API interfaces, they are more high-level, object oriented interfaces, to the InterBase API." source: Bill Karwin
Last Modified: 23-OCT-00