Hi Evan

I have being looking into Clarion. Their web site www.Topspeed.com discusses why IBM chose Clarion as one of the allowable languages to be used in IBM. I got feedback from some third party tool makers that felt that Clarion was a superior environment for database apps. They wondered why I still use VFP. I have seen an impressive grid control written in Clarion that makes the standard VFP grid look silly. However, I do not know about the tech support. The product is expensive compared to VFP. There appears to me to be a steep learning curve.

Just a few thought for what they are worth

Simon White


>Does anyone have any recent opinions or experiences with Clarion. A vendor is attempting to sell us a database product written in it (no source).
>
>I did a seach on the UT back to 1997. Some opinion from then:
>- partial OOP implementation similar to VB6
>- fast UI
>- data access not as fast as VFP
>- Windows version (in 1997) was unstable
>- tech support not very good (comment was that support techs just looked through user manual for solutions)
>
>Any more recent comments on Clarion (either positive or negative).