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From: tleylan@pegasus.com (Tom Leylan)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: DBASEIII+/Clipper'87 Xref program...
Message-ID: <1991May4.223248.11565@pegasus.com>
Date: 4 May 91 22:32:48 GMT
References: <3MAY91.17240129@wizard.colorado.edu>
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
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In article <3MAY91.17240129@wizard.colorado.edu> cearley_k@wizard.colorado.edu writes:
>
>Hi! Does anyone know of a PD or Shareware program or awk script to
>cross-reference DbaseIII+/Clipper'87 programs. Xref'ing procedure
>calls mandatory, variables optional. Does such a thing exist (free)?
>Where? (ftp address?)...
>
>			-Thanks
>			-Kent Cearley
>			-University of Colorado, Boulder

Kent,

Without a doubt the only program to use is SNAP, written by Walter Kennamer.

Optionally reindents all code, can force all keywords to CAPS or lowercase
for consistency, cross-references all variables, use of .DBF files, lists
which functions and procedures call which others and which ones they are
called by and can optionally add this information to a header preceding
each function and about a dozen or so other things including drawing a line
graphic tree of the application.

It is free, Walt doesn't even solicit donations.  The down side is that it
won't likely work properly with Clipper 5.0 since it would be unaware of
what to do when it came across a #include directive, couldn't tell the
difference between manifest constants and variables wouldn't know what a
codeblock was if it jumped out and bit it.

Walter is now senior management at Fox and while he isn't anti-Clipper the
odds on him spending significant time to add all the features Clipper has
that FoxPro doesn't seems low.

I would imagine SNAP is available on listserv@vm1.nodak.edu and the other
list servers, local BBS's or Compuserve.

tom leylan
(formerly of Nantucket Corp.)