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From: gibsonlp@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Dean A Herman)
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Subject: Re: DBaseIII Plus Programming Question
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Date: 30 Jan 91 04:56:36 GMT
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In article <4208@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> broy@vaxa.weeg.uiowa.edu writes:
>In article <2195@sumax.seattleu.edu>, omer@sumax.seattleu.edu (Mohamed Amer) writes...
>>Is anyone familiar with programming in DBASE III Plus? I'm having
>>problems figuring out how to compile the command files. In addition,
>>also connecting the command files together. Any help or hints would
>>really be appreciated. Thank you.
>
>There is no compiler included with Dbase III Plus. At present, there is not
>even a true compiler for Dbase IV provided by Ashton-Tate. You'll need a
>third-party product to compile the .prg files.
>
>What exactly do you mean by "connecting the command files together"?

I'd take the "connecting the command files together" to mean somthing
like the FoxBind utility I use in FoxPro. I can't understand the big
benefit of lumping many small program (or.. .FXP) files together, it
never seems to speed up the program or save space. Still, people like
it for some reason.

I always thought there were small third-party compilers made for dBase
III+, but I never found any, and just gave up and moved to another
xbase DBMS all together.

Dean Clean, DBMS Addict. Internet: gibsonlp@csd4.csd.uwm.edu