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Contents of the READ.ME file
DATA BASED ADVISOR PROGRAM DISK VOL. 9, NO. 9 Sept. 1991
*******************************************************************
COPYRIGHT 1991 DATA BASED ADVISOR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The material in these files are NOT in the public domain unless
otherwise specified and is for personal use only.
The contents of these files belong to Data Based Solutions, Inc.,
publisher of Data Based Advisor magazine, unless otherwise
specified. The contents may not be re-distributed or
re-transmitted in any form, without the express written
consent of Data Based Solutions, Inc.
********************************************************************
Our ability to supply a program published in DATA BASED ADVISOR may
occasionally be limited by agreement with an author.
To obtain the source code on disk, send in $15 for materials, handling
and shipping (payable by check, VISA/MasterCard, money order). Special
shipping orders will cost more. (Canada add $10 (plus 7% GS Tax);
overseas add $15). In California add 7% sales tax.
Subscriptions are also available to the monthly Program Disks. Just $99
for 12 months. Canada $110 (please add 7% GS Tax). Other countries -
$145. Call for additional information or to start your subscription.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY: Data Based Advisor provides the contents of
these files as a service to our readers.
DATA BASED ADVISOR makes no representation or warranties with respect to
the programs published in these files and specifically disclaims any
implied warranties of fitness for any particular purpose.
SHAREWARE OR PUBLIC DOMAIN PROGRAMS IN THESE FILES ARE PROVIDED AS AN
ADDITIONAL SERVICE TO DATA BASED ADVISOR READERS. THE CONTENTS OF THOSE
PROGRAMS, INCLUDING DOCUMENTATION AND COMMENTS, ARE THE SOLE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AUTHORS. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REGISTER YOUR
SHAREWARE PRODUCTS TO RECEIVE THE LATEST UPDATES DIRECTLY FROM THE
AUTHOR.
dBASE is a registered trademark of Ashton-Tate. Clarion, Clipper,
FoxPro, and Paradox are trademarks of Clarion Software, Nantucket, Inc.,
Fox Software, and Borland International, respectively. DATA BASED
ADVISOR and Client/Server Advisor are registered trademarks of Data
Based Solutions, Inc.
********************* Sept. 1991 VOL. 9, NO. 9 *********************
FILENAME
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READ.ME This file.
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The following files are ZIPped files. To extract the source files,
obtain a copy of PKUNZIP from CompuServe's DBADVISOR Forum and type
PKUNZIP at the DOS prompt without the ZIP extension...
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HARDCORE CLIPPER
Getting Inside GETs
By Rick Spence
Learn how GETS are implemented as objects and stored in a public
array called GETLIST.
Spence.zip
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MAC RUBEL'S POWER TOOLS
More Valid Routines
By Malcolm C. Rubel
Users can exit READs in ways that avoid your Valid routines. Here are
some functions to make sure they don't.
Rubel.zip
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FOXPRO TIP
Windows Exactly
By Vincent Lozupone
Instead of guessing, this technique will let you know exactly where
your window will end up.
Foxtip.zip
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CLARION TIP
List Screens to Printer, Revisited
By Alan A. Dunwell
This procedure prints the active screen, including the lines.
Clartip.zip
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PARADOX DEVELOPER
16 Tips for Developing Paradox Apps
By Tim Colling
These tips will help enhance your programs' performance and speed
your development of large-scale Paradox projects.
Paradox.zip
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CLIENT/SERVER ADVISOR
PowerScripting with PowerBuilder
By Bob Zurek
PowerBuilder is yet another entry in the Windows-based front-end race.
It's based on the HyperCard metaphor for developing GUI applications,
and runs against leading relational database servers -- like SQL Server,
SQLBase, and Oracle Server.
Zurek.zip
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CLIENT/SERVER ADVISOR
Visual Basic Meets SQL Server
By Jeff McCashland and Stefan Papp, Microsoft MIS
You can use Visual Basic as a development platform for Windows client
applications. The authors, who work for Microsoft MIS, use Microsoft's
VBSQL to hook Visual Basic to SQL Server, but you can apply these
techniques to use other DLLs.
Vbsql.zip
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CASE STUDY
What Our Ordering and Tracking System Taught Me About Paradox
By Vince Kellen
An inside look at Unocal's Business Systems Department and how they
developed a Paradox application for tracking service and product
requests.
Casestdy.zip
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CLIPPER TIP
An Open and Shut Case
By Nick Reyes
Don't assume your application has access to the database files it
needs. Be sure of it with these functions. (The winner of our
DevCon UDF contest.)
Cliptip.zip
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X-BASE DEVELOPER
Create Files On the Fly!
By Steve Freides
WRITE -- a file-replicating utility that builds your application's
files automatically.
Freides.zip
--------------------------------------------------------------------
This month's demo is OBJECTive Software's Viewit, a Clipper 5 utility
for creating and manipulating user-defined objects to enhance browse
functions. If you want to know more about Viewit, you might want to read
Dave Duchesneau's article, "Browse Objects via Viewit," in the August
issue of DATA BASED ADVISOR, or contact OBJECTive Software, 249 S.
Highway 101, Suite 566, Solana Beach, Calif. 92075, phone (619)
792-9754. To get a copy of the demo, just call our Customer Service
Dept. at (800) 336-6060 or (619) 483-6400, or download it from
CompuServe's DBADVISOR Forum.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
*******************************************************************
COPYRIGHT 1991 DATA BASED ADVISOR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The material in these files are NOT in the public domain unless
otherwise specified and is for personal use only.
The contents of these files belong to Data Based Solutions, Inc.,
publisher of Data Based Advisor magazine, unless otherwise
specified. The contents may not be re-distributed or
re-transmitted in any form, without the express written
consent of Data Based Solutions, Inc.
********************************************************************
Our ability to supply a program published in DATA BASED ADVISOR may
occasionally be limited by agreement with an author.
To obtain the source code on disk, send in $15 for materials, handling
and shipping (payable by check, VISA/MasterCard, money order). Special
shipping orders will cost more. (Canada add $10 (plus 7% GS Tax);
overseas add $15). In California add 7% sales tax.
Subscriptions are also available to the monthly Program Disks. Just $99
for 12 months. Canada $110 (please add 7% GS Tax). Other countries -
$145. Call for additional information or to start your subscription.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY: Data Based Advisor provides the contents of
these files as a service to our readers.
DATA BASED ADVISOR makes no representation or warranties with respect to
the programs published in these files and specifically disclaims any
implied warranties of fitness for any particular purpose.
SHAREWARE OR PUBLIC DOMAIN PROGRAMS IN THESE FILES ARE PROVIDED AS AN
ADDITIONAL SERVICE TO DATA BASED ADVISOR READERS. THE CONTENTS OF THOSE
PROGRAMS, INCLUDING DOCUMENTATION AND COMMENTS, ARE THE SOLE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AUTHORS. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REGISTER YOUR
SHAREWARE PRODUCTS TO RECEIVE THE LATEST UPDATES DIRECTLY FROM THE
AUTHOR.
dBASE is a registered trademark of Ashton-Tate. Clarion, Clipper,
FoxPro, and Paradox are trademarks of Clarion Software, Nantucket, Inc.,
Fox Software, and Borland International, respectively. DATA BASED
ADVISOR and Client/Server Advisor are registered trademarks of Data
Based Solutions, Inc.
********************* Sept. 1991 VOL. 9, NO. 9 *********************
FILENAME
====================================================================
READ.ME This file.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The following files are ZIPped files. To extract the source files,
obtain a copy of PKUNZIP from CompuServe's DBADVISOR Forum and type
PKUNZIP
--------------------------------------------------------------------
HARDCORE CLIPPER
Getting Inside GETs
By Rick Spence
Learn how GETS are implemented as objects and stored in a public
array called GETLIST.
Spence.zip
--------------------------------------------------------------------
MAC RUBEL'S POWER TOOLS
More Valid Routines
By Malcolm C. Rubel
Users can exit READs in ways that avoid your Valid routines. Here are
some functions to make sure they don't.
Rubel.zip
--------------------------------------------------------------------
FOXPRO TIP
Windows Exactly
By Vincent Lozupone
Instead of guessing, this technique will let you know exactly where
your window will end up.
Foxtip.zip
--------------------------------------------------------------------
CLARION TIP
List Screens to Printer, Revisited
By Alan A. Dunwell
This procedure prints the active screen, including the lines.
Clartip.zip
--------------------------------------------------------------------
PARADOX DEVELOPER
16 Tips for Developing Paradox Apps
By Tim Colling
These tips will help enhance your programs' performance and speed
your development of large-scale Paradox projects.
Paradox.zip
--------------------------------------------------------------------
CLIENT/SERVER ADVISOR
PowerScripting with PowerBuilder
By Bob Zurek
PowerBuilder is yet another entry in the Windows-based front-end race.
It's based on the HyperCard metaphor for developing GUI applications,
and runs against leading relational database servers -- like SQL Server,
SQLBase, and Oracle Server.
Zurek.zip
--------------------------------------------------------------------
CLIENT/SERVER ADVISOR
Visual Basic Meets SQL Server
By Jeff McCashland and Stefan Papp, Microsoft MIS
You can use Visual Basic as a development platform for Windows client
applications. The authors, who work for Microsoft MIS, use Microsoft's
VBSQL to hook Visual Basic to SQL Server, but you can apply these
techniques to use other DLLs.
Vbsql.zip
--------------------------------------------------------------------
CASE STUDY
What Our Ordering and Tracking System Taught Me About Paradox
By Vince Kellen
An inside look at Unocal's Business Systems Department and how they
developed a Paradox application for tracking service and product
requests.
Casestdy.zip
--------------------------------------------------------------------
CLIPPER TIP
An Open and Shut Case
By Nick Reyes
Don't assume your application has access to the database files it
needs. Be sure of it with these functions. (The winner of our
DevCon UDF contest.)
Cliptip.zip
--------------------------------------------------------------------
X-BASE DEVELOPER
Create Files On the Fly!
By Steve Freides
WRITE -- a file-replicating utility that builds your application's
files automatically.
Freides.zip
--------------------------------------------------------------------
This month's demo is OBJECTive Software's Viewit, a Clipper 5 utility
for creating and manipulating user-defined objects to enhance browse
functions. If you want to know more about Viewit, you might want to read
Dave Duchesneau's article, "Browse Objects via Viewit," in the August
issue of DATA BASED ADVISOR, or contact OBJECTive Software, 249 S.
Highway 101, Suite 566, Solana Beach, Calif. 92075, phone (619)
792-9754. To get a copy of the demo, just call our Customer Service
Dept. at (800) 336-6060 or (619) 483-6400, or download it from
CompuServe's DBADVISOR Forum.
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