Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!caen!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!DIALix!dent From: dent@DIALix.oz.au (Andrew Dent) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Clipper for Mac? (hahaha) Message-ID: <1030@DIALix.oz.au> Date: 4 Jun 91 18:56:00 GMT References: <1991Jun3.032336.21819@dbase.A-T.COM> Organization: DIALix Services, Perth Western Australia Lines: 31 In <1991Jun3.032336.21819@dbase.A-T.COM> awd@dbase.A-T.COM (Alastair Dallas) writes: >In article , drmath@viking.UUCP (Doctor Math) writes: >> What databases are there for the Macintosh? Specifically for someone >> coming from a Clipper background.. Clipper for the Mac would be nice > 2) FoxBase/Mac. An impressively Mac-like product, essentially > dBASE III PLUS functionality with menus and radio buttons > added to the language. I've known developers who were very > happy with FoxBase/Mac, but one caveat: your Mac apps won't > port easily to FoxPro on MS-DOS. Next year - FoxPRO for Windows will be due and some convergence of Mac and PC products will occur. FoxPRO for Mac is due RSN but the interface stuff requires different code for PC/Mac. >I have played with FoxBase/Mac, and I can highly recommend it if you >plan to stay on the Mac, or if dBASE III PLUS functionality is all >you need and you can write to a lowest-common denominator across >platforms. If cross-platform is a significant consideration, I'd >suggest our product. I've actually converted some Clipper stuff to FoxBASE+/Mac and this statement is a little misleading. FoxBASE+/Mac implements a lot of extensions to the dBASEIII+ standard that make it far easier to port Clipper code than if you were porting it (backwards) to dBASE III+. >/alastair/ Andy Dent A.D. Software phone 09 249 2719 Mac & VAX programmer 94 Bermuda Dve, Ballajura dent@DIALix.oz Western Australia 6066 dent@DIALix.oz.au (international)