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- Clipper Project From: Howard Kapustein
- Memo #3: CP Topics Date: 05/02/1987
-
- To: All
-
- I have the following list of topics so far:
-
- 1. BUGS: a list of bugs in both the W'85 and A'86 versions, along with
- any patches, workarounds, etc.
-
- 2. DIFFERENCES: a (hopefully) comprehensive list of differences between
- W'85 and A'86 Clippers: what commands are available in one but
- not the other, what commands have changed between W'85 and A'86,
- what's handled differently, blah blah blah.
-
- 3. UDFS: info about interfacing UDFs written in Clipper, C, Assembler,
- whatever, into Clipper programs (i.e. how are parameters passed)
- as well as source code. (See CP Memo #1: Contributions.)
-
- 4. MENUS/INPUT: different approaches to menus/data entry (Lotus-style
- menus, Macintosh-like menus, SET MENU/@ PROMPT, data validation, ...)
-
- 5. UTILITIES: these are stand alone programs, such as debugging aids,
- fast .DBF packers, just some programs that a developer might find
- useful. (See CP Memo #1: Contributions.)
-
- 6. TIPS: little tidbits of information that you as a Clipper user have
- stumbled across. These can vary from a sentence to several pages
- (how to make a displayed time change neatly each second, making
- the cursor invisible.) Some broad topics include:
-
- quirks in Clipper
- little tricks (i.e. the disappearing cursor)
- multi-user hookups
- security/password implementation
- importing/exporting files to ASCII, 1-2-3, word processors, ...
- SET KEY TO uses
- PLINK86 vs. DOS' LINKer
- making overlays
- defeating screen snow (SAVE SCREEN on CGA, etc.)
-
- These are not a comprhensive list, just something to give you a
- general idea.
-
- 7. UNDOCUMENTED FEATURES: who hasn't found something Nantucket forgot
- to include in the documentation.
-
- 8. REVIEWS: a programmer's view of dBASE add-ons that are usable by
- Clipper, such as screen generators or linkers in general and
- specifically:
-
- Quicksilver { a comparison between QS & Foxbase & Clipper:
- FoxBase+ { benchmarks, commands, pros/cons
- R & R Relational Report Writer
- Genifer
- ViewGen
-
- 8.1. Non-Commercial software: reviews of shareware/public domain
- programs (i.e. DSCAR.)
-
- 9. FILE FORMATS: information about file formats (byte-level breakdowns
- of .DBF, .NTX, .NDX, where the Clipper info gets stuck in Clipper
- .EXE programs, etc.)