Clarion News - March 2000

Posted March 28 2000

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March 28, 2000

Clarion 5.5 B2 At Duplicators
C5.5 Beta 2 is now at the duplicators, and should be shipping in a couple of days. TopSpeed Sales: 800-354-5444 or 954-785-4555 or contact them via e-mail.

Ragazzi Leaves Third Party Market
As of April 1st, 2000 Software By Ragazzi is leaving the third Party Clarion For Windows arena. The complete source of the Templates, Utility Library and Developer's toolkit will be available for download to all registered users. The source is being provided as is. Email FullSource@Software-By-Ragazzi.com to receive the password and location of the download file.

Clarion MS SQL Discussion List

JVZ Systems CC has set up a discussion mailing list for Clarion develoeprs who use the MS SQL file driver.

BackFlash 4.1 Released
Sterling Data has released BackFlash version 4.1. New in this release: customizable backup completion message and WAV, and option to disable disk space test. Demo available.

March 21, 2000

Clarion 5.5 Beta 2 Imminent
Rumor has it that B2 has been mastered and will ship shortly.

Whitemarsh Website Update
The newest metabase version (beta 3.03) has finally been uploaded to the website. During March, Whitemarsh will be working at completing the gold version of the metabase that will include significant additions for Schema DDL export and import, and other programs for data model reverse engineering.

LSZip for Clarion 5.5 Beta 2
LSZip 2.5 Data Compression Library (release date: 07-Mar-2000) is fully compatible with the Clarion 5.5 Beta 2 final install and available for download from Linder Software. This update is free to registered users. Because some serial numbers and installation keys are available on various "warez" sites, the old installation key is no longer valid. Current LSZip users should contact Linder Software at sales@lindersoftware.com us for an updated password.

NetTalk 1.0 Beta 5 Released
NetTalk 1.0 is a toolset that allows your programs to communicate with each other over TCP/IP networks. The focus has been on ease of use for the developer, and simplicity of deployment. New in this release are increases in speed and robustness. NetTalk will usually cost $299, but is $199 for the duration of the beta program. For more information see www.capesoft.com.

Secwin 3.0 Beta 5 Released
This should be the final beta before Secwin 3 goes gold. New features include SQL and product registration enhancements, expiry date warnings, and control restrictions.

TearOff 1.5 Released
TearOff allows your user to create a dockable toolbar by Ctrl-Clicking on existing menu items. Version 1.5 fixes known bugs and adds some new features.

Special Agent 1.2 Released
Special Agent allows you to build the Microsoft Agent OCX straight into your Clarion program. Version 1.2 has an improved kernel, which results in more consistent behaviour, and no more 'real-funnies' that sometimes appeared before. Entry Control support has also been improved, and a version for Clarion 5.5 is also now available. The normal price for Special Agent is $199, but is on sale for $179 until April 15th.

Status Bar Control
Leonid Chudakov has uploaded a Status Bar Control to his web site. This control lets you put icons and/or a progress bar inside the status bar. Buy the TX wrapper and get the source code of the all common controls for free.

Clarion Handy Tools N-8 Build For C5.5 Beta 2
Clarion Handy Tools for C55 Beta2 are now available for download to all registered users. Use your FTP download wizard as usual. The DLL version install is called hndtlsndll_c55Beta2.exe, and the source code version install is called hndtlsnsrc_c55Beta2.exe.

Clarion 5.5 Professional Edition Pricing Change
The upgrade price for C5.5 Professional Edition has been reduced to $350, and will no longer contain the Internet functionality available in Enterprise edition. This change is intended to benefit developers who have no need for 'net development. You can reach TopSpeed at 800-354-5444 or 954-785-4555.

DBWired Partners With TopSpeed
DBWired, an ASP/ISP, has partnered with TS to deliver Web Edition ISP services. DBWired has become a new ISP partner. As an introductory special, DBWired is offering 30 megs of Web space for $24.95, which includes start-up fees. E-mail eschuler@dbwired.com for more details.

Evaluation CDs Discontinued
TopSpeed has discontinued the Evaluation Edition of Clarion in favor of a 30 day trial purchase. The evaluator's credit card will be charged only for shipping if the product is returned within 30 days. Call TopSpeed Sales at 1-800-354-5444 or 954-785-4555. You can also reach them via e-mail.

March 14, 2000

UltraTree Platinum New Release
Paragon has released the Tagging and Reporting feature of UltraTree Platinum. Features include row, branch, and tree tagging/untagging, auto-advance, and tagged reporting. The Tagging and Reporting feature is a premium feature, available only to Platinum premium support plan subscribers, or by separate purchase to Platinum standard support users. Standard features in Platinum include page-ranging, multicolumn trees, recursive trees, and more.

Create COM Components In Clarion
Jazz Age's JA Objects Edition 1.7.103 for Clarion is freely available for download. This product makes it possible to create COM components with full ASP and MTS compliance, and dual interfaces. Advanced COM threading models are supported.

PowerRUN Templates
Greg Berthume's PowerRUN templates pick up where RUN() left off. Use them to: launch programs hidden, minimized, in a window or maximized, with or without focus; run DOS/Window processes in the background, waiting (or not) until termination; set the priority in 32bit; load websites, documents and files via user's default web browser or application via ShellExecute; play WAV sound files. PowerRUN works in 16 and 32bit, Clarion 2003 and earlier, C4,C5,C5.5 ABC/Legacy, and is multi-DLL compliant and DET compatible. Price: $13.

SETI@Home
Clarion Developers For SETI
Convinced there's no intelligent life on this planet? Start looking elsewhere. Put your computer to work in its idle moments, analyzing data from SETI, the Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence. SETI@home provides a free screensaver utility that crunches radio telescope data while your system is idle. The program has options for those who have dial-up accounts to either request a connection when needed or to automatically connect when needed. A constant connection is not required.

etc2000: Ten Weeks And Counting
The East Tennessee Clarion Conference & Gathering, take two, is just 10 weeks (70 days) away, and counting. Three and a half days of in-depth sessions, reception dinner and hors d'oeuvres, three full breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, including the second Cajun Cookout. Presenters include James Fortune, Dave Harms, Nik Johnson, Steve Parker, Skip Williams, and Andy "Cowboy" Stapleton. All this for $369.00. For the small additional charge of $50.00 you get to heckle Mr. Bruce Johnson in his full day class Saturday, May 27. So far attendees are coming from all around the US, Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, Norway, The Netherlands and Denmark. We hope to see you in East Tennessee in May.

Perl/Html Templates
The Open Linux Project for TopSpeed is looking for template programmers who want to expand their knowledge of generating code for other languages. This project involves creating CGI templates which use Perl to generate HTML.

March 7, 2000

C4 Medical Billing Source Code Available
For Sale: MedProWare Medical Billing Software (C4 Source Code) with online help. Program in use for 2 years with no reported bugs in last six months. Price negotiable.

Simsoft Templates Include Calculator
The Simsoft Templates now have a calculator that attaches itself to an entry field either when the field is selected or optionally when a button is pressed. Demo is available at www.clarionshop.com.

G-Buddy Released
Gitano Software's G-Buddy, "the best Clarion friend you'll ever have" includes five applets designed to make the developer's life a little easier. Keep track of and edit images, templates, text files, color changes, message boxes, and much more, all easily viewed and edited. More info and download at

G-Reg 4.01 Released
This new release of Gitano's G-Reg has added features such as limited number of users on a network, registration keys, hardware ID, an extensive help file, and more.

VooDoo For Clarion Demo
A VooDoo Clarion demo is now available for download. VooDoo is a graphics library that plays multimedia files, blits, pans, scrolls, scales, and rotates images, handles hidden surfaces and sprites, and performs a variety of other graphics functions. Joysticks, text-to-speech, TWAIN devices and more are also supported.

Handy Tools Update
The Handy Tools downloads page has been updated. All demo applications and free software are now available individually from the downloads page using HTTP. The FTP wizard is still available. New features in Handy Tools include registry functions, FTP class changes, free compile manager, free image manager, and an unlimited FTP demo application,

LSZip 2.50 Free Update
The brand new LSZip 2.50 Compression Library will be available March 7. The new LSZip 2.50 now supports high-performance in-memory compression, callbacks, uuencode and uudecode, a new LSZip ABC Class, new source code examples, a new Programmer's Reference Manual in PDF format, and more. This update is free to registered users.