Data Based Advisor articles from October 1991

Data Based Advisor archives from October 1991

Dataline. (news of data base products)
October 1, 1991... PALO ALTO, CA--Management Information Sciences recently announced a bargain upgrade to its Windows 3.0 report writer. Simply send the first page of your current report writer's documentation or the install disk, along with $10 to receive your...

Who reads Data Based Advisor? (reader survey) (Editor on the Go) (editorial)
October 1, 1991... Who are you? I can probably get your name and address from our subscriber database. But what I really want to know is, where do you fit into the database management universe? How can Data Based Adviser help you? You can imagine how...

Feedback. (letter to the editor)
October 1, 1991... Praise for Clipper 5.01... A few years ago we decided to "go with" Nantucket, since they're a progressive company who have extended Clipper and given us confidence that, at last, here was a product for "serious developers." We're...

Tech III Inc. (Wing-It, The Compressor, Who You Know) (brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Tech III announced Wing-It, their accounting system, has been upgraded to FoxPro 2.0. This version includes two new modules, the "Selling Floor" (order entry) and "Purchasing." Other modules are "Billing Dept" (Invoices and Receivables),...

Beckner Library - chock full of functions. (BecknerVision's add-in/on software for Clipper 5.0) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
October 1, 1991... The Clipper add-on library market strives to provide programmers with access to programming features beyond the reach of the compiler, and to the Clipper programming skills of the library's authors. How well a library does both is a measure of...

Fixing damaged R:BASE files. (Microrim Inc.'s R:Scope utility program) (Software Review) (evaluation)
October 1, 1991... The R:BASE market has had its share of database diagnostic and repair utilities. Most developers own one or more of these types of programs sold by either Microrim or third-party vendors. Some programs, like Synchronicity Research's Checkbase...

In the clear with Stacker. (Stac Electronics Inc.'s file management software) (Software Review) (evaluation)
October 1, 1991... Let's say you need more disk space than your current hard disk and you can't convince your boss (or yourself) to spend the bucks to buy a larger hard disk. Are you really stuck? Well, I have the answer for you! It's called Stacker, from Stac...

hyperkinetix, inc. (Deltafile) (brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... hyperkinetix, inc. announced a new developers' tool DeltaFile. DeltaFile creates executable "changes-only" patches from a comparison of files or sets of files. These patches are then used to update older software versions. Not only do the...

Norton-Lambert Corp. (Close-Up 4.0 communications software) (brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Norton-Lambert Corp. announced Close-Up 4.0 for DOS and Windows. The company claims this is the first remote communications software for both Windows and DOS. Close-up allows developers to support their DOS and Windows applications via modem....

Fax messages the EZ-Fax way. (Calculus Inc.'s facsimile card) (Hardware Review) (evaluation)
October 1, 1991... In its early years, network fax capability has had its share of problems: creating outgoing and distributing incoming fax documents has fallen short of technical elegance. Now more database applications need to include fax send/receive...

Microrim. (R:BASE 3.1B data base management system) (brief article) (Product Announcement)
October 1, 1991... Microrim announced another upgrade, R:BASE version 3.1B. This version includes enhancements to Application EXPRESS (which lets developers develop basic apps and prototype complex apps). Debug commands have been added to the App and APX files...

Tools & Techniques. (Data Junction 4.1 data conversion software) (brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Tools & Techniques released version 4.1 of their data conversion tool, Data Junction. Data Junction allows users to sort, extract, and re-arrange and edit records while the data is being converted. Version 4.1 adds support for c- tree Plus,...

Data Techniques. (object-oriented Windows library, Imageman) (brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Data Techniques introduced an object-oriented Windows library, ImageMan, that lets developers display and print images in their Windows applications. This libary supports TIFF, PCX, Encapsulated Postscript, and Windows Metafile and Bitmap...

The horizontal browse. (column, Hardcore Clipper) (implementing a panning browse to view reports before printing) (tutorial)
October 1, 1991... In previous articles, I've shown you how to browse generic, screen-width text files using tbrowse objects. You set the tbrowse object's data movement code blocks to call functions that moved the file pointer as users move through a file. ...

SQL debugging solutions. (structured query language, SQL Solutions Inc.'s SQL Debug) (Client/Server Advisor, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... SQL Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Sybase, shipped SQL Debug, a graphical, interactive, source-level debugger for SQL. SQL Debug helps developers identify and correct logic and performance problems. SQL Debug's user interface consists of...

From JAM to Open/DBi. (JYACC Inc., name changed from JAM/DBi) (Client/Server Advisor, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... JYACC, vendor of the JAM family of application development tools, has re-architected (and renamed) JAM/DBi as Open/DBi. Open/DBi now offers a core set of services that the company claims provides a consistent and portable interface between...

An OS/2 how-to. (book, Client-Server Programming with OS/2 Extended Edition) (Client/Server Advisor) (Brief Article)
October 1, 1991... Client-Server Programming with OS/2 Extended Edition is an information-packed tome (over 1,000 pages!) written by IBM's Robert Orfali and Dan Harkey. Sections on OS/2's core services, e.g. threads, processes, semaphores, named pipes, LAN-based...

Foreign data. (InSync Software Corp.'s PASSPORT 5.3) (Client/Server Advisor, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... InSync Software released PASSPORT 5.3 a SQL-based application development environment featuring PASSPORT DB VISA, a split-screen data transfer utility that lets you move data between DBMSs including Oracle, Rdb, Sybase, Ingres, and Informix....

Reports a la Codd and Date. (Codd and Date Inc.'s report on structured query language implementations) (Client/Server Advisor) (Brief Article)
October 1, 1991... Codd and Date, Inc. has published a report describing SQL implementations of DB2 2.2, Informix-SQL 2.10, Oracle 6.0 OS/2 EE 1.1, SQL/DS 2.2, and VAX Rdb/VMS 3.1. Following a succinct tutorial on SQL, each SQL statement is discussed in detail,...

C++ rated video? (Borland International Inc.'s tutorial video on C++) (Client/Server Advisor) (Brief Article)
October 1, 1991... Borland introduced The World of C++, the first of a series of tutorial videos in Borland's new Visions video series. The World of C++ video courseware is designed for programmers familiar with C and includes two one-hour videotapes, a 150-page...

Downsizing Journal from DCI. (Digital Consulting Inc. publishes new magazine) (Client/Server Advisor) (Brief Article)
October 1, 1991... Digital Consulting, Inc. has begun publishing a monthly Downsizing Journal, DSJ. Dr. George Schussel, DSJ's editor, plans to focus on key downsizing issues related to standards, oprating systems, LANs, hardware, and the fundamental challenges...

Enfin, ma chere. (Enfin Software Corp.'s Enfin/2 for Windows) (Client/Server Advisor, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Enfin Software has released a Windows version of its Enfin/2 object-oriented development package. Enfin/2 for Windows can be used to create fron-end applications against IBM's OS/2 EE or DB2, both Sybase's and Microsoft's SQL Servers, Oracle...

An X-Base/SQL Hybrid. (Matesys Corp.'s ObjectView XBASE/SQL) (Client/Server Advisor, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Matesys has introduced a Windows development package which combines their ObjectView with Quadbase's Quadbase SQL/Win. This combination, called ObjectView XBASE/SQL, lets developers create front-end applications against a local engine....

SQLWindows 3. (Gupta Technologies Inc.) (Client/Server Advisor, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Gupta Technologies should be shipping SQLWindows 3.0 by the time you read this. Look for more than 150 new SAL (SQLWindows Application Language) functions, an improved report writer, better national language support, and support for includable...

47 hot database tips. (single paragraphs on various data base topics) (includes related article on authors) (Cover Story)
October 1, 1991... Sometimes the best ideas--the ones that save you time, make you more productive, and give you a headstart on your work--are small, simple, and just plain obvious, which means you may never have thought of them. In the following 23 pages you'll...

Is this file open? (The Expert Series: dBASE, brief article) (tutorial)
October 1, 1991... Have you ever wondered if a particular database file is already being USEd? Most of the time this isn't an issue because programmers usually keep track of open files (or should). But if you're writing "black box" routines, especially when...

Customized development menus. (The Expert Series: FoxPro) (tutorial)
October 1, 1991... FoxPro 2.0's menu builder lets you quickly create menus for client applications--and generate the code for them. But you don't have to reserve the menu builder just for your clients. You can customize your work environment too. We've...

Get ready for GET/SET codeblocks. (programming techniques) (The Expert Series: Clipper) (tutorial)
October 1, 1991... Clipper 5 codeblocks can contain any valid Clipper expression. One particularly useful form is called a GET/SET codeblock. That's because it alternatively retrieves a value from (gets) or assigns a value to (sets) a storage location....

Undocumented command line switches. (DOS command line arguments for starting Paradox) (The Expert Series: Paradox) (tutorial)
October 1, 1991... Paradox command line switches are arguments you add to the DOS command line when you start up Paradox. You key them between the word "paradox" and the name of the script that you want to start up, if any. For example, paradox -mono -real...

Database confidential.
October 1, 1991... Though I keep driving around Scotts Valley in my '57 T-Bird with the top down and my ears up, the wind's still not right to catch words on when we'll see Borland's Paradox for Windows and its half-sibling dBASE for Windows. But I can tell you...

Errorprocs to the rescue. (column, Paradox Programmer) (using error procedures in Paradox Application Language) (tutorial)
October 1, 1991... Last time, I talked about error procedures, or "errorprocs," a useful PAL feature that allows you to direct control to procedures you design when errors occur in your programs. I introduced and explained general-purpose errorprocs designed to...

Data-driven options. (keeping users from entering unacceptable data) (column, Mac Rubel's Power Tools) (tutorial)
October 1, 1991... Last month, we looked at some of the peculiarities of the @..GET command's VALID clause. This month we'll look at another way to use the VALID function. We'll start to develop a "data-driven" validation and lookup routine. The function...

Are you really independent? (understanding the IRS Tax Code 1706 defining an independent consultant) (The VAR report) (column)
October 1, 1991... Recently, when I was making some software modifications for a client, I ran into an old cohort who was in the process of setting up a business as an independent consultant. After some small talk and the usual "how's business," I asked him if...

When to use FoxPro 2.0's SQL SELECT. (getting data with structured query language) (column, FoxPro Developer) (tutorial)
October 1, 1991... One of the many new features of FoxPro 2.0 is Structured Query Language or SQL. SQL is a language used to communicate with a database management system. It typically provides an interactive query mechanism, a programming language that...

Can X-Basers find happiness in Oracleland? (developing client/server applications with Oracle) (includes related articles on Netware Loadable Modules and Oracle Server for Netware 386 system requirements) (Client/Server Advisor)
October 1, 1991... About a year ago, my company launched a new computer animation product. The product's research and development had come to fruition and the company scaled up for production. We realized immediately that the amount of information needed to...

Client/server directory. (of back ends and front ends) (no text) (includes related article on acronyms) (Client/Server Advisor) (buyers guide)
October 1, 1991... [TABULAR DATA OMITTED] We think it's exciting how fast the client/server field is growing, but we know how hard it is to keep up, and that's why we decided to compile a client/server directory. What will you learn? Information about...

Rightsizing: a new opportunity. (programming for gradual implementation of applications as need arises) (Client/Server Advisor)
October 1, 1991... The life-cycle approach--your programmers and systems analysts were weaned on it in their data processing and computer science classes. This approach is today's most widespread project management metaphor for describing application development....

From start to finish with Q+E. (includes related articles on the Q+E Database Library and product information summary) (Client/Server Advisor, Windows Front Ends)
October 1, 1991... FACTS The company: Pioneer Software 5540 Centerview Dr., Suite 324 Raleigh, North Carolina 27606 (919) 859-2220, fax (919) 859-9334. The product: Q+E Q+E Standard Edition ($199), Q+E Server Edition ($299), and Q+E Database...

Caching in. (installing an EISA SCSI-2 bus, information on LANMan and Windows 3.1 Professional Developers' Conference) (includes related article on buying an SCSI controller) (Client/Server Advisor, Systems Integration Tips) (tutorial)
October 1, 1991... You've just set up your database server with the latest write-caching controller. Performance is improved and things are going smoothly. You may not know it but disaster may soon be knocking on your door--if you're using a write-caching...

Help, my server failed! (includes related article on definitions of backup terms and new products) (Client/Server Advisor, Backup Basics) (tutorial)
October 1, 1991... Arghh! Not that! The server's crashed? If anyone's going to help get your database server back up and running, it's likely to be your neighborhood Data Base Administrator (DBA). Are there any nearby that are ready for your problems?...

Outside connections. (hardware for database data collecting applications) (Hardware Solutions, includes related articles on RS-232 connections and a case study)
October 1, 1991... Wouldn't it be great to have a machine enter data for your database systems? For certain types of applications, the notion of automatic data collection is readily acheivable. What's more, you can exchange information with external devices...

Those were the times - are these? (there are no brilliant developments in computers these days) (Opinions) (column)
October 1, 1991... Ten years ago, Don Estridge's IBM team unveiled their first microcomputer at Fall Comdex. Xerox had entered the fray, and companies like Victor were sprouting as fast as venture capitalists could find design engineers. It was a marvelous...

Long-distance programming. (the loneliness of late-night programming) (Opinions) (column)
October 1, 1991... Some programmers work from 9 to 5, and outside of that, never give it a tought. This article isn't about them. This is about the loneliness of the hardcore, all-night, blow-it-out, I'm-going-to-make-this-thing-work-no-matter-what programmer....

So many languages, so little time. (comparing program development software for data bases) (Opinions) (column)
October 1, 1991... Two columns ago, surrounded by praises to FoxPro 2.0, I extolled the virtues of Clipper 5's ragged arrays, code blocks, and other toys. Last month, I grudgingly admitted that FoxPro 2.0 is pound for pound a better development tool than...

Netware Log-in simplified. (Novell Inc.'s computer network system) (Network Expert) (tutorial)
October 1, 1991... For every computer professional familiar with the intricacies of setting up Novell NetWare, there are two or three others who haven't the faintest idea of how NetWare works--and not for lack of effort. Nonetheless, many instances of...

Pacific Turn-key Systems. (4ply) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Clipper add-on newcomer Pacific Turn-Key Systems announced 4ply, a new 5.01 application development tool (still in beta). It includes a library of functions; a report "engine," which includes a runtime interpreter that formats each report to...

HRF Associates Inc. (SEQUE) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... HRF Associates, Inc. announced a new Applications Programmer Interface (API) to Novell's Netware. SEQUE is designed to make network programming easier for Clipper programmers by accessing all of NetWare's services for Bindery, Connection,...

Pinnacle Publishing, Inc. (takes over NetLib, RaSQL amd GetIt add-on libraries) (Database Report) (Brief Article)
October 1, 1991... Pinnacle Publishing, Inc. has taken over publication of Communication Horizons' three add-on libraries: NetLib, with networking functions; RaSQL, for Btrieve and SQL access; and GetIt, an event library and Get system enhancer. The company also...

HIS Systems Inc. (NXT_RAP) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... NXT [underscore] RAP, a conditional index library for Clipper, has been announced by HIS Systems, Inc. Available for Clipper 5.01 and Summer '87, NTX [underscore] RAP supports APPEND BLANK, REPLACE, SET INDEX TO, and SET ORDER TO commands...

GG Compu-Systems. (CLIPX) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... New from GG Compu-Systems are upgraded versions of CLIPX, a library of functional enhancements for Clipper. CLIPX has been upgraded into two new versions--4.00a for Summer '87 and 5.00a for Clipper 5.01. The cornerstone of this product is a...

hyperkinetix, inc. (CLIPlink) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... New from hyperkinetix, inc. is CLIPlink 1.0. CLIPlink is a Clipper-specific dynamic overlay linker. It offers incremental Clipper links, Clipper symbol table compaction, burn-in of Clipper environmental variable, and demo creation at link...

SilverWare, Inc. (SilverClip SPCS, SilverFox SPSC) (Silverware Professional Communications Series communications libraries for Clipper and Fox) (Database Report, brief article) (Product Announcement)
October 1, 1991... Two new libraries have been announced from SilverWare, Inc as part of the SilverWare Professional Communications Series (SPCS). SilverClip SPCS and SilverFox SPCS claim to be the only Clipper and Fox-specific (respectively) communications...

Accelerated Software. (PRO-dVelBase) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... New from Accelerated Software is a dBASE-compatible, database management system called PRO-dVelBase. By using compatible files, PRO-dVelBase allows other database programs such as dBASE, Clipper, FoxBASE+, and dBXL to use the data directly....

Data Access Corp. (DataFlex 3.0) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Data Access Corp has big plans for their recently released DataFlex 3.0. Features include a set of object-oriented tools for quick-and-easy creations. Applications developed with DataFlex 3.0 will be portable to all supported environments...

Strategic Edge. (Word Wrapper, Word Wrapper Toolbox upgrades) (Database Report, brief article) (Product Announcement)
October 1, 1991... Strategic Edge has come out with new versions of Word Wrapper and Word Wrapper Toolbox. Word Wrapper allows users to type text into a scrollable window that automatically reformats. Version 2.30 adds global search-and-replace, a "fuzzy logic"...

Ensemble Systems Consulting (COMMAND CENTER for PARADOX) (Database Report, brief article) (Product Announcement)
October 1, 1991... Ensemble Systems Consulting has announced a new application generator, COMMAND CENTER for PARADOX. This product brings a GUI-like interface to Paradox applications. A sampling of features includes pull-down menus, pop-up windows, modify on...

Clarion Software. (Clarion Professional Developer 3.0) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Clarion Software will demonstrate Version 3.0 of the Clarion Professional Developer at COMDEX/Fall '91. Version 3.0 of Professional Developer is comprised of four components: Edit/compile/link technology for the Clarion 4GL language; an...

Weston Brothers Software, Inc. (wbsLIB) (application development library for Paradox) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... wbsLIB, an application development library for Paradox Application Language (PAL) programmers, has been announced by Weston Brothers Software, Inc. The new library has over 100 procedures including an intereactive menu designer to help...

Common Cents. (accounting software for Clipper and FoxPro) (Database Report, brief article) (Product Announcement)
October 1, 1991... The new versions of Common Cents accounting Software have been announced, version 3.0C for Clipper and version 3.0F for FoxPro. The new 3.0 series implements a light-bar menuing system and editing enhancements to the data input sections. Also...

Symbiotic Information Systems. (SymScript 2.0) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... The first major upgrade to SymScript, a PostScript library for X-Base, has been announced by Symbiotic Information Systems. Version 2.0 includes additions such as color printer support, the ability to import and export SymScript output,...

Desktop Ai. (Ecstasy compiler) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Desktop Ai has released "the only fully open and portable X-base compiler"--Ecstasy. This compiler provides direct compilation of dBASE III PLUS, Clipper (S'87), and FoxBASE+ 2.1 programs to executable modules under UNIX/XENIX and OS/2...

Platinum Software International. (MemoPlus) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Are your X-Base memo files corrupt? Platinum Software International announced MemoPlus, a DOS utility for memo files created by all X-Base dialects. Users can loan memo fields with data created elsewhere, including a mainframe or...

Alpha Software Corp. (Alpha Four 2.0) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Rumors are floating in from Alpha Software that Alpha Four 2.0 will be released somewhere around the time you read this, give or take a month. We hear talk of features like the ability to link with other X-Base products by way of an EXEC...

Videotex Systems, Inc. (T-BASE 3.0) (Database Report, brief article) (Product Announcement)
October 1, 1991... Videotex Systems, Inc released a new version (3.0) of T-BASE, a picture and document database add-on library. One of the most exciting new features in version 3 is image scaling. All that's required is that the user specify the window in...

Bytel Corp. (Genifer 3.0) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Genifer 3.0, a new version of the template-driven application generator for X-Base developers, has been released by Bytel Corp. Version 3.0 features a new user interface with windowing and pulldown menus, a built-in screen editor, and more....

Blackhawk Data Corp. (Database Graphics Toolkit 2.20) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Version 2.20 of the Database Graphics Toolkit (dGT) has been released by Blackhawk Data Corp. with support for memo-field images. dGT can now display or print images directly from database memo fields. This reduces storage requirements,...

Softwell Development. (GraphBASE) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Another new player in graphics systems is Softwell Development's new GraphBASE 1.0. This database graphics system is compatible with any database package confirming to the DBF file format. GraphCASE allows data to be displayed in six graph...

VersaSoft Corp. (dbMAN 5.3) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... And this just in... VersaSoft Corp. announced dbMAN V 5.3. This release provides capabilities to help dBASE III PLUS, Clipper, and FoxBASE+ users to port their X-BASE application from PCs to over 100 platforms, including most PC products as...

Dabiwa Ltd. (Clip2, program library for Clipper and C) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Start-up Dabiwa Ltd. released Clip2, a library of 80 functions to handle sophisticated data transfer chores in Clipper and C. A PC-based application developed using Clip2 could, among other capabilities, allow users to capture specific data...

ChyDale Software. (SuperClass) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... British-based ChyDale Software announced SuperClass, which allows you to create classes of objects beyond the ones offered in Clipper 5.01. U.S. distributor Island Publishing can tell you more. Call (208) 667-3727.

Software Perspectives. (The Clip/++ Extension for Clipper) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... On the same front, Software Perspectives offers The Clip/++ Extension for Clipper, which allows you to build user-defined objects (UDOs). Written in Clipper, it costs $149. Call (416) 481-1355.

Softsystems Inc. (Tool Clip program modules for Clipper 5.01) (Database Report) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Softsystems, Inc. offers Tool Clip, a collection of program modules you can plug into your programs. It includes routines for help, graphing, word processing, and printing, and uses Clipper 5.01 features such as code blocks, tbrowse objects,...

Extrasensory Software. (CASual.lib communications software for Clipper) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Extrasensory Software introduced CASual.lib, a library that allows Clipper programs to communicate with fax cards supporting the DCA/Interl Communication Application Specification interface, including the Intel SatisFAXtion fax modem. Using...

SuccessWare 90 Inc. (Babelfish Paradox Data Driver for Clipper) (Database Report, brief article) (Product Announcement)
October 1, 1991... SuccessWare 90, Inc. released the Babelfish Paradox Data Driver for Clipper (nicknamed "BabelPDX"), a library of functions that allows Clipper developers to access Borland International's Paradox data tables and indexes. It's priced at $495...

Paul D. Sheriff & Associates. (Rad) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... From Paul D. Sheriff & Associates comes Rad, a "rapid application development" system for Clipper 5.01. The system includes tools that automate the creation of menus, screens, pick boxes, databases, and indexes. It maintains a data...

Ganahl Software. (FlexFile 1.1) (Database Report, brief article) (Product Announcement)
October 1, 1991... Ganahl Software announced Flex-File version 1.1, which replaces Clipper's memo-field/DBT system with a "variable-length field" engine. The utility addresses several limitations of memo fields: it reuses vacated space; each item it stores...

Grumpfish Inc. (Visible TBrowse) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... If you want to know how to use the TBrowse object included in Clipper 5.01, check into Visible TBrowse, a code generator that lets you interactively design TBrowse configurations. The utility comes free with a %159 subscription to The...

Benning Computer Systems. (Network System Calls for Clipper) (Database Report, brief article) (Product Announcement)
October 1, 1991... Benning Computer Systems released Network System Calls for Clipper, a library of 200 functions that allows you to access NetWare's Application Programming Interface. You can write programs that require access to NetWare services such as...

SofSolutions. (The Expert Help Hypertext System) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... SofSolutions has come out with The Expert Help Hypertext System, a replacement for Clipper's Norton Guides Help Engine. The Engine is Nortor Guides-compatible and requires only 1K of main memory (vs. 72K for the Clipper's help). It includes...

Donnay Software Designs. (dCLIPjr) (Database Report, brief article) (product announcement)
October 1, 1991... Donnay Software Designs has come out with dCLIPjr, a subset of dCLIP, their interative library and development environment. The program includes a Clipper 5.01 tutorial system which demonstrates Clipper commands in over 600 screens. It is...

Professional courtesy. (the effect of nasty messages on the DBA forum on CompuServe)
October 1, 1991... One of the things that comes up time and again on the Forum is professional courtesy and how it impacts everyone's behavior on ComputServe. Ask anyone about courtesy and they'll tell you they want it and believe everyone deserves it. It's a...

Odyssey, zero-defects and Clipper. (book reviews of Zero Software Defects, Clipper Programmer's Reference, Straley's Programming with Clipper 5.0, Clipper Programming Guide 2nd Edition)
October 1, 1991... This month I'll talk about Clipper 5 books--present and prospective. Before I do that, however, let's have some fun with Apple CEO John Sculley's autobiography and then spend some time on a subject that should interest us all: zero-defect...