CLIPPER 5.3 Installation

Dear Clipper programmers,

As a new member of this community, I allow myself to explain you my
problem.
I'm new, very new with CLIPPER language.

After installing my 8 disks for the clipper software (excepting help files
that cause problems at installation), I tried to launch the CACI.exe that
seems to be the developement station.

Here are the messages that are produced after the splash screen:
- msgbox: repository is probavly destroyed.     OK
- error in int: CompRegisterNames() failed !     OK
- ADAM: error in int (33) Contact CA technical support

Those three msgbox appear each time launching the app and finally the app
won't run.

I found a caci.ini in my windows directory (winXPsp2) and edited that
one.
This part especially is critical I think:
[CA-Clipper Workbench Directories]
ExecutablePath=C:\CLIP53A\CACI
ApplicationsPath=C:\CLIP53A
PRGPath=C:\CLIP53A\CACI\DATA
AEFPath=C:\CLIP53A\CACI\DATA
MEFPath=C:\CLIP53A\CACI\DATA
InitBufferFile=
InitLineNr=41091072
[NanErrOptions]
CrtSize=600

The installation was done in c:\clip53A directory.

Could someone help me on that issue? If not, is there another way to
develop a DOS based application in Clipper?

Thanks for your great support.
Have a nice day.

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:55:10 -0500, writeln wrote:
> Dear Clipper programmers,
[...]
> After installing my 8 disks for the clipper software (excepting help files
> that cause problems at installation), I tried to launch the CACI.exe that
> seems to be the developement station.
[....]
> Could someone help me on that issue? If not, is there another way to
> develop a DOS based application in Clipper?

Um, the traditional way?  Use the command line tools and makefiles?

Phil

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I don't think many from us uses CACI.exe to make a program.

You have to got familiar with the compile / link cyclus , or , and maybe for
a beginner it is the most easy , use a builder.

I can recommand xMate from andy , see a thread from 4/11/2004

Frank

"writeln" <cprintz@rms.lu> schreef in bericht
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> Dear Clipper programmers,
>
> As a new member of this community, I allow myself to explain you my
> problem.
> I'm new, very new with CLIPPER language.
>
> After installing my 8 disks for the clipper software (excepting help files
> that cause problems at installation), I tried to launch the CACI.exe that
> seems to be the developement station.
>
> Here are the messages that are produced after the splash screen:
> - msgbox: repository is probavly destroyed.     OK
> - error in int: CompRegisterNames() failed !     OK
> - ADAM: error in int (33) Contact CA technical support
>
> Those three msgbox appear each time launching the app and finally the app
> won't run.
>
> I found a caci.ini in my windows directory (winXPsp2) and edited that
> one.
> This part especially is critical I think:
> [CA-Clipper Workbench Directories]
> ExecutablePath=C:\CLIP53A\CACI
> ApplicationsPath=C:\CLIP53A
> PRGPath=C:\CLIP53A\CACI\DATA
> AEFPath=C:\CLIP53A\CACI\DATA
> MEFPath=C:\CLIP53A\CACI\DATA
> InitBufferFile=
> InitLineNr=41091072
> [NanErrOptions]
> CrtSize=600
>
> The installation was done in c:\clip53A directory.
>
> Could someone help me on that issue? If not, is there another way to
> develop a DOS based application in Clipper?
>
> Thanks for your great support.
> Have a nice day.
>
>

> I can recommand xMate from andy , see a thread from 4/11/2004
Sorry , typo , it must be 14/11/2004
"Frank Demont" <demontfrank@pro.tiscali.be> schreef in bericht
news:41a202ea$0$44098$5fc3050@dreader2.news.tiscali.nl...
> I don't think many from us uses CACI.exe to make a program.
>
> You have to got familiar with the compile / link cyclus , or , and maybe
for
> a beginner it is the most easy , use a builder.
>
> I can recommand xMate from andy , see a thread from 4/11/2004
>
>             Frank
>
> "writeln" <cprintz@rms.lu> schreef in bericht
>
 news:4f2eadd4986b7a59f6968063dc8f9aab@lo
calhost.talkaboutprogramming.com... 
files 
that 
app 
>
>

Dear users,

Maybe I found the solution.
For now, the CACI is working well but I think this one is more difficult
that notepad :P

Could you give me some link on basics of Clipper programming and basics on
the compile cycle.

In fact, I'm a developer so I have some ideas on how this will work but I
have no documentation for that.

By the way, my need is to access a DBase database to read and write
records in order to make an order manager for a company.
Will clipper be my best solution? I think yes since I read some articles
on it.

Thanks for your care.

Best regards.

Hi Frank,

So if I understand, I need to do kind of a rmake *.prg with options
described in the doc and next certainly do a link with another process.
What is the name of the app that will generate my EXE after doing the
link?
Another question would be how to link several obj but I will certainly
find the response in the doc for that one.

What is xharbour? an os? a GDI?

Thanks for your support.

Seems that my problem is solved :)
For now I use the clipper 5.3 version and the clipper.exe and blinker.exe
to compile and like my application.

It's working well and my only problem is to understand how to link a *.ch
file for example.

Using @ ... BOX documentation I saw some constants that are located in
box.ch.

Have you an idea on how to link that one?

Thanks

* writeln <cprintz@rms.lu>:

> Using @ ... BOX documentation I saw some constants that are located in
> box.ch.
>
> Have you an idea on how to link that one?

box.ch is a header file; you don't "link" header files you include them
using the #include pre-processor directive. Check your Clipper
documentation.

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ws.
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Thank you for your response.
All seems to work now...

Now I have to learn Clipper language to develop my application.

See you soon (certainly on this forum :))

Dear users,

Maybe I found the solution.
For now, the CACI is working well but I think this one is more difficult
that notepad :P

Could you give me some link on basics of Clipper programming and basics on
the compile cycle.

In fact, I'm a developer so I have some ideas on how this will work but I
have no documentation for that.

By the way, my need is to access a DBase database to read and write
records in order to make an order manager for a company.
Will clipper be my best solution? I think yes since I read some articles
on it.

Thanks for your care.

Best regards.