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From: mdf@osu-eddie.UUCP (Mark D. Freeman)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Re: Info Request of database for PC on Novell NetWare
Message-ID: <1748@osu-eddie.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 1-May-86 22:49:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.1748
Posted: Thu May  1 22:49:09 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 10-May-86 20:12:32 EDT
References: <551@mhuxm.UUCP> <649@osu-cgrg.UUCP> <1723@osu-eddie.UUCP> <652@osu-cgrg.UUCP>
Reply-To: mdf@osu-eddie.UUCP (Mark D. Freeman)
Organization: StrongPoint Systems, Inc. (guest of Ohio State U.)
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Summary:

In <652@osu-cgrg.UUCP> flip@osu-cgrg.UUCP (Flip Phillips) writes:
>> In <649@osu-cgrg.UUCP> flip@osu-cgrg.UUCP (Flip Phillips) writes:
>> >dbaseIII+ with the lan-pack is one possibility... 
>>
>> Mark Freeman writes:
>> 
>> Clipper (a dBase compiler) and the 3rd party Novell support library is another
>> possibility.  dBase III+ LAN is priced way out of line.  Get the non-LAN
>> version.  Once you are done with its 'friendly' features, you can compile
>> the application you have written, and make it run faster AND support the
>> network. 
>> 
>
>however don't plan on using any of the full screen commands of dbaseIII nor
>some of the new functions of dbaseIII+.  They are NOT supported in clipper.
>This seems to take the ease out of some of the programming.  Commands such
>as BROWSE, EDIT, APPEND, CHANGE don't work in full screen mode so you can't
>page up and down throught the stuff.
>

The Clipper compiler is not meant as a substitute for the dBase III
interpreter.  It is meant to compile dBase PROGRAMS (.prg) into .EXE files that
do not require dBase at all, and that run MUCH faster than running the same
programs under dBase.  Statements such as EDIT and BROWSE are not supported
because they don't belong in an application program.  APPEND works, but not in
full-screen mode.

WordTech Systems, who make an inferior dBase compiler, are releasing (Real Soon
Now) a dBase III compatible INTERPRETER, supporting all of the features and
commands in dBase III+, thus eliminating any need for the overpriced and copy-
protected stuff from Ashton-Tate.  It will retail for less than $200.
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Mark D. Freeman                                             mdf@osu-eddie.uucp
StrongPoint Systems, Inc.                                   mdf@osu-eddie.arpa
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