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Clarion: Possible to use a C# Assembly?

Is it possible to use a C# assembly from Clarion? If not. Is it possible to run a simple console application written in C# and read the output from it back into Clarion? In both cases, how would you do it? In the case of the assembly, would you have to do something special with it for Clarion to get access to it? In both cases, how would...

What Backup Library/Code Do You Use For Your Dataset (Files On Disk)?

I'm implementing Backup functionality into my new (small) app, Oldaer. I've got standalone desktop files (rather than sitting in a SQL db). Looking around, I decided on using a Clarion 3rd-Party Template that will package them into one file and then compress (huffman's) that one file. Restoring is just the reverse. Uncompress, unpack. ...

What do you think about Clarion?

Hello, Recently the CEO of the company has attended some conference, and since his returns he's only talking about Clarion programming. We've been developing a Ruby on Rails project for 2 years now, but he wants us to rewrite it. Is it really worth the effort? Please help me make my mind. ...

Sourcecontrol for Clarion 6

We're still developing a bunch of our application in Clarion 6 Enterprise. I was wondering if anyone knows of a sourcecontrol system that works well with Clarion 6? ...

POSTing to the web in Clarion

I'm developing a RESTful API for a client. The problem is, he's using a rather obscure language called Clarion. It's proprietary and closed, and the docs are not freely available online. Whenever we discuss passing data from his code to mine, and back again, he starts talking about "ftp file uploads" and direct server-to-server SQL. Nee...

How to count each digit in a range of integers?

Imagine you sell those metallic digits used to number houses, locker doors, hotel rooms, etc. You need to find how many of each digit to ship when your customer needs to number doors/houses: 1 to 100 51 to 300 1 to 2,000 with zeros to the left The obvious solution is to do a loop from the first to the last number, convert the counter...

ODBC Linked server in sql 2005 doesn’t work from remote box

I have a dev workstation with sql 2005 installed and in it I created a linked server to a odbc connection to a clarion database. I can run select statements against it inside sql Mgt studio. When I take a second workstation and connect to the sql on the first box using sql mgt studio, then try the exact same query I get OLE DB provid...

Using the devExpress WinForms controls with Clarion NET

Hi, How seamless is the integration of devexpress winforms controls in Clarion NET. Does it work at all ? Is it comfortable ? Bjoern ...