Ciao Barry,

Yep, that's exactly how clipper works. You create your prgs with any editor and then compile and link them in order to create the exe.

In the good old days, I used to use desqview to have my editor open in one window, another window where I would have the Norton Guide (it's help system), and a command window where I would compile/link and execute my apps. You can use windows to get the same kind of functionality.

Have fun!

Alex

>hi
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>i've just been drafted in to take on a clipper 5.2e project. thing is, i've never used it before but thought i could give it a go bearing in mind my foxpro knowledge.
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>now that i'm here there doesn't seem to be a development environment! does anyone know if this is normal? all the prgs are in a directory and it's been been explained to me that to create the EXE we just run clipper followed by a linker. does this sound right?
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>if so, are there any development envs that i can use because i'm not used to compiling and linking an EXE every time i want to try out a small change, or just to see what a command does!
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>thanks for any insights...