>Came across the name of this tool which I'd never heard of - apparently

>it was an early 90's dBase-compatible system from Wordtech which I

>believe Borland then bought. Anyone ever use it?

My recollection is that Arago bought dbXL, which was the system I

used before I got into VFP. At the time when I was using dbXL, if you

wanted the ability to compile your code into an executable, you had

to buy the separate Arago compiler. This would produce, unlike VFP,

which is an "interpreted" language, a fully self-contained executable

with no dependencies. However, there were significant differences in

behavior between the uncompiled code as run in the dbXL command

window, and the compiled executable, especially with regard to

processing of keystrokes and with the display of higher-order ASCII

"box" characters. I had to do a search-and-replace routine on my code

to deal with those issues every time I wanted to compile a version.

dbXL became unusable as a result of the millenium, because it stored

dates containing two-digit years in its version of dbf files every

time those files were opened.

It was an excellent system in its time though, and it had a fantastic

help manual which enabled me to teach myself how to use it.

dbXL contained no report engine. At the recommendation of a

consultant, I bought the Focus Report Writer, but because its manual,

unlike that of dbXL, basically sucked, I wasn't able to figure out

how to use it. I did all my reports with @ SAY...GET commands.

Ken Dibble

www.stic-cil.org

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