I did use Clipper up to version 5.3 in the past.

You can compile the EXE with a "debug" option that will invoke a debug screen via a hotkey.
There also was a popup TSR, the Norton Guides, which provided a detailed reference.
If you like, I'll see if I can find the Help file and some compile examples.


>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...