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- CL872MSG.DOC - A Clipper output filter for Borland's IDE
-
- Introduction
- ------------
- If you are familiar with Borland's IDE, then you can appreciate the value
- of the message window error handling. Spending the majority of my time in
- the IDE, I set out to create a better way to develop Clipper code as well.
-
- Installation & Usage
- --------------------
- Just add the CL872MSG.EXE file to your \BORLANDC\BIN directory (wherever you
- have BC.EXE installed). Run BC, and select Options|Transfer. Move to the
- bottom of the list, select Edit and enter the following:
-
- Program Title ~Clipper S87
- Program Path clipper
- Command Line $EDNAME -q $SAVE PROMPT $NOSWAP $CAP MSG(CL872MSG)
- Translator [X]
-
- Select Modify and then OK. That's all you need to do. Don't forget to
- Save|Options if you want the IDE to remeber the Transfer list.
-
- To use it, load your .PRG file into the editor, and press Alt-Space or
- click on the ≡ (System) menu option. Select the new Clipper Compiler option
- (that you just added above), and the IDE will compile your program.
- After compilation, any errors or warnings will be displayed in a message box.
- Alt F7, Alt-F8 will cycle through your errors, positioning the editor on the
- line in your source.
-
- "Give the hardest job to the laziest man. He'll find the easiest way to do it."
-
- If you use Project files, press Ctrl-O on each .PRG file in the project list
- and select Clipper as the translator for that file. If you want to link
- your application in the IDE, you're on your own. <smile>
-
- The problem with linking Clipper applications is due to a minor *anomoly* in
- Borland's linker(s). For some strange reason, the IDE linker fails to provide
- some startup code (Microsoft origin, required by Clipper), but the command line
- version (TLINK.EXE v5.1) succeeds by resolving these externals.
-
- I've spent many hours trying to pinpoint the problem, and Borland is aware
- that there is a *difference*. Hopefully there will be a day when we can
- edit, compile and link Clipper applications using Borland's IDE.
-
- Until then, I hope you enjoy this little program as much as I do. Enjoy !!!
-
- The whole idea of this belongs to: Dwayne J. Baldwin (72520,1473). I just
- wrote the DOS filter to handle Summer 87 output instead of 5.0 output.
-
- Barnaby W. Falls (70662,1523)