Stephen Bond
stephen at bondsoftware.co.nz
Thu Oct 2 01:25:57 CDT 2003
Well, much ado about nothing - they got it sorted before I could get there. Thanks for the input all. Stephen -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Bond Sent: Monday, 29 September 2003 9:04 p.m. To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Clipper Thanks Andy and Arthur - probably later this week after I've been to have a look-see. Stephen Bond -----Original Message----- From: Arthur Fuller [ mailto:artful at rogers.com] Sent: Sunday, 28 September 2003 6:12 a.m. To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: Clipper I wrote two books about Clipper, and am close friends with its original author. I can probably tell you anything you need to know. Your dBASE skills will port to the extent that the authors of the system did not exploit Clipper-specific language. By version 5 Clipper was a lot different than dBASE, with OOP constructs, UDFs and a lot more. As for fixing the indexes, that depends on the RDD that was used. (Replaceable Database Driver). You can discover this by looking at the #include files. In most cases, you could write a simple program that walks through the list of tables and recreates the indexes, but that assumes that you know which columns were indexed. Let me know if you need further assistance. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [ mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Bond Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 5:40 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] OT: Clipper I have had a request to look at a Clipper system where (apparently) the indexes have become corrupted. The prospective client is a distance away and I want to evaluate my chances of succeeding before I travel. I did a lot of dBaseIII / IV stuff quite a few years ago, but nothing in Clipper. Back in those days, I had the impression that dBase and Clipper were very similar, and with Clipper you could 'compile' the processing module(s). Can someone tell me how well my dBase skills will port to Clipper? And if it's a 'compiled' system, is the source held separately? And are the indexes in Clipper like the indexes in dBase which are easy to re-construct? Any middle-aged fellow travellers out there who can help? Tips, Tricks, Traps? Cheers Stephen _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system ( http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.510 / Virus Database: 307 - Release Date: 8/14/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system ( http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 9/1/2003 _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/accessd/attachments/20031002/40afac89/attachment.html>