Re: Clarion 6 help needed

Hi John,

If you like, we can hook our PC's together using the free MS Remote
Assistance included in XP and I can show you a few things about Clarion
(especially with your app) to give you a jump-start on your learning The
Clarion Way. You will need to send me a MS Remote Assistance Request by
email to start Remote Assistance. It sounds to me like you are an
experienced Developer in VB so it should go rather well.

PLEASE NOTE: Be sure Remote Assistance is "turned on" in your computer. I
hope you are using MS XP Pro which IMNSHO is much easier to use than Vista
although I guess the latest version of Vista does work OK using Remote
Assistance. If you give me your phone number I can use my cell phone (I've
got a lot of spare minutes. <g>) to talk to you at the same time, or else
you phone me, which helps in understanding things a LOT. In an hour or so,
I think I can show you quite a lot about getting started with Clarion. <g>
--
P.S. I also have a subscription to www.gotomeeing.com we can use as well if
for some reason you don't want to use Remote Assistance.
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Best Regards,
Earl R Coker
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"John" <John500xcx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have been given a task of upgrading a software application that has been
coded using Clarion version 6. It is a small to medium size package that
consists of some thirty or so forms.

The software suffers from speed issues and design problems. The data is
stored in TPS files.

Some new purchasing facilities need implementing and the customer wants to
migrate to using Microsoft SQL Server.

Being from a Visual Basic background I am struggling to get to grips with
the concepts of using Clarion.

I open a file type .app which seems to be equivalent to a Visual Basic
Project.

Inside seems to be a treelist containing all the form some of which appear
multiple times.

What I need to determine is if it's worth sticking with Clarion or
rewriting the entire thing using VB or even C#.

1. Some column names are horrific and need refactoring. How does
one do a simple search and replace?

2. What is the Clarion equivalent to an ADODB Recordset?

3. How do I copy a control from one form to another?

4. Where can I see the available events for a control?

Thanks in advance,

John




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