Unable to load DLL 'fbembed'

Question

I am not able to load a ddl even though i am having dat dll and if am adding through a refrence It's showing

A refernce to "Path\fbembed.dll" could not be added. Please make sure that the file is accessible, and that is valid assembly or COM component.

Answer 1

A lone fbembed.dll is not enough. The minimal set of files consists of:

icudt30.dll
icuin30.dll
icuuc30.dll
fbembed.dll                   
Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
firebird.msg                               
msvcp80.dll
msvcr80.dll
ib_util.dll                   
Intl\fbintl.dll     (Intl -- it is a subdirectory)

Get them all from FB2.5 distributive and put near your executable.

If your database uses custom UDFs you will also need in UDF subdirectory with appropriate DLLs put there.