>thanks gentlemen. unfortunately you've all just confirmed my nightmare. let this be a lesson to us all (especially me) not to take on projects without knowing at least something about what we're getting ourselves into!
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>so, bearing in mind your advice, if anyone can offer any good programming practices for the clipper (non-)environment then i'd be most grateful. eg. how to debug, whether there's any help files i can refer to on-screen etc.
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>many thanks for your time...



Hi Barry,


Digging up in past ...

It is time saver to prepare batch file which will do compilation
and linking of app, folowed by test run.

Also there was Key help (I think was Norton Guide) that was working
on SHIFT+something.

Aldough I was doing clipper for years (And I loved it) I think that is kind of 'outdated' now and that u should try ( if possible ) to negotiate/change development platform into VFP, offering to yr client all possible good reasons for doing so that u can think of ...

And there are lott of them.

Use little bit of sales persons imagination/skills - Client might 'soften up'

Good luck.