Hi Frank. fwiw you could also have a look at www.alaska-software.com. I have not tried it myself but they sell a compiler for xbase/clipper.



>Hi,
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>does anyone around here remember how to use DBASE? I've got a client with a 20 year old DBASE DOS system (they say it's version V, but I think it may be IV), that they want some bug fixes done to. Then they want to compile it and send it off to a remote site without the source code.
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>Fixing the bugs I should be able to handle (once I work out how the debugger works as I couldn't see the code when I SET STEP ON in the code).
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>How do I compile it into an executable? Is there a project like in VFP or do I have to do some linking and then compiling?
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>Is there a screen designer? Or just these .FMT files?
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>Any web site that I can go to for support?
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>Thanks for any and all help.