| Dave Harms 2006-05-10, 6:55 pm |
| Clarion Tips & Techniques, Volume 3, is now in final editing, and is
expected to ship in late June/early July.
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At 650+ pages, Clarion Tips & Techniques Volume 3 is another blockbuster
brimming with terrific articles from Clarion Magazine.
Topics include*:
Getting the most out of your databases
o Using Clarion's business rules
o Client-side triggers
o Arrays in databases
o Server-side triggers
o Using Firebird
o Date filtering
o Automatically converting TPS files to new formats
o Approaches to file naming
Using .NET with Clarion
o Understanding .NET basics
o Calling .NET code from Clarion
o Using WinForms in Clarion windows
o Calling Clarion code from .NET
o Passing data between Clarion and .NET
o Wrapping Clarion code in COM
Template programming
o Writing code templates
o Using template styles
o Writing template class wrappers
o Using #GROUPs
Managing multi-threaded apps
o Critical sections
o Mutexes
o Threading and global queues
Improving your app's user interface
o Embedding fonts
o Page loaded trees
o Tagging
o Online mapping and routing
o Modifying the frame background
o Handling hundreds of controls on a window
o Modifying the common dialogs
Various tips and tricks
o Inter-app communication using memory mapped files
o Cryptography
o Compiling C with the Clarion IDE
o Credit card number validation
o Using local classes
o Single-instance applications
o Generating unique registration codes
o And more!
This book is scheduled for completion in June, with shipments starting
in late June/early July. Pre-purchase now, save some $$, and get your
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What readers say about the first Tips book:
"I love the Tips book. It is awesome!" - Glenn Rathke
"Clarion Tips & Techniques is a wonderful addition to my library. I
already found several techniques that are new to me. Nicely organized
too." - John Welch
"Everyone should have this book." - Robert Wagner
"Very good job...nice book!" - Cleverson Tabajara
"[This book] should be shipped with Clarion as standard!" - Colin Wynn
"Very impressive." - Neville Dearham
"The book looks, well, great. A marvelous job. Cannot wait to start
digesting the pearls of wisdom. Make it a regular." - J André
Labuschagné
"Flipping through the pages, it was soon apparent that there was a
lot of meat here." - Nik Johnson, in his March 2004 article A Class
Wrapper for Brice Schagane's Menu Buttons, which builds on Brice's
article "Menu Buttons in Clarion," page 3 in the Tips & Techniques book.
* Subject to minor revision, depending on final space limitations
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Dave
Email: david.harms(put the "at" here, please)clarionmag.com
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