Firebird embedded in .net

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I'm trying to reproduce situation as is at this page. Db tables with generators and triggers are generated but I'm struggle with adding reference to the project inside visual studio.

FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient is succ. added but when I'm try to add any of this files

fbembed.dll ·         icudt30.dll ·         icuin30.dll ·            icuuc30.dll

I'm getting error on adding reference like this A reference to d:....fbembded.dll could not be added. Please make sure that the file is accessible, and that is a valid assembly or COM component.

I tried with moving this files to another disk location but same thing happens.

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.netfirebird
AFAIK (but not 100% sure) you shouldn't add references to the files needed for Firebird embedded: they are not C# assemblies or COM components. Just include them (as files) in your project. Also note that the page you link to only says to add a reference to FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient, not to the other files (the screenshot confirms this) - Mark Rotteveel

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The page you link to already answers your question. You should not add the embedded Firebird files as references, just as plain files (and make sure to enable copy to output directory):

After we download it, we add 'FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient .dll' as reference in our project. For embedded usage of firebird database we also need to download some dll files and add our project.
Go , http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/server-packages/ and download embedded package. Add

  • fbembed.dll
  • icudt30.dll
  • icuin30.dll
  • icuuc30.dll

in your project as file and set Copy To Output Directory property as Copy always So those dll files will always be copied to output directory.

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