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mark...@mailbox.co.za

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Oct 12, 2007, 4:53:56 AM10/12/07
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Greetings all.

I've been programming in Clipper5.2 for the last 10 years, now I have
been asked to evaluate xharbour, but I'm struggling to find out how to
get started in xharbour ( in a dos 6.22 environment).

I need to know how to recompile and link an existing clipper
application in xharbour.

I also need to know how to include routines written in MSC v5.10 and
how harbour handles RS232 communications.

I know this seems a lot to ask and I'd be greatfull for any help.

Mark Schafer
Johannesburg

N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc)

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Oct 12, 2007, 9:14:12 AM10/12/07
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Dear mark610-1:
<mark...@mailbox.co.za> wrote in message
news:1192179236.6...@v29g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

> Greetings all.
>
> I've been programming in Clipper5.2 for the last 10
> years, now I have been asked to evaluate xharbour,
> but I'm struggling to find out how to get started in
> xharbour ( in a dos 6.22 environment).

xHarbour allows you to make Windows and Linux executables, and
when you do this you have access to more resources. The DOS
version of xHarbour is not much better than Clipper... why
bother?

I cannot help you with the rest of your questions...

David A. Smith


Daniel Skousen

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Oct 13, 2007, 2:45:55 PM10/13/07
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memory for one...
no built in array limit
no d segment limits for variables

dan

Ted

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Oct 14, 2007, 10:58:01 PM10/14/07
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On Oct 13, 11:45 am, Daniel Skousen <d...@mobhill.com> wrote:
> memory for one...
> no built in array limit
> no d segment limits for variables
>
> dan
>
> N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc) wrote:
>
> > Dear mark610-1:
> > <mark61...@mailbox.co.za> wrote in message

> >news:1192179236.6...@v29g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> >> Greetings all.
>
> >> I've been programming in Clipper5.2 for the last 10
> >> years, now I have been asked to evaluate xharbour,
> >> but I'm struggling to find out how to get started in
> >> xharbour ( in a dos 6.22 environment).
>
> > xHarbour allows you to make Windows and Linux executables, and
> > when you do this you have access to more resources. The DOS
> > version of xHarbour is not much better than Clipper... why
> > bother?
>
> > I cannot help you with the rest of your questions...
>
> > David A. Smith

Mark,

I use:

set include=c:\xhb\include
C:\XHB\BIN\XBUILD.EXE %1
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO EOJ
%1
:EOJ

I like xHarbour because it can read Visual Foxpro dbfs, which Clipper
can't.

Ted Kobayashi

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