the software that grows
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[x]Harbour
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Please accept my
humble contribution to the cause of this noble movement called HARBOUR.
Download HrbDemo.zip and extract it ( with 32 bit zip utility ) in
(x)Harbour directory. Please note that xHarbour and Harbour will be
used interchangebly. This demo compiles and runs fine in both the environment |
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Unzip the above file ( with 32 bit unzip utility ) in \Harbour or \xHarbour directory and follow the 'How To' section below. This file is useful for developers only. For end users, the executable link below is sufficient. | |
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Unzip the above file in any directory and run HrbDemo. It is stand alone .exe which demonstrates the various facets of (x)Harbour. This is xHarbour version and runs fine with Harbour as well with one exception, Active-X, which will be available shortly. | |
The Structure |
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c:\(x)Harbour \HrbDemo \HbCom\ \Include, \Obj, \Source \HbPrint\ \Include, \Obj, \Source \HbZlib\ \Include, \Obj, \Source \HWGui\ \Include, \Obj, \Source \LibCt\ \Include, \Obj, \Source \LibGt\ \Include, \Obj, \Source \LibMisc\ \Include, \Obj, \Source \LibNf\ \Include, \Obj, \Source \MiniGui\ \Include, \Obj, \Source \RddAds\ \Include, \Obj, \Source \Samples\ \Include, \Obj, \Source \Utility\ \Include, \Obj, \Source \What32\ \Include, \Obj, \Source \WoopGui\ \Include, \Obj, \Source
Subdirectories \source contain .prg .c .cpp files
\Include\
Mak_All.bat Run it first time to build all libraries.
HrbDemo.prg |
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How To |
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Create a shortcut with
Command to be activated. Give the command window a name say Harbour or xHarbour Select an icon to distinguish it from the rest of desktop icons After creation, right click and select properties Set fields as follows: Working: C:\(x)Harbour\HrbDemo\MakeLibs Batch File: C:\(x)Harbour\SetB55.bat Run: Normal Window Copy c:\(x)Harbour\HrbDemo\SetB55.bat c:\(x)Harbour Change the variables in SetB55.bat to suit your environments. Because build process is using a lot of environment variable, you might run out of environment space. To overcome it place the following line in your config.sys: shell=C:\COMMAND.COM C:\ /e:2024 /p If everything goes ok, you will be placed in \harbour\hrbdemo\makelibs after clicking the above created shortcut. Run Mak_All.bat and all libraries mentioned above will be built. The target path of libs will be the same as \harbour\lib. Change to \harbour\hrbdemo\. Run m.bat and Hrbdemo.exe will be created. Run r.bat and HrbDemo.exe will be invoked. |
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Objective |
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At about first week of May
2002 I turned to Harbour, which I was neglecting deliberately for long due
to a failed effort earlier, I realized the vast potentials what I could
exploit as a development tool. I built a utility lib and created an .exe
which I called as a service application from within my Clipper and even
xBase++ applications and incorporated a lot of useful features into the
Clipper application, e.g., zipping and unzipping, firing activeX controls,
opening file open and save dialogs, and recently color selection dialog (
thanks to What32.lib ).
But it took a lot of effort to accomplish a task which could have been very easy given the right type of environment. The build process of Harbour has been optimized a lot and I felt no difficulty in downloading the CVS and building the bineries. Though there were minor adjustments required, more or less, it became a straight forward process. But when it came to contributory libs, I encountered a lot of troubles. Mainly due to a fact that everybody presented a different kind of make files and batch files. No effort of standardization the make process has been initiated. Here is my humble request to all of you to make this process standardized. Secondly, and more importantly, I could not find a concrete test program which could give me a clear insight ( newbie to Harbour ) what it offers and what not. Though there are around 170+ programs in the \tests directory of Harbour but all are isolated. One has to build 170 programs, a discouraging aspect. Also I wanted to exploit GUI libs in relation to console application. A lot of the dialogs in an application may relate to straight forward inputs which can be best formed under GUI environment. Exploit @ Say, Gets of Console and all the convenient and beautiful dialogs of Windows under one application And here is Harbour demo Release 1.0 consolidating all these facts.
Please feel free to report enhancements and forward your contribution on
xHarbour newsgroup, or mail me at info@vouchcac.com |
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Credits |
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Credit goes to all the
developers of Harbour directly or indirectly and the contributors who are
in a joint, positive, and rewarding effort to bail out the Clipper
community. This consolidated demo may show to the world what (x)Harbour
has achieved and what it will achieve. All the copyrights are are the properties of their respective owners. In no way I take any credit whatsoever, as I think that what I have presented can be presented by any one. |
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The Future |
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In the next release, I would
like to include the remaining contribution libs. Also please keep me
informed, if you so like, about the new developments so that I could make
this demo a real-time single window expression of Harbour. This demo is
compile through BCC55. As I am new to C++ and concept of make files, I
could not provide this functionality for VC++. Anybody to help it out? |
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| A Humble Contribution | ||