Clarion, clarion 2.1 for DOS

clarion 2.1 for DOS

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donna #1 / 6	clarion 2.1 for DOS Does anyone know of a Clarion decompiler? The original programmer for able to tell that it's now 2000 not 1900. BTW the program was done in a version earlier than the patchy2k will work for. I don't have the source code, that's why I'm wondering if there's a decompiler. * Sent from RemarQ http://www.--.com/ The Internet's Discussion Network The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!
Fri, 12 Jul 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Miroslav Bena #2 / 6	clarion 2.1 for DOS On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 07:31:21 -0800, donnal Quote: >Does anyone know of a Clarion decompiler? The original programmer for >able to tell that it's now 2000 not 1900. BTW the program was done in >a version earlier than the patchy2k will work for. I don't have the >source code, that's why I'm wondering if there's a decompiler. >* Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * >The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free! Hi! As far as I know there is NO Clarion decompiler. I think that you have major problem here. If the Y2K patch doesn't do, you'll have to give up and develop new app. Miroslav * * * * * * * * * * Miroslav Benak * Clarion Paranoid Home * www.open.hr/~mbenak * * * * * * * * ***
Sat, 13 Jul 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Randy Goodhe #3 / 6	clarion 2.1 for DOS Hi: <snip> Quote: > Does anyone know of a Clarion decompiler? Back in the ancient days of CPD, several of us collaborated to make a "decompiler" for the now defunct CPD product. It could bring back the code from the dead, however labels had to be auto-named and comments were lost. The old CPD compiler used tokenized p-code that wasn't too difficult to decipher. There was a minimum charge of $3,000 to perform the decompilation, with most fees running in the $5,000 to $10,000 range. The service was discontinued because of legal concerns over the ownership of the code. In most cases it was more cost effective to pursue legal action against the original programmer. Also, most CPD apps were very generic and Model File generated with little real programming involved. Therefore, the databases could simply be imported into CW and regenerated as a Windows app. Legitimate concerns over leagl matters lead to the agreed destruction of the CPD decompiler. RIP. -- Randy Goodhew [oooooooooo]=\|
Sat, 13 Jul 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Bob Campbel #4 / 6	clarion 2.1 for DOS Maybe you could make a little program which occasionally (whenever the user requested) looked at the (new, i.e. jumped to a key value) records in the file and made sure the dates are after 1999 (or 1960 or whatever). FWIW. Bob Campbell Las Vegas, USA. Quote: > Does anyone know of a Clarion decompiler? The original programmer for > able to tell that it's now 2000 not 1900. BTW the program was done in > a version earlier than the patchy2k will work for. I don't have the > source code, that's why I'm wondering if there's a decompiler. > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * > The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!
Sat, 13 Jul 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Randy Goodhe #5 / 6	clarion 2.1 for DOS Hi Bob: I suspect that any good Clarion programmer can do that. Better still, it's easy to write code that prevents it from happening in the first place. Quote: > Maybe you could make a little program which occasionally (whenever the user > requested) looked at the (new, i.e. jumped to a key value) records in the > file and made sure the dates are after 1999 (or 1960 or whatever). > FWIW. > Bob Campbell > Las Vegas, USA. > > Does anyone know of a Clarion decompiler? The original programmer for > > able to tell that it's now 2000 not 1900. BTW the program was done in > > a version earlier than the patchy2k will work for. I don't have the > > source code, that's why I'm wondering if there's a decompiler. > > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network > * > > The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free! -- Randy Goodhew Thoroughbred Harmonica Co. [oooooooooo]=\|
Sun, 14 Jul 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Karl Lommers #6 / 6	clarion 2.1 for DOS Quote: > On Mon, 24 Jan 2000 07:31:21 -0800, donnal > >Does anyone know of a Clarion decompiler? The original programmer for > >able to tell that it's now 2000 not 1900. BTW the program was done in > >a version earlier than the patchy2k will work for. I don't have the > >source code, that's why I'm wondering if there's a decompiler. > Hi! > As far as I know there is NO Clarion decompiler. I think that you have > major problem here. If the Y2K patch doesn't do, you'll have to give > up and develop new app. I disagree. If you are running any sort of multi-tasking o/s why not write a simple clarion app which checks the date fields of any file and changes any date < 1980 (or whatever appropriate) by adding 100 years. The program would be small, and can run in the background. If you need to store old records with dates going back to 1900 I'm sure you can figure out a way to do this. But I suspect not since the developer wouldn't've had 2 digit years in the first place if you were storing historical data. HTH Karl
Fri, 19 Jul 2002 03:00:00 GMT

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