Dear Raphael, you wrote to All,
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RC>What hell is clip4win ?? Where can I get it ? (I´m talking from Brasil) Is
  >there a Demo Version ? Please Email-me at DEVW1WPD@IBMMAIL.COM
Clip4win is a (very good) library wich allow you to write REAL WINDOWS
EXE (but only in 16 bits, because Clipper makes 16 bits *.obj)
The structure of your PRG is, in such a windows style programming, very
close from C style. BUT, last Version of Clip4Win include an OOP engine
which allow you to create your own classes...
if you want to use Clip4Win you MUST :
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   1) >>>LEARN<<< how works MS Windows' API
      (with a book like the very best: Charles Petzold's WINDOWS
      PROGRAMMING, the one which is dedicated for windows 3.1 and NOT
      the last release dedicated for Windows 95)
   2) you absolutely need :
     - a linker which makes windows compatible EXE
       like BLINKER 3.x or more or MSLINK 5.3 or more
     - a resource compiler like Borland's WORSHOP or the RC compiler
       from Microsoft
     - of course Clipper 5.2 or 5.3    :))
       IMHO, the best way is buying an old version of Borland C++ which
       include both **a complete WINDOWS API Help file** AND WorkShop.
       (eg: Borland C++ 3.1)
       (BUT, alas, Borland's linker (TLINK) is *NOT* compatible with
       Clip4Win and/or Clipper)
    3) You optionaly need:
       - an Help Compiler if you want to create Windows Help File.
    4) here follows an advertising i found at (in December 1996) :
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                  P R E S S    R E L E A S E
                       24th August 1995
                            TM
   New Release of Clip-4-Win  (CA-Clipper for Windows)
Skelton Software, based near Leeds, England, today announces
version 3.0 of Clip-4-Win, which is the only product that lets
you create TRUE Microsoft Windows executables with CA-Clipper 5.
Clip-4-Win provides access to the Windows API, as well as
allowing DLLs (the building-blocks of Windows) and Dynamic Data
Exchange (DDE) to be used.  These features allow Clip-4-Win
applications to interact with other Windows products such as SQL
databases and to exchange data with applications such as MS
Excel, MS Word for Windows, CA-RET, Crystal Reports, R&R Report
Writer, and CA-Realizer.  Samples are provided for a number of
these, as well as for ODBC 2 (SQL), Q+E Database Library, BTrieve
and MCI.
The object-oriented features, which developers are encouraged but
not forced to use, are a particular strength of Clip-4-Win.  Many
products claim to be object-oriented, but turn out to be "object
based" at best.  Clip-4-Win provides inheritance (single and
multiple), encapsulation, polymorphism, message forwarding and
high-level classes, all with a much cleaner syntax than C++.
In addition, Clip-4-Win directly uses Windows memory, freeing the
developer from "load size" problems, offering improved
performance, and eliminating the memory errors sometimes
encountered with Clipper.
C and C++ code can be called directly, for even greater
performance, and may be put into a DLL.  New Windows classes,
controls, and other resources can thus be supported easily and
efficiently.  Third-party Windows add-ons, such as those from
Borland, can also be used.  For example, Borland's Resource
Workshop (as provided in the companion product Clip-4-Win
Toolkit) or Microsoft's AppStudio (as well as their earlier
dialog editor) can be used to create resource files for
Clip-4-Win.
Version 3.0 provides major extra functionality including:
      *  Greatly enhanced ease of use, especially for new users
      *  Detailed tutorials with sample code
      *  Optional powerful Application Classes (approx 70),
         mostly as source code
      *  Optional support for VBX controls
      *  An excellent browser, modelled on TBrowse, supports
         TrueType fonts and bitmaps
      *  Tabbed dialogs (property sheets)
      *  Tool bars, with "tool tips" (balloon help)
      *  High-level command syntax for creating: applications,
         dialogs, fonts, menus, etc.
      *  Greatly enhanced MDI support
      *  Important improvements for data-driven applications
      *  Optional class creation system (TopClass), with VO-like
         syntax
      *  Class(y) can still be used
      *  Many new samples
      *  English or German manuals (two volumes; approx 850
         pages)
John Skelton, Director of Skelton Software and author of
Clip-4-Win, commented:
     "This new version provides the best ever Clipper for
Windows.  It is easy to get started, and the Application Classes
can save developers vast amounts of work, making them more
productive."
Among the key points about Clip-4-Win are:
      *  You can develop Windows applications in Clipper, the
         language you know
      *  Clip-4-Win applications are real Windows EXEs
            *  Can use lots of memory (no load size problems)
            *  Better performance, especially for large programs
            *  No special device driver needed
            *  No special run-time files
            *  No PIF files to struggle with
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