Monday, January 26, 2009

Clipper References for Newbies

For the benefit of Clipper newbies, some of the Clipper related reading material which I read include :

  • Nantucket Summer'87 Manual
  • Nantucket Summer'88 Update
  • Using Clipper (Summer'87) - Ed Tiley
  • Clipper Programming Guide (Summer'87) - Rick Spence

  • Nantucket Clipper 5.0 Manuals
  • The Unofficial Clipper 5.0 Manual - Tech Publications
  • Clipper Programming Guide (2nd Edition) - Rick Spence
  • Clipper 5.0 - A developer's Guide - Greg Lief, Joe Booth
  • CA-Clipper 5.2 Manuals

  • Clipper 5.3 - A developer's Guide - Greg Lief, Joe Booth
  • CA-Clipper 5.3 Manuals
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    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

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    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 !.

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

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