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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Clarion Engine stopped working | 3/26/2012 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: New user here. Just starting to learn Clarion. We are using v6 only because the vendor of the sw we ... A: Diane, I understood that you were getting the error but to the best of my knowledge that file is ... | ||
| Clarion Engine stopped working | 3/25/2012 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: New user here. Just starting to learn Clarion. We are using v6 only because the vendor of the sw we ... A: Diane, You say you can't locate the wera9es file. I do not know what that files is. Plus I've ... | ||
| Clarion password recovery for tps and clarion 6 enterprise training | 5/27/2011 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: My Questions are 2 in number, so here we go: first and foremost: a former friend of mine developed ... A: Second question first. I am not aware of any FREE Clarion training. Also keep in mind that the ... | ||
| Unresolved External in clarion 6 to 7 conversion | 3/24/2011 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I have just installed Clarion 7 on a new laptop running Windows 7-64bit and copied over my existing ... A: My first thought is to check you project and see that you have no C6 references in it. Beyond that, ... | ||
| Program Stops Compiling and locks up | 3/15/2011 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: When I compile my program it will stop compiling and lock up the Clarion application. The last ... A: Now, its my turn to apologize. I answered this question right after you responded saying that you ... | ||
| Program Stops Compiling and locks up | 3/15/2011 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: When I compile my program it will stop compiling and lock up the Clarion application. The last ... A: First, let me say that there is a quite observable delay at the making point while it appears ... | ||
| Does Clarion 2.003 work fine on Windows 7 | 2/4/2011 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: We are still using Clarion 2.003 for developing our applications. The applications are running on XP ... A: I suspect that as long as you are creating 32-bit apps you will have no problem with them running ... | ||
| opening clarion *tps files | 1/30/2011 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I have a tps file that is password-protected and I have clarion 6 on windows xp pro. I open up the ... A: You're certainly not doing anything wrong. Either there is another dictionary for that file which, ... | ||
| Drag and drop from Excel | 12/1/2010 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: Is it possible in Clarion 6 to open an excel spreadsheet in my Clarion app and drag a cell value ... A: There is a third-party tool from capesoft.com called Office Inside. Check it out. It provides ... | ||
| Clarion 5 crash on windows 7 | 11/29/2010 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: all our softwares made with Clarion 5 crash when reducing forms or lists several times (keeping ... A: On your browses, check to see if your filter contains the word "True" or the word "False". If so, ... | ||
| CW1.5 Compile in 32/64 bit | 11/22/2010 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I am a retired self employed clarion developer that began back in the punched card days (1954). I ... A: Eldon, I too started in the punched card days but (1966) so I guess I'm the youngster<g>. Here is ... | ||
| String Value to Global Variable | 11/20/2010 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I have created an APP and am using the 3rd party TinMan Das_Security with it. I have no challenge ... A: There are various values that are available. When I need the login user's initials I use this: ... | ||
| Clarion 2.1 printing error XP | 10/21/2010 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I am using a Clarion 2.1 POS program and wish to use it in XP. Everything works fine until I try to ... A: I assume this is DOS Clarion 2.1. Is that true? Rather than a Clarion problem it sounds like a ... | ||
| clarion ver.2 dos on windows 7 | 9/29/2010 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: yes still using clarion ver.2 for dos. under pressure to get the app to run on windows 7. how do i ... A: If you try to run on windows 7 32-bit I believe it should run. However, 64-bit windows 7 does not ... | ||
| Claron Template Error cannot open file. No file is open for input | 8/27/2010 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: Responding to your question for this ... A: With the app open in the Clarion IDE click on the menu option application / properties. That will ... | ||
| developed forms vs. dct changes | 8/16/2010 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I am developing an information system w/ CLARION 5.5 EE. Previously and I have used Clarion in many ... A: Julio, Ok, now I understand. The simple answer is that is the way it works. Let's take a form as ... | ||
| developed forms vs. dct changes | 8/15/2010 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I am developing an information system w/ CLARION 5.5 EE. Previously and I have used Clarion in many ... A: Julio, I am not sure of the question you are asking. If you make a change to a table in the ... | ||
| Error: Invalid Record Declaration (47) | 8/9/2010 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I'm new to Clarion 5. I have an older system that I need to make modifications to. I'm trying to ... A: Wade, My first thought as I started to read was, "Ah, he didn't recompile the app." However, you ... | ||
| Clarion 2.003 | 6/7/2010 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I have 2.002 which is a 16 bit application. I know it will compile 32 bit apps. Is 2.003 also 16 bit ... A: All versions of Clarion up through 6.3 are 16-bit and produce 32-bit apps. And all versions will ... | ||
| Convert Clarion Date field - stored as Long | 4/23/2010 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I have a Customer using TopSpeed database - and Clarion as front end. This database is storing Date ... A: A Clarion standard date is the number of days that have elapsed since December 28, 1800. The range ... | ||
| old clarion dos not enough memory to chain error message | 1/13/2010 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I am running a clarion dos program over win xp. The program need chain.com file to run the exe file ... A: While files and buffers are important to running the programs the error you're getting I believe ... | ||
| Windows 7 64 bit | 12/30/2009 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: How do I get Clarion4 programming software to run on my windows 7 operating system. I can not use ... A: The quick answer is you cannot. The Clarion4 programming environment is 16-bit and is not supported ... | ||
| Date display incorect (Clarion 5) | 12/1/2009 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I have a variable of type long and use a spin control to display it the default value is blank and ... A: Danie, Because you say that it displays something when it loses focus I wonder what would happen if ... | ||
| Error (3): Path Not Found | 11/18/2009 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I added a new column to several tables in a Clarion 5.5 application. The "Full Pathname" is not ... A: What is in the Full Pathname field in the table properties or a table in question? When you run an ... | ||
| Creating password in clarion 2.1 | 10/24/2009 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: i've one question. After finish creating a program in clarion 2.1, i want to protect the program ... A: Create a .dat file with two fields of a userid and password and create your first procedure asking ... | ||
| Clarion 2.1 can't create a report files. | 10/21/2009 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: After finish writing a software, i've try & print out the data to the file but not directly to the ... A: While I understand that you're writing in Clarion this does not seem to be a Clarion problem as the ... | ||
| Clarion in SMS (short message service) | 8/9/2009 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: Drew I am Clarion programmer since Dos ver 2.1 , and now with ver 6.2, my problem is to write code ... A: Indra, One source is capesoft.com. They have excellent documentation. They have added an SMS class ... | ||
| Clarion for Dos Help | 8/8/2009 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I ma hoping that you can help me:I am using software developed with Clarion for Dos.I think it was ... A: I'm afraid I'm going to only be able to give you general answers here. The error message clearly ... | ||
| Passing Array to COM function | 7/31/2009 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I am able to pass string and short variables to COM(Interop) object. But when i pass arrays, it does ... A: I'm sorry for the delay in responding as I just saw your question. I have a lot of experience in a ... | ||
| Read Only TPS files internal to Clarion APP | 7/30/2009 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I've generally figured out Clarion on my own with a few exceptions, but I'm having a problem that's ... A: Tom, First, I suspect the problem is with the definitions in the dictionary in terms of how the ... | ||
| Read Only TPS files internal to Clarion APP | 7/30/2009 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I've generally figured out Clarion on my own with a few exceptions, but I'm having a problem that's ... A: Tom, First off I can definately help you. But first I need to better understand your situation. ... | ||
| Msql Problem | 7/26/2009 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I'm using Msql database for my application, it's a first time. And I have problems and need help. ... A: You don't say what version of Clarion you're using but I see nothing wrong with importing a table ... | ||
| Maintenance of DOS Clarion Programs | 7/22/2009 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: We are in need of current help to make some changes to surety system written circa 1999 ... the ... A: Rod, I'm sorry for the delay in responding. That said, to steer you in the right direction I need ... | ||
| Error (3): Path not found - Can't convert after changing key property | 7/7/2009 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I'm working on an application in clarion 5.5. I needed to change external key property (not to ... A: I have a couple questions. First, are you saying you unchecked the box requiring a unique value? I ... | ||
| Problem with Clarion index | 8/1/2008 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: We have a very old Clarion system that we have used successfully so far. We are an insurace agency. ... A: Unfortunately I am not in your area. However, I can help. Post a message in the newsgroup ... | ||
| Clarion Topspeed | 7/18/2008 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: How can I connect to Topspeed tables from Oracle. I have Topspeed ODBC driver version 4. I have ... A: David, I'm embarassed to admit I know nothing about Clarion and SQL. So even though you don't want ... | ||
| from CLARION to EXEL | 7/11/2008 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: Could You answer aI use CLARION4. Can I keep result of report in EXEL? And I cannot find file ... A: You will probably have to create a dictionary structure of type Basic and then create a procedure ... | ||
| editing .cla files | 6/8/2008 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: I have a potential client who has a clarion application that she needs modified. Clarion is ... A: I assume this is a dos version of clarion. Typically in the directory where clarion is installed you ... | ||
| need to export a temp .dat file into a .dat file | 5/8/2008 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: Clarion for Dos 2.1 point of sale program Softwear/Pos At times the program will give a run time ... A: I'm not clear on your question. You say that you want to export the data from one file into ... | ||
| Internal error | 4/28/2008 | Drew Bourrut |
| Q: what can you tell me about "Internal Error 04:CTLMAIN" runtime error message. this application was ... A: I no longer have Clarion 2 help files but I suspect you're correct that it is too many open files. ... | ||
Drew Bourrut
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Expertise
As Clarion programmer since version 2.0 for DOS (1988), I am a consultant who specializes in Clarion programming. I have converted systems from DOS to Windows and have worked with every version of Clarion for Windows. My background has also included teaching database design, SQL programming, project management, and programming in a variety of languages from COBOL to PL/I. I have been a consultant since 1974 and a programmer since 1966.
Experience
Clarion allows me to write for a number of unrelated businesses. I've written applications that are accessible only via the web as well as communications applications and also large (more than 270 procedures) applications for service-oriented businesses.
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