hi i want to use firebird library ,
and i followed its instruction as below , but i get "
The referenced component 'FirebirdSql.Data.Firebird' could not be found." error.
instruction :
Prerequisites
Make sure that you have Visual Studio .NET 2005 Standard or higher edition.
Express editions are not supported.
Registry update
Remember to update
the path in FirebirdDDEXProviderPackageLess32.reg or FirebirdDDEXProviderPackageLess64.reg, places where to update it are marked %Path%.
Install
the .reg file into
the registry.
Machine.config update
Add
the following two sections to machine.config (located usually at C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG\machine.config
and C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\CONFIG\machine.config on 64-bit system).
<configuration>
...
<configSections>
...
<section name="firebirdsql.data.firebirdclient" type="System.Data.Common.DbProviderConfigurationHandler, System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
...
</configSections>
...
<system.data>
<DbProviderFactories>
...
<add name="FirebirdClient Data Provider" invariant="FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for Firebird" type="FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.FirebirdClientFactory, FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient, Version=%Version%, Culture=%Culture%, PublicKeyToken=%PublicKeyToken%" />
...
</DbProviderFactories>
</system.data>
...
</configuration>
And subst:
%Version% With
the version of
the provider assembly that you have in
the GAC.
%Culture% With
the culture of
the provider assembly that you have in
the GAC.
%PublicKeyToken% With
the PublicKeyToken of
the provider assembly that you have in
the GAC.
