Welcome to Clipper... Clipper... Clipper


In 1997, then using Delphi 3, I had already created 32-bits Windows applications for HRIS, ERP and CRM. In 2007, using Ruby on Rails, an AJAX powered CRM site running on Apache & MySQL was created and I am now using Visual Studio .Net 2008 to create web-based projects and Delphi 7 for Win32 applications using SQL2005 & DBFCDX.

So, why then am I reviving the Original Clipper... Clipper... Clipper via a Blog as CA-Clipper is a programming language for the DOS world ? Believe it or not, there are still some clients using my mission-critical CA-Clipper applications for DOS installed in the late 80's and up to the mid 90's. This is testimony to CA-Clipper's robustness as a language :-)

With the widespread introduction of Windows 7 64-bits as the standard O/S for new Windows based PCs & Notebooks, CA-Clipper EXE simply will not work and it has become imperative for Clipper programmers to migrate immediately to Harbour to build 32/64 bits EXEs

Since 28th January 2009, this blog has been read by 49,872 (10/3/11 - 39,277) unique visitors (of which 17,866 (10/3/11 - 13,929) are returning visitors) from 103 countries and 1,574 cities & towns in Europe (37, 764 cities), North America (3, 373 cities) , Central America & Caribeans (6, 13 cities), South America(10, 226 cities), Africa & Middle-East (12, 44 cities) , Asia-Pacific (21,175 cities). So, obviously Clipper is Alive & Well : -)

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TIA & Enjoy ! (14th July 2011, 14:19)

Friday, February 24, 2012

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.7 Release on 14th Feb 2012

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.7 setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.0.7-setup.zip

and the lite MinGW-based archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg207-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2012/02/14: HMG Extended Edition 2.0.7 Published.
* Fixed: Correction in the function _GetFocusedControl() for BtnTextBox and GetBox controls.
Problem was reported by Sasha Savov gmail.com>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Fixed: Missing moving the BtnTextBox and GetBox controls into Tab container (introduced
in the build 2.0.6).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Fixed: Wrong position of the captions in the Tab control with the simultaneous use of
'Bottom' and 'BackColor' clauses (ownerdraw style).
Problem was reported by spanish user <hherrera@degesa.net>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see demo.prg in folder \samples\Basic\TAB)
* Enhanced: The Image control may determine an image file size when 'Height' and 'Width'
properties were not defined at the determination.
Requested by Simon Norbert <simon.n@t-online.hu>.
Based on the function hb_GetImageSize() contributed by Andi Jahja <harbour@cbn.net.id>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\IMAGE_2)
* Updated: Slovak language translation in h_init.prg.
Contributed by Gyula Bartal <bartal@tauris-danubius.sk>
* Updated: HBPrinter library v.2.28 (see source in folder \source\HbPrinter):
- Updated: Czech and Slovak language translations.
Contributed by Gyula Bartal <gybartal@gmail.com>
* Updated: PropGrid library v.2.0 (see source in folder \source\PropGrid):
- Changed: Property item type 'numeric'/'integer' accepts only numeric characters;
- Changed: Property item type 'double' has an optional InputMask in simple form '999 999.99';
- Changed: Improving the operation of the command ENABLE / DISABLE item through Id.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
(see demo3.prg in folder \samples\Advanced\PropGrid)
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- Fixed: last row sticking at cursor moving through database at some cases.
Based upon a contribution of Krzysztof Stankiewicz <ks@nsm.pl> and
Christian T. Kurowski <xharbour@wp.pl>
- New: Added class var for assignment of the background of the SELECTOR Header.
Usage: oBrw:nClrSelectorHdBack := GetSysColor( COLOR_BTNFACE )
Contributed by Simon Norbert <simon.n@t-online.hu>.
- Updated: Czech, Slovak and Hungarian language translations;
- Updated: Added warning in the method ExpSeek when Alias() != ::cAlias.
Contributed by Gyula Bartal <gybartal@gmail.com>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.1.0dev (SVN 2012-02-09 13:49):
* Updated: AdoRDD library source code (see in folder \Source\AdoRDD).
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\Adordd)
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'WAIT WINDOW in FoxPro' sample.
Based upon a code contributed by Antypenko Alexander <santy@lviv.ukrprombank.ua>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\WAIT_WINDOW_

FOX)
* New: 'WebCam Preview' sample:
- WEBCAM control was defined as user component via simple command
@ , WEBCAM [ OF ] ;
[ WIDTH ] [ HEIGHT ] [ RATE ] [ START ]
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\WebCam_2)
* Updated: MsgEdit sample:
- Changed: function hb_GetImageSize() was moved to minigui core.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\MsgEdit)
* Updated: 'UPX shell' sample: minor changes.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Applications\UPXshell)

This release of MiniGUI is considered stable and ready for production use.

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

P.S. Happy Valentine's Day! ;-)))

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.6 Released 24th january 2012

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.6 setup is published at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.0.6-setup.zip

and the lite MinGW-based archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg206-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2012/01/24: HMG Extended Edition 2.0.6 Published.
* Changed: The BTNTEXTBOX control code was rewritten for improvement:
- Modified: a real Buttons supports themed look now;
- Modified: separated Tooltips for the edit box and buttons;
- Modified: added changing of buttons picture at runtime:
Form.BtnTextBox.Picture := "demo.bmp" // 1 button
Form.BtnTextBox.Picture := {"demo.bmp","demo2.bmp"} // 2 buttons
- New: Additional clause DEFAULT activating the ENTER key for button 1 action.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
(see demos in folders \samples\Basic\BtnTextBox and
\samples\Basic\BtnTextBox_2)
* Enhanced: The GetBox control supports a built-in buttons with separated tooltips.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\GetBox)
* Updated: HBPrinter library v.2.28 (see source in folder \source\HbPrinter):
- Fixed: C-code cleaning for warnings with MinGW32.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* Updated: PropGrid library v.2.0 (see source in folder \source\PropGrid):
- New: Added Property Item type PASSWORD.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
(see demo2.prg and demo3.prg in folder \samples\Advanced\PropGrid)
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- Fixed: Correction for display of the background in the Header for option SELECTOR.
Problem was reported by Simon Norbert <simon.n@t-online.hu>.
- Fixed: Problem with append a record if the Selector is enabled.
Problem was reported by Jayadev <jayadev65@yahoo.com>.
- New: Added SQLite support via harbour HbSqlDD contrib library.
(see demo in folder \samples\Advanced\Tsb_sqlite)
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@onet.eu>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.1.0dev (SVN 2012-01-18 12:02).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* Updated: HMGS-IDE v.1.1.0.3 Project Manager and Two-Way Visual Form Designer:
- Fixed: typo in the function LoadProp() (introduced in version 1.1);
- Fixed: typo in the function NewModule() (introduced in version 1.1).
Contribution by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
* New: HbSQLite3 library for xHarbour compiler (see in folder \Source\xHbSQLite3).
Contribution by Richard Visscher <richard@irvis.com>
(see in folder MiniGUI\xLib in xharbour build)
* New: 'WebCam Capture' sample (look at avicap.txt for description).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\WebCam)
* Updated: 'Cargo usage' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\Cargo)
* Updated: 'Mail With Blat' sample:
- Updated: blat dll to 2.7.6 version.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\BlatMail)
* Updated: 'HMG IDE Demo' sample:
- added the all properties and events for controls to inspector's window;
- added the possibilities of moving/resizing of controls to context menu
at right mouse click.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@inbox.ru>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\hmgide)

This release of MiniGUI is considered stable and ready for production use.

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Monday, December 26, 2011

hbIDE as at Today

hbIDE's growth can be summarized as:

what it is today,
what is proposed,
what is on todo list,
its strengths, and
pitfalls

What it is today

Implements: multiple projects edit,compile,link cycles with multiple compilers from within single instance.
Implements: tracking the compile/link errors and opening the source containing thus error in the editor with offending line under cursor.
Implements: multiple editing sessions within a single instance with easy navigation and cut/copy/paste portability amongst them.
Implements: high-performance edit instances with a bunch of features, such as, intelligent auto-indentation; in-build keyword capitalization (.prg); ability to switch on/off line-number display; selected block operations: left-right indentation, single-line comments, multi-line comments, double to single quotes, single to double quotes; case conversions: lower to upper, upper to lower, invert cases; line operations: duplicating a line, deletion of line, moving lined in either direction - up/down; and many more.
Implements: splitting one edit instance into multiple horizontal and/or vertical windows to edit different parts of the same source simultaneously.
Implements: auto-disaster-recovery for every editing instance per minute interval ensuring the maximum amount of loss confined to a minute's work only.
Implements: code-skeleton definition and rendering to next levels with user-defined macros and variables in addition to hbIDE defined macros.
Implements: tagging of functions prototypes for next levels of function lookups and other "intellisense" features for multiple projects simultaneously.
Implements: a reasonable level of "intellisense" providing code-completion lists, on-the-spot function prototype tips, full-blown function overlook, and more.
Implements: a powerful "Find-in-files" feature accepting currently-opened edits, contained projects, folders  on the disk including sub-folders, options for plain-text or regular expression search, and finally opening the source with currently clicked search-text highlighted in the editor.
Implements: a unique "Document Viewer" which pulls the NANFORUM documentation format compliant .txt files from a "root folder" and tree and presents the contents in a navigable browser with options to - "Print", "Save as .pdf", and more.
Implements: a unique way to write documentation for functions contained in the editing sessions with options to insert the same into the source at appropriate place or save as a NANFORUM documentation format compliant .txt file on disk which, in-turn, is fully compliant to be viewed in "Document Viewer" if opted as such.
Implements: out-of-the-box syntax highlighting for .prg, .c, .cpp, .ch, .h, sources with a provision to set the highlighting themes in the hands of the user as per needs and offering a bunch of pre-defined themes plus interface to inject your own.
Implements: intelligent "book-marks" with visual elements to define, locate and destroy - with least efforts - almost hassle free.
Implements: to be used as simple text-editor, a project maintainer and/or builder, or both.
Implements: "Tools & Utilities" features which extends hbIDE to take use of any other program, including the DOS prompt, to be executed with parameters from within hbIDE and in a detached manner. Probably it will be wise to extend it to accept parameters comprised of properties of hbIDE components, such as, source file name on disk opened in current editor instance.
Implements: saving the current state of hbIDE when exited normally and restores the exact same environment at next run, including the editors state per cursor position, the size and position of the main frame, and lot more.
Implements: an interface to define short-cut macros just like xMate plus including some extended functionality.
Implements: three types of selection modes: 1. Stream Selection  2. Column Selection  3. Line Selection. All type of blocks are persistent across files. Stream selection mode is a standard text selection protocol implemented by every text editor in the world. Column selection has some peculiar application and Line selection mode offer yet another functionality. All types offer standard cut/copy/paste behavior. Paste operation honors the selection mode, f.e., a block selected under column mode will be pasted as column block. Line blocks overwrite the exiting lines if pasted.
Implemented: a simple yet powerful interface to hook third-party plugins designating it truely extensible.
Implements: integration with Visual Source Safe ( VSS ), version control system.

What is proposed

Visual debugger - someone has to jump in as I know a little about debuggers and their behavior
Form editor - which is out of question until we have a complete GUI framework in place.
Object browser - what is this ?
Version control (SVN) integration - should be easy; need to explore the command-line commands.

What is on todo list

Wizard based project creation for different compilers - xHarbour, Clipper, Xbase++, Flagship, Clip; for multiple C compilers.

Strengths

An out-of-the-box experience for Xbase dialect programmers without the hassles of writing tough scripts to achieve high levels of productivity.
An all-in-one, composite-components oriented, highly desktop real-estate conscious interface leveraging the levels of productivity to highest extent.
With a programmer-oriented approach shedding any inclination of commercial orientation.
With highest possibilities to be extended by anyone who does not have any interaction with C language.

Pitfalls

High memory-intensive back-bone.





More at http://hbide.vouch.info/?and_as_of_now.htm

Updated HMGS-IDE 1.1.0.3 Beta - 26th December 2011

Hi All,

The updated HMGS-IDE 1.1.0.3 Beta binary and sources with minor fixes are published at the following URL:
http://www.hmgextended.com/files/HMGS-IDE/ide.zip

You can update this build via clicking 'Update' menuitem in the main
menu 'Help'.

--
Kind Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.4 Released on 23 Nov 2011

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.4 setup is published at the following
URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.0.4-setup.zip

and the lite MinGW-based archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg204-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2011/11/23: HMG Extended Edition 2.0.4 Published.
* Enhanced: COMPRESS and UNCOMPRESS commands supports an optional
FILEPROGRESS clause.
Syntax:
- COMPRESS "MyBase.dbf" TO "Backup.zip" ;
BLOCK {|cFile, nPos| ProgressUpdate(cFile, nPos)} ;
FILEPROGRESS {|nPos, nTotal| ProgressFile(nPos, nTotal)}
- UNCOMPRESS "Backup.zip" EXTRACTPATH ".\" ;
BLOCK {|cFile, nPos| ProgressUpdate(cFile, nPos)} ;
FILEPROGRESS {|nPos, nTotal| ProgressFile(nPos, nTotal)}
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see demo2.prg in folder \samples\Basic\Zip)
* Changed: Image scale in the PRINT GRAPH command is a similar at WinXP now
as in the other OS. Modified an image aspect ratio for HbPrinter
library.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see demo2.prg in folder \samples\Basic\GraphPrint)
* Updated: HBPrinter library v.2.27 (see source in folder \source\HbPrinter):
- Fixed: revised unlock global vars in the printer dialog C-code.
- Fixed: revised using of font 'Arial Narrow' in the preview toolbar.
Problem was reported by Gyula Bartal <gybartal@...>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* New: SQLite3Facade library source code (see in folder
\Source\SQLite3Facade).
This library provides a convenient interface that make easy the most
common operations. Contributed by Daniel Goncalves

Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see demo in folder \samples\Advanced\SQLITE_3)
* Updated: HbSQLite3 library source code (see in folder \Source\HbSQLite3):
- update for using SQLITE3 version 3.7.9.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Updated: WinReport library (see source in folder \Source\WinReport).
Contributed by Pierpaolo Martinello
(see demo in folder \samples\Advanced\REPORT_INTERPRETER)
* Updated: PropGrid library v.2.0 (see source in folder \source\PropGrid):
- New: Added optional buttons OK, APPLY, CANCEL and HELP:
Syntax:
OKBTN [ USEROKPROC ] [ APPLYBTN ]
CANCELBTN [ USERCANCELPROC ]
HELPBTN
- Changed: Changing the structure of control, elements of
PropertyGrid are now common parent.
- Changed: Some internal functions received a new names, and
improvements were introduced.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@...>
(see demo3.prg in folder \samples\Advanced\PropGrid)
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- Fixed: wrong cursor position at Win7 (in the example Tsbrowse 9.0->
Excel Test).
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@...>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.1.0dev (SVN 2011-11-15 23:28).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* New: 'Cuckoo Clock' sample.
Based upon a contribution by Bicahi Esgici <esgici@...>.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\CuckooClock)
* Updated: 'AVI Animation' sample:
- ANIMATERES control was defined as user component;
- used avi resource is stored as appls resource.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\AVI_Animation)
* Updated: 'Get Fonts' sample: minor change.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\GetFonts)
* Updated: 'RicheditEx' samples: fixed text search at WinXP and later.
Based upon a contribution of Fernando Yurisich
<fernando.yurisich@...>
(see in folders \samples\Advanced\RicheditEx and
\samples\Advanced\RicheditEx_2)
* Updated: 'SysInfoTray' sample: revised getting CPU usage function.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\SysInfoTray)
* Updated: 'TsBrowse Incremental search' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\Tsb_filter)
* Updated: 'Free Memory' sample: revised getting CPU usage function.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Applications\FREE_MEMORY)
* Updated: 'Stock' (Builder of the Function List) sample:
- export of shared (or uncalled only) procedures/functions to HTML;
- more careful analysis of strings (skip comments: "//", "*", "/*
*/").
Contributed by Alexey Gustow
(see in folder \Utils\FuncList)

This release of MiniGUI is considered stable and ready for production use.

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Monday, November 7, 2011

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.3 setup Released on 31st October 2011

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.3 setup is published at the following
URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.0.3-setup.zip

and the lite MinGW-based archive is placed at the following URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg203-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2011/10/31: HMG Extended Edition 2.0.3 Published.
* Enhanced: The Button control with Icon picture supports a theme style at the
changing button's icon picture in WinXP.
Requested by Simon Norbert <simon.n@...>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see demo in folder\samples\basic\button_2)
* Enhanced: COMPRESS and UNCOMPRESS commands supports an optional
RESULT [TO] clause.
Syntax:
- COMPRESS "MyBase.dbf" TO "Backup.zip" ;
BLOCK {|cFile, nPos| ProgressUpdate(cFile, nPos)} RESULT lSuccess
- UNCOMPRESS "Backup.zip" EXTRACTPATH ".\" RESULT TO lSuccess
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see demo2.prg in folder \samples\Basic\Zip)
* Enhanced: PRINT GRAPH (bar type) supports a multiple colors when the graph
have
one serie only and you did specify a color array for each value.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Changed: The others MCI Player internal functions are defined as
pseudo-functions.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Updated: Unneeded hbprinter code was removed at starting of DO REPORT
command.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\DO_REPORT)
* Updated: Modified an image aspect ratio in the PRINT GRAPH command.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Updated: MiniPrint library (see source in folder \Source\MiniPrint):
- Changed: used themed ButtonEx control for toolbar buttons.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Updated: WinReport library (see source in folder \Source\WinReport).
Contributed by Pierpaolo Martinello
(see demo in folder \samples\Advanced\REPORT_INTERPRETER and
help file WinReport.chm in folder \Doc)
* Updated: Socket library source code by Matteo Baccan <baccan@...>:
- Added SetSendTimeout( nMilliSec ) method in tsmtp.prg.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \Source\Socket)
* Updated: HbSQLite3 library source code (see in folder \Source\HbSQLite3):
- update for using SQLITE3 version 3.7.8
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- Fixed: wrong behaviour at lNoHScroll := .T. and double press
Ctrl+End.
Problem was reported by Krzysztof Stankiewicz <ks@...>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.1.0dev (SVN 2011-10-25 13:06):
* Updated: most important differences between Harbour and xHarbour
(see xhb-diff.txt in folder \harbour\doc);
* Updated: MySql library source code (see in folder \Source\HbMySql);
* Updated: HbZipArc library source code (see in folder
\Source\HbZipArc).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* Updated: HMGS-IDE v.1.1.0.1 Project Manager and Two-Way Visual Form
Designer:
- Fixed : Problem at compiling of console application.
Reported by Franz <franz@...>
* New: 'HMG Achoice' sample.
Based upon a contribution of Dhanny del Pilar
<dhaine_adp@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\ACHOICE_2)
* New: 'Dbf to/from Sqlite converter' sample.
Based upon a contribution of S.Rathinagiri <srgiri@...>.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\dbf2sqlite)
* New: 'Get Windows Version string' sample with 64-bit OS detection.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\WinVersion_2)
* Updated: 'My Dbf Browse' sample: minor change.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\BROWSE_8)
* Updated: 'Edit Extended' sample: revised advanced saving function.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\EDIT_EXTENDED)
* Updated: 'Barcode Reader' with serial input sample:
- added C-casting to pacify warnings.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\BarTools)
* Updated: 'MiniSql Basic' sample for compatibility with MySql library
changes.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\MiniSql)
* Updated: 'Report Interpreter' sample:
- New: Added 'Barcode labels' sample.
Contributed by Pierpaolo Martinello
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\REPORT_INTERPRETER)
* Updated: 'DBFview v.0.78' sample: revised Windows 7 UI look.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Applications\DBFview)

This release of MiniGUI is considered stable and ready for production use.

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Thursday, October 27, 2011

SQLite3 Façades for Harbour by Daniel Gonzalez

Hello everybody,

I'm not sure if one of you guys have heard about SQLite3 Façades for Harbour. I've wrote those façades in 2008 and then released it under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

SQLite3 Façades for Harbour provides an easy and clean way to work with SQLite3 databases using an elegant and simple object oriented approach. If you get interested you can read the tests to get an idea of how it works.

Well, I'm no longer working with Harbour, but these façades was very useful to me, and it's available at https://bitbucket.org/danielgoncalves/sqlite3facade.

Hope it's still useful.
bitbucket.org

Originally posted on Harbour Project Facebook Group

Original Welcome Page for Clipper... Clipper... Clipper

This is the original Welcome Page for Clipper... Clipper... Clipper, which I am republishing for historical and sentimental reasons. The only changes that I have made was to fix all the broken links. BTW, the counter from counter.digits.com is still working :-)

Welcome to Chee Chong Hwa's Malaysian WWW web site which is dedicated to Clipperheads throughout the world.

This site started out as a teeny-weeny section of Who the heck is Chee Chong Hwa ? and has graduated into a full blown web site of more than 140 pages (actually hundreds of A4 size pages) ! This is due to its growing popularity and tremendous encouragements from visiting Clipperheads from 100 countries worldwide, from North America, Central America, Caribbean, South America, Europe, Middle-East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. Thanx Clipperheads, you all made this happen !


What is Clipper ?

You may ask, what is this Clipper stuff ? Could Clipper be something to do with sailing as it is the name of a very fast sailing American ship in the 19th century ?

Well, Clipper or to be precise, CA-Clipper is the premier PC-Software development tool for DOS. It was first developed by Nantucket Corporation initially as a compiler for dBase3+ programs. Since then, CA-Clipper has evolved away from its x-base roots with the introduction of lexical scoping & pre-defined objects like TBrowse. As at today, the most stable version ofClipper is 5.2e while the latest version, 5.3a was introduced on 21 May 1996.

As at 11th November, 1996, an unofficial 5.3a fixes file was made available by Jo French. See the About CA-Clipper 5.3a section for more details. BTW, Jo French uploaded the revised 5.3a fixes file on 20th November, 1996.

Latest News

The latest news is that CA has finally released the long-awaited 5.3b patch on 21 May, 1997.

For 5.3b users, you must a take a look at Jo French's comments on unfixed bugs in 5.3b.

BTW, have you used Click ? If you're a serious Clipperprogrammer and need an excellent code formatter, Click is a natural choice. How to get it ? Simple, access Phil Barnett's site via my Cool Clipper Sites.

32-bits Clipper for Windows ?

Have you tried Xbase ++ ? Well, I have and compared to Delphi (my current Windows programming tool of choice), I'm still sticking to Delphi.

Anyway, you should visit the Alaska Home Page. Give it a chance and then draw your own conclusions !.

The Harbour Project

Is this the future of Xbase ? Take a look at at the Harbour Project

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