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CL872MSG.DOC - A Clipper output filter for Borland's IDE
Introduction
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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
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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)