Installing DDEX provider for Firebird into Visual Studio 2017. Take a copy of FirebirdDDEXProvider64.reg (or FirebirdDDEXProvider32.reg) are identical - no 32-vs-64 bit differences that I could see - and they both refer to version 14, not 15: they refer to HKEYCURRENTUSER rather than the private registry in VS2017.
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Firebird recently announced the RTM of FirebirdClient 2.5. This new release now provides full support for the Entity Framework. To learn more about FirebirdClient 2.5 check out Jiri’s blog at http://blog.vyvojar.cz/jirka/archive/2009/05/22/ann-firebirdclient-2-5-final-released.aspx or access the download page at http://www.firebirdsql.org/index.php?op=files&id=netprovider
Elisa Flasko Program Manager, Data Programmability