Sender: lsquires@world.std.com Received: from world.std.com by ihc.compuserve.com (5.67/5.930129sam) id AA00350; Fri, 8 Oct 93 18:56:37 -0400 Received: by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA15659; Fri, 8 Oct 1993 18:15:42 -0400 Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1993 18:15:42 -0400 From: lsquires@world.std.com (Les Squires) Message-Id: <199310082215.AA15659@world.std.com> To: bcnn@world.std.com Subject: BCNN Email News 10/93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNN NNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNN NNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNN MNNNNN NNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNNNNNN NNNNNN MNNNNN NNNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Boston Computer News Network October, 1993 A Service of the Boston Computer Society, USA Vol.2 No.10 Sponsored by the Xbase Language Group Clipper Version ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Editorial: Does THE COBBLER Wear VO Sneaks? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: Les Squires Internet:BCNN@world.std.com CIS:73020,3435. When a developer at Microsoft comes to Bill Gates and wants to create a new Microsoft application, does Bill ever hand them a copy of Fox or Access and ask them to develop their application in Fox or Access? Does Philippe Kahn at Borland hand developers a copy of dBASE IV or dBASE for Windows, saying "Here is the Borland foundation technology. Using dBASE will make sure you have asked all the right questions, and that we will be able to satisfy the highest number of users over the longest amount of time"? Charles Wang at Computer Associates now tells applications developers to read CA 90's and to get in line for the VO Beta. VO is being adopted as CA's foundation technology. It represents the best collective wisdom as to the development and maintenance of long-term solutions. As a company that supports over 300 applications, and the numbers are growing every day, future applications developers will in fact have to make a case for NOT using VO. Any of you who have implemented your own corporate standards will likely understand this wisdom immediately, in your very gut, and probably in your pocketbook. Study the above situations of Bill and Philippe, on the one hand, and Charles, on the other. Someday soon we'll be able to explain the differences with much more clarity than at present. It'll be very clear why Fox or Access or dBASE IV or what-have-you will never be competition for Visual Objects. Those who have developed repository based (or 'data driven' or 'data dictionary') approaches to managing the application development are about 25 miles ahead of those who have stuck with traditional code-based systems. Finally, the children of the cobbler all wear shoes. VO Sneakers! Finally, what shoes is Charles wearing? Does the cobbler use his own products? Has Charles himself signed up for the beta, hoping soon to begin his 'VO built' Executive Information System? Does he long for the day that VO ships so he can take a few minutes each morning to review how his company is doing? As he might say it, "Do we need to re-invent anything today?" I'll know VO has arrived when the cobbler wears his own sneaks. Editor's note on editor's editorial. I'd like to hear from EACH of you who have attempted in any way to build repository-based applications. Do these editorials on VO fit with your experience? How do you explain repositories to those who have never known repositories? How do you explain to a Fox developer how many magnitudes away from their experience VO is? How will you keep from snickering as you discuss the cobbler's shoes when you explain this to your clients? How do we break this to Bill and Philippe? To the broader industry? 2. BCS October Meeting: Tools For the New Clipper Programmer ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: Chris Pels [73777,3562] Topic: Tools for the New Clipper Programmer. Date: October 19, 1993, 6:30 p.m. Place: 128 Entrepreneurs Center, 200 Fifth Avenue, Waltham, MA. Speakers: Darrien Forcier [72117,1632], Chris Pels [73777,3562] Session 1: Development Environments Believe it or not, Windows as an integrating IDE platform. Still running under single user DOS? Why not check out their talk and learn some of their tricks. Chris & Darren will present you with their "Top Ten" pick list of tools that you simply shouldn't be caught dead without... CA-Clipper has evolved from a "Pocket Database Compiler" into a full blown development language with third party object oriented extensions. As such the peripheral tools around it and the development techniques have grown and "evolved" (pun intended) quite a bit. The discussion will focus on making the most of your development environment and taking advantage of the following tools: Windows 3.1 Multitasking & Network Simulation, MultiEdit W/Evolve, Rmake/Opus Make, PVCS Source Code Control/Configuration Management, Library Utilities (MS LIB, Libman, FunckyII Flib), Expert Help, Techwriter, and dClip 3.0. Session 2: Third Party Libraries, Are They Worth It? It is a tough task for the new, or even the experienced, Clipper programmer to sift through the numerous third party libraries in the Clipper community. To jump start new Clipper programmers, a number of the popular third party libraries will be reviewed. The discussion will emphasize unique ways to use the libraries in your applications. The libraries to be reviewed will include: Class(y), ExoSpace, FlexFile II, FUNCky II, Grumpfish, ProVision Windows, Successware's New Version 1.5 FoxPro CDX and New Hyper-Six RDDs. 3. User Group Presidents Conference in Islanda, New York. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: Les Squires Internet:BCNN@world.std.com CIS:73020,3435. On September 30th, 230 user group presidents representing 10 Computer Associates product lines met in Islanda, N.Y. Charles Wang, Chairman and CEO, greeted the group saying 'You are our elite'. It became clear very early that CA designed a meeting to brief us on the industry, on CA's attempts to excel in the computer industry, and on the ever- growing need for creative business alliances. 'It's the people who support you who make all the difference.' The briefings spoke of Unix, mainframes, AS400's, UniCenter, GUI, Clipper, Visual Objects, cross-platform solutions, VAX, CA90's. We were being briefed on a list of topics as broad as any issue of PC Week! Charles then presented Sanjay Kumar (Executive Vice President, Operations), Alan Paller (Director of Open Systems), Anders Vinberg (Senior Vice President, Research & Development), Ron Nall (Vice President, Research & Development), Bill Bill Gannon, Jr. (Director, Sentry Market Research), and Neil Toomb (Vice President, C.A.R.E.). Each speaker took his turn laying out a plan by which all of us might place our bets and seek to make good in the computer industry. BCNN invited all User Group Presidents to email some of their best insights from the meeting. We thought you might like to hear what 300 of your leaders think. Below are the most lucid insights submitted to date. BCNN plans to post all messages on CompuServe LIB 0 within the next few weeks. The future of Clipper and the Clipper language is in good hands. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: Yau-Man Chan, User Group President. San Francisco Bay Area Clipper Developers Association San Francisco, California USA 70731,3523 After the more in-depth look at CA, I have to say I am quite impressed with the company. I feel that the future of Clipper and the Clipper language is in good hands. I am quite sure that VO under their care and nurturing will live up to all our expectation as the language/development system of choice for the 90's. Now I Get It! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: Gerald E. Nelson, User Group President. Washington Area Clipper Users Group Washington, DC USA Some months ago I received an invitation from Computer Associates to attend the User Group Presidents Conference in Islandia. I immediately decided what this was going to be about and how I could get in my two cents worth. Wrong again Nelson. First I learned that this conference was for all the User Group Presidents (not just the Clipper folks). I thought that was a bit strange but rationalized that some "Corporate Relations" issues no doubt apply to every one. My pre-conceived ideas were still intact. We can talk about getting better service on mailings, using their facilities... The list could go on agnosia. When the agenda arrived a couple of weeks before the conference I really got confused. The whole agenda looked like one big briefing on Computer Associates. The topics covered CA90's:Foundation for Intelligent Evolution, Computer Associates Structure and Migrating:The Future of Application Development, and the C.A.R.E program (what ever that is). What are we really doing here I wondered as walked around the opening reception chatting with friends I had made at previous Technicons. I introduced my self to a couple of people who I didn't know. They were from the mainframe world and while they were pleasant they seemed even more confused than me. About half way through Friday morning I started to get a ray of light. This CA90's presentation is fascinating, I thought. Clipper is the first language for which a Visual Objects compiler is being developed. More languages will come. The slide shows xBase, C/C++, COBOL and more! Computer Associates really does have a plan of direction and it is important to their success that the Clipper community succeed. "I got it." That's what my head told me as I ambled down the hall on a short break. Not wrong, but I still didn't see it all. Lunch time comes and I'm sitting at this big round table. I introduced myself to the fellow on my left. He is an IDMS guy. I say 'hi' to a couple of Clipper folks as they walk by. The IDMS guy leans over and asks "How come you Clipper guys all know each other"? Now I get it! If CA90's is to be a real success, we need to know each other. We need to learn from each other and we need to cooperate. On Saturday we listened to a presentation of this C.A.R.E. Had I taken the time to carefully inspect the agenda I would have at least known that it means Computer Associates Regional Exchange program, the name of the CA User Group program. Interesting huh? Subtle I think: CA knows that they need all of us to work together and yet they would not dare force us upon each other. After all, I work with Clipper or CA-1 or Top Secret or IDMS or ACCPAC Plus or what ever. What could those other people ever have in common with me? The answer, my friend, is solutions. Now I get it. My friend from Connecticut suggested that someone come and present CA90's to a collection of CA User Groups in his area. What a great idea! I'll steal it. I've already left a message with the Regional CA people to make the same suggestion for the Washington area. In fact I'm going to offer to host it on a WACUG meeting night. I Hope to see you there, what ever product it is that you use. A Eureka Regarding Object Oriented Programming. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ReplyTo: Linda Berry, User Group President. Louisville CA-Clipper User Group Louisville, Kentucky USA 76620,3543 I saw that object oriented programming is a process of creating organic entities that can be thought of as living beings. They have the potential for interacting and aligning with each other in all the ways that people and things around us interact. Furthermore, they can act as intelligently and/or as stupidly as any of the rest of us. They can make decisions, route processes, request authorizations and in many other ways enhance and support operations in which they are involved. They can also learn and inheritance from other classes is the analog to our learning processes as skills are passed on to new entities who add new abilities to those already present. To create these new beings we need to learn to think in new ways. The programming is similar but the underlying thinking processes are different from those appropriate to modular programming of modal programs. The president's conference has changed my approach toward design and implementation of programs. On Re-inventing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ReplyTo: Erik Wynn, User Group President. Ottawa Clipper User Group Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 76170,3461, (613) 256-5665 Charles Wang stated that CA's success can be attributed to their philosophy of constantly re-inventing themselves. Always looking at things from a positive perspective. The ability to take any situation and turn it into a winning opportunity. To experience the CA philosophy, to understand their approach to the industry and the world, is ominous. We were presented with this philosophy, this knowledge, and came alive. Never before have I seen so many developers, from all backgrounds, so excited about the future. CA's commitments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: Bruce Jones, User Group President. Orange County Clipper User Group Huntington, California, USA 71533,3460 I think it is encouraging that we are dealing with a company that has the financial resources to sponser a conference like the one in Islandia. It makes me think that they also have the resources to develop a product and to stick with it if it is not an immediate market success. However, the main thing that I came away with is where CA's commitments are. I think they are committed to the user groups. They are committed to the Client/Server architecture, and they are committed to VO. The fact that they showcased VO to all of their user groups, and not just the Clipper groups made me feel good about their plans for the product. One thing I did not get from the conference was a warm fuzzy feeling about the release dates of VO. I am encouraged about the future of CA and Clipper. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: Scott Hurlbert, User Group President. Bakersfield Clipper User Group Bakersfield, Calif USA 72040,3702 I thought the CARE conference was great & coordinating by the CA staff was some of the best I've seen. As for insights, the discussion of CA products other than Clipper was very enlightening for me and potentially very useful. I do consulting for large corporations that deal with the problems which are addressed by UniCenter. Even more interesting, to me, was the look at how CA works as a company. I read the 21st Century Management book during the flight home. The author is _exactly_ right about the radical differences between CA and the rest of the large-corporate world. Because of these differences, and the obvious success they have provided, I am encouraged about the future of CA and Clipper. The Big Picture. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: Steve Busey, User Group President. Delta Clipper User Group Atlanta, Georgia USA 70224,37 Although they didn't spell it out until the "closing remarks", CA was trying to show all of us "the big picture", that CA has a lot of "fish in the sea" and are aiming toward a single way of frying them: CA90s. But it is still difficult to believe Charles' remark that "there were other products before Clipper". It was heartening to see that CA recognizes the importance of user groups in evangelizing their products, and they show a willingness to support UGs for the long haul. That makes for a real win/win situation. One suggested proposal I'd really like to see implemented is a monthly "letter from CA" for newsletters, that can pass along CA's philosophy directly, without being "translated" by the UGC. A letter along the lines of Marc Sokol's "Persistent Object" in Clipper Advisor would be great. We could even print his picture, then send him messages telling him to tighten his necktie. 4. January-February Battle of the Linkers: Blinker vs. Exospace ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: Les Squires Internet:BCNN@world.std.com CIS:73020,3435. ReplyTo: Jud Cole 75140,1175 Blink, Inc., Richmond, Virginia USA 804-747-6700 We live in exciting times. Linkers that utilize up to 16MB of memory, as if it were conventional memory. Dual mode programs that automatically detect at startup whether the runtime machine can run in protected mode. Programs automatically utilize all available memory on the PC, from the smallest 8086 right up to the Pentium and beyond. And they do so across programming languages (Microsoft C, C++, Visual C++, Assembler, FORTRAN, Pascal, Watcom C, Symantec C++, CA-Clipper 5.x (using Clip-4-Win), Borland C, C++ and Assembler). Should you use Exospace or Blinker? The Clipper Group in Boston will generate some answers over the next 3 months. Please submit your own experiences to BCNN@World.Std.Com. 5. What does '+Postage Due+' Mean? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: Gregory D. Luse [72072,2520] I have researched the question of 'postage due' preceding the Subject on Email messages. CompuServe staff have confirmed that CompuServe charges their accounts for sending and receiving to/from Internet. These messages appear only for accounts using the Standard Pricing Plan, this charge being deducted from the standard mail allowance. The charges are: $0.15 for the first 7500 characters $0.05 for each 2500 additional characters. If the message is deleted without reading or automatically deleted by the system after 30 days, there is no charge. These charges, of course, come out of the $9.00 monthly allowance. It costs about $.60 to download and read BCNN. 6. Letter to the Editor: MultiMedia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: David J Byer Ipswich River Computer Studio, Ipswich, Massachusetts USA 76304,206 Internet: dbyer@world.std.com ReplyTo: Microsoft Multimedia Jump Start Developer's Conference 800-438-3976 MultiMedia (audio, video, graphics, and animation) is one area to which I believe our group should pay attention. Think of what it can mean to our database applications to have data or code linked to bitmaps, still photos, graphic animation, and full motion video. In the last few years we've all seen high-speed modems, fast CPUs, VGA color, large amounts of RAM and disk storage become standard parts of our professions. Soon we'll all be adding the components of multimedia and the lines between computer communications and the telephone/television/ cable world will disappear. I will attend the Microsoft Multimedia Jump Start Developer's Conference that is traveling the country, and I am volunteering to write-up a review of it for next month's issue of BCNN. I am also happy to have my CIS and Internet addresses posted as a contact for others in the group with a special interest in this area. 7. *New Service* Clipper FTP Downloads via SAMBDA. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: Grant D McHerron grant@world.std.com The BCNN has receive numerous requests for further information about the Internet. Here are some notes that particularly relate to Clipper developers. Electronic Mail & List Servers. Practically everyone on the Internet (or on a system such as America On Line, Delphi, CompuServe etc.) has a mail box for posting messages around the world. You already know how this simple mailbox can become a complex door to a world of people who share similar interests. Over and above the standard one-on-one electronic mail, Internet abounds with List Servers. One person sets up a mailing address and the List Server automatically re-broadcasts incoming messages. By sending a message to one address (normal email), you effectively have sent it to all people named on that list. CLIPPER@BRUFPB.BITNET is a list server for Clipper. This list produces two to ten messages per day on Clipper related subjects as people post reviews, questions and answers to the central list server. To gain access to this system, mail an email message to listserv@brufpb.bitnet with no subject and the words "subscribe clipper" and your name on a line of their own, as shown below: world% mail listserv@brufpb.bitnet subject: subscribe clipper Grant McHerron ^D EOT world% The server returns a message informing you that you are on the Clipper mailing list, gives you some sample commands and a general blurb about the mailing list. You should start receiving messages in a day or two. To post questions or reviews, email them to clipper@brufpb.bitnet. You're now hooked into the mailboxes of a number of experienced Clipperheads, most of whom are quite willing to help you with any problems you have. Clipper News Feeds. USENET NEWS feeds on the Internet cover practically every subject. To Use RN or NN (or one of many other news reader programs) on the Internet to access this information. Information in these news feeds is broken up into sections and topics (such as sci.space, rec.arts.humour, comp.sys.msdos, etc). Your news feeder lets you select the topics that you like. Once you have a set of topics, it then displays each article to your screen. Unlike a newspaper, many of these news feeds are two- way. You can send follow-up notes and articles to the news line disagreeing or expanding upon an article that you found of interest. Thus, what is coming across these feeds is not just those articles selected by the editorial staff of a magazine but the musings and attitudes of many intelligent people who share the interest. Some news lists are moderated, that is, only those articles or notes that the moderator think are valid are posted to everyone. This is very handy on some feeds in which the number of worth-while, on-topic postings compared to the off-topic, mindless ravings that often appear gets out of control. There are only a few news feeds to choose from on the subject of Xbase and Clipper. Take a look at the following: alt.comp.databases.xbase.clipper comp.databases (general database) comp.databases.xbase.misc and comp.databases.xbase.foxpro. Clipper Downloads Using FTP via SAMBA. Similar to the LIB areas on CompuServe, Cezar Cichocki has dedicated an area to Clipper on a Warsaw University computer in Poland. The network address is samba.iss.uw.edu.pl. It carries many of the updates and patch files as well as demos, samples of OOP within Clipper, etc. which have been uploaded by various Clipperheads on the net. Use FTP (or NCFTP if you're lucky enough to have access to it) to gain access to SAMBA. FTP remotely connects to the other machine. Here is a sample FTP script: world% ftp samba.iss.uw.edu.pl Connected to samba.iss.uw.edu.pl. 220 samba FTP server (NetWare v3.11) ready. Name (samba.iss.uw.edu.pl:grant): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send ident as password. Password: Enter your full login name: e.g., grant@world.std.com. Once you have succeeded in logging in, the follow message appears: 230-User ANONYMOUS: working directory set to /vol2. 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. ftp> You can use the CD command to change to the clipper directory and then use DIR to look at what's there. ftp> cd pub/clipper 200 CWD command okay. ftp> dir 200 PORT command okay. 150 Opening data connection for (192.74.137.5,1477). - [R----F--] root 1266 Aug 23 15:18 00index - [R----F--] root 874 Aug 19 18:25 readme.upl - [R----F--] root 916 Aug 19 17:52 readme.1st d [R----F--] root 512 Aug 24 20:10 oop d [R----F--] root 512 Aug 24 20:09 upgrades d [R----F--] root 512 Sep 21 14:11 libs d [R----F--] root 512 Aug 24 20:09 tools d [R----F--] root 512 Sep 11 18:29 nation d [R----F--] root 512 Aug 19 18:23 nanews d [R----F--] root 512 Aug 19 18:24 summer87 d [R----F--] root 512 Aug 19 20:37 zeus d [R----F--] root 512 Aug 19 20:38 demos 226 Transfer complete. ftp> Move around the directories. The command GET copies the selected file to the currently logged directory of your Internet account. SX, SY or KERMIT transfers the files to your PC machine. The quit command exits FTP. Summary. While the Internet is not the most user-friendly environment, it does offer plenty of services for the Clipper user. I would definitely recommend reading "Zen and the Art of the Internet", available in text file format or as a $20 or so book from most book stores. Look at "The Internet Companion", "The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog" and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet". These explain in much more detail the mail system, Usenet News and the various file transfer and location programs available (ftp, archie, gopher, etc). Of course, the on-line manuals for these programs are also worth reading but can get very technical and difficult at times. 8. ** Special Meeting ** Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: Arnold Bilansky [71533,1031] Date: 6:30, November 17, 1993 Location: Aquinas College, Boston. (More details next month.) A half dozen user groups of the BCS are co-sponsoring a session on Visual Basic. The session is a must-go for anybody wanting to learn more about Windows application development. VBA debues in Excel 5 and will soon become the common macro language for most of the major Microsoft application programs. Julianne Sharer, Director of Application Development for WexTech System, Inc., provides us with our first look at VBA: * The VBA development environment * The relationship between VBA and OLE 2.0 automation * A comparison of VBA to the stand-alone Visual Basic language * The differences between VBA and Excel's XLM macro language 9. New Development Opportunities: INTERNET on Cable TV: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: Les Squires Internet:BCNN@world.std.com CIS:73020,3435. ReplyTo: Pat Tormey [72217,3014] FourSquare Solutions Inc. Telecommunications tip of the month. By March, 1994 a major cable television network in Boston will have installed a 10-BASE T Ethernet port on all their home television receivers. Plug your TV into one port. Plug your computer into the other. Internet will be 24-hour, real-time connection. Here are some real business opportunities for serious developers to develop home management software! And, as soon as businesses catch on and install the cable network, you will be able to offer all of your clients a real-time connection to all their remote sites and to all the homes of their employees. Wake up, and smell the business, Clipper developers! 10. CLIPPER->(Oct 93 Disk) Contents * $$ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ReplyTo: Dan Comeau [70451,2312] DanlWare Systems Corp. 208-82 Armstrong Crt. Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3M 4M6, CANADA CompuServe [70451,2312] InterNet 70451.2312@compuserve.com Voice & Fax 902/443-2207 0UTILITY.TXT ZERoUTILITIES info - protection system integration. ARCVIE.ZIP ARCVIEW v1.30. Archive Viewing Library for Clipper. BALL.ZIP Bouncing ball function / screen blanker. Clipper source. BCNN9309.ZIP Boston Computer News Network Clipper Newsletter for Sep/93 BCSMEM.ZIP Roger Donnay on Memory Mgmt and Clipper 5.x Arrays CLIPVER.ZIP ClipVer scans OBJs and LIBs and reports Clipper Versions DOTM.ZIP All previous CLIPPER->(Disk of the Month) file contents DSCNL1.ZIP Database Software Consultants Newsletter #1, 9/93 EWYNN.ZIP Source code files from Erik Wynn's TechniCon 1993 session FRANK.ZIP Frankie Library 1.05a Mouseable Interfaces for Clipper 5 ISV793.ZIP The ISVnews, July 1993 Volume 1, Issue 4 KITPR7.ZIP Database Software Consultants Press Release #7 LJP3FW.ZIP A freeware LaserJet/PCL 5 print library MEMOMO.ZIP Mousey memoedit for Clipper 5 & NanForum Lib 2.1 MMENU.ZIP MousMenu.prg - Clipper 5.x source code - DOS menu NFORX.ZIP ExoSpace Kit v1.1 for the Nanforum Toolkit v2.1 OBJ20D.ZIP Objects 2.0 Beta D. OOPS Engine for Clipper 5. PMVC.ZIP Poor Man's Version Control System 1.0. PRINTR.ZIP Printer Database (DBF) File - 100 printers/codes PUSHBU.ZIP Pushbuttons for Clipper 5. Source code included. RADIOB.ZIP Radio buttons version 1.2 for Clipper 5.2 GET's. Source. RAMA1.ZIP Clipperama magazine - Subscription Pricing & Info RCMPLB.ZIP RCmpLib 2.0, a Clipper Lib with data compression functions RLIB32.EXE RLIB 3.2 Library for Clipper 5.2 - Now Shareware RLIB32.ZIP Text file describing RLIB 3.2 for Clipper 5.2 and S'87 RLIBNG.EXE RLIB 3.2 Norton Guide Database RLIBUM.EXE RLIB 3.2 User Manual SCATT2.ZIP Scatter/Gather functions: .DBF field to Memvars and back SCRUTI.EXE Scrutiny Full-Function DEMO. Helps debug & test. SCRUTI.ZIP Scrutiny Press Release. New product. SNIP0693.ZIP Snippets of Code from Clipper International Echo 06/93 STATWN.ZIP StatWin 2.5 - Display a percentage processed bar. SYNC.ZIP Sync two file directories with this free Clipper utility. ORDERFRM.TXT Order form for the CLIPPER->(Disk of the Month). README.TXT Detailed description of the files on this month's disk. UNZIP.EXE UnZip 5.0. Use this to unZIP the *.ZIP files. 11. BCNN Statement of Ownership, Copyright, and Responsibility. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The BCNN Newsletter is sponsored by the xBASE User Group of the Boston Computer Society. BCNN is dedicated to keeping professional database developers (both consultants and corporate employees) informed about educational events, meetings, job openings, world events, notable articles, technical tips, new and 'must have' products, etc. As an electronic network BCNN is also a hub where developers can address world class issues to fellow developers around the world. Recipients agree to respond via Email to periodic polls of their directions, opinions, and needs. For those who do not have User Groups in their areas, BCNN is a vehicle where individuals can volunteer and contribute to something larger than themselves. 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