Search

If you program in Clipper 5.01, you're probably aware that Nantucket provides four predefined classes of objects as the precursor to a truly object-oriented programming (OOP) language, but didn't provide […]

* Ganahi Software P.O. Box 4275 Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 (305) 566-1796 * JW Software, Inc. P.O. Box 20144 St. Louis, MO 63123 (314) 631-6234 * Strategic Edge 3255 Laguna, […]

When a Database Manager Hides Behind Windows Unless you've been in a cave for the last year, you've seen a lot in the press about Microsoft's latest release of Windows […]

DESQview is software that runs on top of DOS and creates a window-based, multi-tasking operating environment. The DESQview Application Program Interface (API) for Clipper is a set of more than […]

I had just finished a Clipper application that did everyting my client wanted--and squeaked in at a runtime load size of 555K. I was pretty proud of the application--until I […]

Visual Interface (VI) is a Clipper class library aimed at programmers who want to give their applications a Windows-like front end. It won't help you to write code to run […]

The Grumpfish library should be called the 'Every Function You've Always Wanted to Write, But Couldn't Justify The Time To Write It' library. If you want your applications to really […]

Need to run both UNIX and DOS < applications on the same computer? That's the idea behind DESQview/X, a new offering from Quarterdeck Office Systems, publishers of DESQview. DESQview is […]

genSoft's dBFast for Windows provides most of what you'd want in an X-Base complier for Windows The Microsoft Windows 3.0 database market is still wide open. Several companies are moving […]

Most of the numeric data we store in databases is onedimensional-convenient. For example, in an inventory system, how much a product costs and how many units are on the shelves […]

BoxSoft's Supper Templates for Clarion 3.0, a replacement for the template files in Clarion 3.0, is a worthwhile investment because it provides security features and a query module missing from […]

With all the new database managers for Microsoft Windows, plus new database support in more programming languages (like Microsoft Visual Basic), the market for third-party database libraries is declining. Routine […]

VBAssist 3.0, $179 Sheridan Software Systems Inc. 65 Maxess Road Melville, NY 11747 (516)753-3661 Visual Basic developers, take notice: VBAssist 3.0, from Sheridan Software, can save you hours of tedious […]

Topaz 4.0, $199 Software Science, Inc. 1818 Gilbreth Road, Suite 230 Burlingame, CA 94010-1213 (415) 697-0411, fax (415) 697-1916 UPDATE The latest release of Topaz, from Software Science, adds some […]

ProHP, from I.L.A., Inc., is a CA-Clipper library that can help applications create good-looking laser printer output without much effort. While you can do only so many things with a […]

FastTBrowse, from Softsystems, is an application design tool and Clipper source code generator for quickly building TBrowse programs. Using FasTBrowse's highly visual, WYSIWYG methodology, a programmer can design a TBrowse […]

Many developers find themselves < working with Clipper applications in a Novell network, only to be frustrated by Clipper's inability to take full advantage of NetWare's special features. Wouldn't it […]

Evolution Trading, Inc. 7206 N.W. 31 St. Miami, FL 33122 (305) 593-1516 (305) 593-9106 Fax Databases with graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are characteristically slower than DOS applications. Users who look […]

When I first looked at ALib+ from Microdome Enterprises, I instinctively thought, 'Not another Clipper library.' Having experienced Clipper 5.01's power and flexibility, many of the functions looked redundant. Then […]

Pinnacle Publishing, Inc. 28621 Pacific Highway South Federal Way, WA 98003-0099 (800) 231-1293, (206) 946-1491 ProWorks P.O. Box 1635 Hermiston, OR 97838 (503) 567-1459 A picture is worth a thousand […]

Viewit 2.0, from OBJECTIVE Software, is best described as a predefined class library for Clipper 5.x which allows you to create and manipulate encapsulated database browsers (objects for browsing one […]

You've probably noticed that a number of commercial software packages greet you with a familiar-looking File Edit' menu when you first load them. Examples include Microsoft's 'Quick' compilers, CompuServe Information […]

If you want to compile your X-Base programs under Sophco's Force, then ToForce, from Applied Computer Products, may give you a head start. Although Force is billed as an X-Base […]

Serving Up Graphics in Windows Applications Learning to program in Windows can seem like an overwhelming task. Graphics programming is even more difficult. Windows add-on products shouldn't add to that […]

A Force-ful Library from Jeff Davis The Jeff Davis Library for Force is the first third-party library developed strictly for the Force compiler--welcome news for developers not-so-patiently awaiting add-on products. […]

In the early days, Clipper programmers would have killed for an interpretive environment. Why? Because, for the most part, they were DBASE programmers who wanted EXE files-they were used to […]

Want to get started with database servers without relinquishing that tie to dBASE? Now there's a way. CLIP2EB.LIB is a set of 89 functions that allow you to access the […]

The Tireless Programmer Let's see... You've just been given a programming project, and you need to find a skillful, tireless programmer. But where? You could forego the interviews and take […]

Do Clipper developers need another text editor? Atrium Software thinks they do. They describe their ClipOn text editor as a 'Clipper workbench allowing developers to use Clipper to their greatest […]

Looking for the ultimate sorting tool? You know, the kind that can handle dBASE DBF files without opening the database, or ASCII files from DOS prompt? That's what QSORT and […]

Visual Basic programmers looking for a code printing utility should check out Aardvark's Pretty Printer. This standalone utility makes Visual Basic program listings easier to read with formatting for both […]

dB Crayons--A TSR for PC-File A little product with a colorful name appeared at my doorstep as I prepared the article, 'dBASE In Residence,' some months back (see the July […]