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

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.2 Released on 12th October 2011

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.2 setup is published at the following
URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.0.2-setup.zip

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

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg202-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2011/10/12: HMG Extended Edition 2.0.2 Published.
* Fixed: Restored normal WinAPI behaviour of ReadOnly Spinner control.
It was wrongly mixed with Disabled state (introduced in the build 31).
Requested by Adalberto from brazilian forum MiniGUI.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\SPINNER)
* New: Added read/write property 'Tabstop' for standard controls.
You can set/get this property at runtime:
- function syntax:
SetProperty ( Form, Control, 'Tabstop', lLogical )
GetProperty ( Form, Control, 'Tabstop' )
- pseudo-OOP syntax:
Form.Control.Tabstop := lLogical
Form.Control.Tabstop --> logical value
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Enhanced: The Button control supports now an optional HOTKEY clause.
Based upon a code for a hotkey detection borrowed from OOHG.
Requested by Simon Norbert <simon.n@...>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see menu File->'More Tests' in folder \samples\basic\MAINDEMO (SYNTAX I))
* Enhanced: The Button control with Icon picture supports now a theme style at
WinXP.
The old behaviour is available also via using NOXPSTYLE clause.
Requested by Simon Norbert <simon.n@...>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see demo in folder\samples\basic\button_2)
* Enhanced: Added moving between data in a CellNavigation Grid control by
column.
It means that instead of moving cursor to the right when you accepted cell
editing, the cursor should be moved downwards.
- New: SET [GRID] CELLNAVIGATIONMODE VERTICAL | HORIZONTAL command.
This mode automatically puts you in edit mode, besides to driving you down
or left when accepting changes with or keys.
Based upon a contribution of Roberto Lopez <mail.box.hmg@...>
(see demo2.prg in folder \samples\Basic\Grid_Test)
* Changed: The some MCI Player and AnimateBox internal functions are defined as
pseudo-functions now.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Changed: Harbour GT functions are used for set/get Clipboard text now.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.1.0dev (SVN 2011-10-11 01:56).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* Updated: HMGS-IDE v.1.1.0. Project Manager and Two-Way Visual Form Designer.
Contributed by Sylvain Larche <slarche@...>
(look for what's new at changelog.txt in folder \Ide)
* New: 'HMG IDE' sample by Roberto Lopez <mail.box.hmg@...>.
Borrowed from HMG 4 project. It is a Ide template only.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\hmgide)
* New: 'Mini Agenda' sample.
Based upon a contribution by Bicahi Esgici <esgici@...>.
Adapted for Minigui Extended by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\MiniAgenda)
* New: 'Focus It' sample: enable X-Mouse style window activation.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Applications\FOCUS_IT)
* Updated: 'Ftp Client' sample based upon a TIP library.
Problem with uploading of the binary files was reported by
Eladio Bravo <eladibravo@...>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\FtpClient)
* Updated: 'Tone function via sound card' sample:
- Revised the musical sequence.
Contributed by Alexey Gustow
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\Tone)
* Updated: 'Calculator' sample: correction of the 'percent' button action.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\Calc)

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

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Harbour/xharbour Diff :13/57 - USING [] OPERATOR FOR STRING ITEMS - Przemyslaw Czerpak

###    USING [] OPERATOR FOR STRING ITEMS    ###
================================================
xHarbour supports using [] operator to access single characters in
string items. Harbour doesn't by default but it has strong enough
OOP API to allow adding such extension without touching core code
even by user at .prg level. It was implemented in Harbour in XHB.LIB.
This code can be compiled and executed by both compilers:
      #ifndef __XHARBOUR__
         #include "xhb.ch" // add xHarbour emulation to Harbour
      #endif
      proc main()
         local s := "ABCDEFG"
         ? s, "=>", s[2], s[4], s[6]
         s[2] := lower( s[2] )
         s[4] := lower( s[4] )
         s[6] := lower( s[6] )
         ?? " =>", s
      return

Warning!. There is one difference in above implementation introduced
intentionally to Harbour. xHarbour never generates errors for wrong
indexes in [] operator used for string items but simply returns "",
f.e. add to above code:
      ? ">" + s[0] + "<", ">" + s[1000] + "<"
If [] operator is used for other type of items RTE is generated.
Harbour will generate RTE in all cases. If someone needs strict XHB
compatibility here then he should adopt code overloading [] operator
for strings in XHB.LIB for his own preferences removing the RTE.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.1 Released on 21st Sept 2011

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI Extended Edition 2.0.1 setup is published at the following
URL:

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-2.0.1-setup.zip

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

http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg201-mingw.zip

There is the following changelog for this build:

2011/09/21: HMG Extended Edition 2.0.1 Published.
* Changed: From this release, build number is at the end of version number.
This way '2.0.1' is used instead '2.0 build 1'.
* Enhanced: The PROGRESSBAR control supports an optional [ STYLE ] MARQUEE
clause
(continuous loop) with optional parameter VELOCITY nValue (default is
40):
- New: Added write only 'Velocity' property.
You can set this property at runtime:
- function syntax:
SetProperty ( Form, ProgressBar, 'Velocity', nValue )
- pseudo-OOP syntax:
Form.ProgressBar.Velocity := nValue
You can use Form.ProgressBar.Velocity := 0 for stopping of the loop.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see demo4.prg in folder \samples\Basic\PROGRESSBAR)
* Fixed: When you have a popup with menuitems is showing a message from
another item
that's not the popup. Reported by Marcelo A. L. Carli
<malcarli@...>.
The DEFAULT statusbar message will be used for filling of the popup's
message.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Fixed: DO REPORT command don't restore Portrait mode with using Landscape
clause.
Problem was reported by Sudip Bhattacharyya <sudipb001@...>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Enhanced: DO REPORT command supports now an optional NODATETIMESTAMP clause.
Requested by Sudip Bhattacharyya <sudipb001@...>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see demo in folder \samples\Basic\DO_REPORT)
* Changed: Added BCC optimization switches to main batch file and MPM utility
(the ones used for the hbmk2 switch -optim).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see Compile.bat in folder \Batch and mpm.prg in folder \Utils\MPM)
* Updated: HBPrinter library v.2.25 (see source in folder \source\HbPrinter):
- Changed: preview images are stored on temporal files similar to
miniprint.
Based upon a code borrowed from OOHG.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
* Updated: Socket library source code by Matteo Baccan <baccan@...>:
- Added: parameter with length of custom string buffer (default is 1)
in method ReceiveChar( nBufLen ) (tsocket.prg)
Based upon a contribution of Artyom Verchenko
<artyomskynet@...>
- Updated: Revised class code for compatibility with Harbour switch
-w3.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \Source\Socket)
* Updated: Adaptation FiveWin Class TSBrowse 9.0 in HMG:
- New: Added method UserPopup() allows to add an user-defined menus
to
the selected columns. It is activated by right mouse button within
the header.
Contributed by Janusz Pora <januszpora@...>
(see demo at Menu TSBrowse 9.0->'Headers User Menu'
in folder \samples\Advanced\TSBrowse)
- Fixed: Added conversion for datetime value in the function
cValToChar().
Problem was reported by Marcelo Torres <lichitorres@...>.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see sample tsbrowse 9.0->Test Ado->All Fields, the field HIREDATE
in folder \samples\Advanced\TsBrowse)
* Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.1.0dev (SVN 2011-09-16 11:56):
* Updated: HbSqlDD library source code (see in folder
\Source\HbSqlDD);
* Updated: PostGreSQL library source code (see in folder
\Source\HbPgSql).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
* Updated: HMGS-IDE v.1.0.8. Project Manager and Two-Way Visual Form Designer.
Contributed by Walter Formigoni <walter.formigoni@...>
(look for what's new at changelog.txt in folder \Ide)
* New: 'Table of Colors' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\ColorsTable)
* New: 'Download Manager with MultiThreading' sample (based on socket
library).
Based upon a contribution of Artyom Verchenko
<artyomskynet@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\Downloader)
* New: 'Hack Tray' sample (based upon a nice work of Nibu babu thomas).
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Advanced\HackTray)
* Updated: 'Data Base Assistant' utility:
- Added: a draft print function at the showing of the database list.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \Utils\DBA)
* Updated: 'Simple Editor' sample.
Contributed by Grigory Filatov <gfilatov@...>
(see in folder \samples\Basic\EDITOR)

This build was tested on the following platforms:
- Win98 SE (passed);
- WinXP SP1 (passed);
- Win7 SP1 (passed).

This build was not tested on the following platforms:
- Win95;
- Win2000;
- WinVista.

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

Your feedback is welcome!

--
Best Regards,
Grigory Filatov
[MiniGUI Team]

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Harbour MiniGUI 1.9 Extended Edition (Build 99) Released on 17th August 2011

Hi All,

The Harbour MiniGUI 1.9 Extended Edition (Build 99) setup is published at the following URL:
 http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg-1.9-99-setup.zip
and a lite MinGW-based build 99 archive is placed at the following URL:
 http://hmgextended.com/files/CONTRIB/hmg99-mingw.zip
>
> There is the following changelog for this build:
>
> 2011/08/17: Build 99 (HMG 1.9 Extended Edition) Published.
> * Enhanced: The ComboBox control supports now an optional UPPERCASE and LOWERCASE clauses.
> Suggested by Simon Norbert .
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> (see demos in folders \samples\Basic\COMBO_1 and \samples\Basic\COMBO_4)
> * Enhanced: The AnimateBox control supports now an optional NOBORDER clause.
> Suggested by Simon Norbert .
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> (see demos in folder \samples\Basic\ANIMATEDEMO)
> * Changed: The main batch file adds the user's libraries before Harbour core and contrib.
> Problem was reported by Mahmoud Fayed .
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> (see Compile.bat in folder \Batch)
> * Updated: C-code for compatibility with a last Harbour changes regarding to:
> 2011-07-17 16:21 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
> * deleted things marked with HB_LEGACY_LEVEL3, finishing cleanup
> job started many years ago.
> ; this also means that windows.h and os2.h will no longer be
> included by Harbour headers, HB_OS_WIN_USED is thus ineffective,
> so if someone needs these headers to access system APIs, they
> should be manually included in each source file.
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> * Updated: MPM utility:
> - Changed: maximum length of environment strings set at 254 characters.
> Problem was reported by Bill Broyles
> Contributed by Kevin Carmody <i@kevincarmody.com>
> (see in folder \Utils\MPM)
> * Updated: Harbour Compiler 3.1.0dev (SVN 2011-08-13 17:25).
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> (look at ReadMe.txt in folder \harbour)
> * Updated: The all samples are revised for compatibility with a last Harbour changes:
> - Added IS*() -> HB_IS*() conversing
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> * New: 'Firebird database access through a ODBC driver' sample.
> Contributed by Hugo Rozas
> (see in folder \samples\Basic\Firebird)
> * Updated: 'CallDll32 function' samples:
> - Added calling function UnloadAllDll() at 'On Release' event.
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> (see demos in folder \samples\Basic\CallDll)
> * Updated: 'Volume Info' sample.
> Contributed by Grigory Filatov
> (see demo2.prg in folder \samples\Advanced\VOLUME_INFO)
> * Updated: Added Bulgarian language translation to the following multilingual samples:
> - Biorhythm;
> - DBFview;
> - Language Indicator;
> - Multilingual;
> - Shutdown.
> Contributed by Danail Dikov .
>
> This release of MiniGUI is considered stable and ready for production use.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Grigory Filatov
> [MiniGUI Team]

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 134,389 (10/3/11 - 39,277) unique visitors (of which 45,151 (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 : -)


TIA & Enjoy ! (10th October 2012, 11:05; 13th November 2015)


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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