Hello from Michael Olsen - United States, Brigham City, Utah
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 3:43 am
My Introduction:
I am a developer that began using dbase in about 1983 and Clipper since about 1984 or 85. My clipper work has been exclusive to Clipper Summer 1987 since that time, although I am just this week testing a recompile using Clipper 5.01
While Clipper 5.01 appears may solve some of the memory problems, it does not get me where I need to be on the Windows 64bit OS. Ask and you shall receive: I found HMG and HMGforum a very welcome and timely answer.
Goals and Expectations from HMG
I am hoping HMG 32bit and eventually HMG 64bit will allow my legacy Summer 87 system an extended and prosperous longer life with current and future OS’s. I hope to prove HMG capable and will be glad to collaborate with all that are interested.
Profession
Today I mostly use clipper just to support a system I first developed in 1985. When I say support, I have actually added clipper code enhancements almost every year in the last 28 years.
Today most of my professional work is done using Progress ABL primarily in supporting the QAD ERP system although I dabble in Office VBA for Excel and Access.
What I’ve done in HMG so far.
This week, I found your site and down-loaded a copy of hmg.3.3.0.
I successfully 32bit compiled, linked and ran my 26000 line console based multi-user Wholesale Sales and Inventory Management system through many of it’s features. The Exe is over 2.6Mb. Is that common? Any concerns? I don’t suppose overlays are needed anymore since 4GB ram system have become common.
First Question appears resolved
S. Rathinagiri pointed me in the direction needed to invoke the debugger window. I already have some ideas. I'll be sharing once I get the debugger working.
I only need to add the following into my main.prg:
AltD( 1 ) // Enables the debugger. Press F5 to go
Just got activated and have already been helped. Thanks Mr. Rathinagiri !!!
I am a developer that began using dbase in about 1983 and Clipper since about 1984 or 85. My clipper work has been exclusive to Clipper Summer 1987 since that time, although I am just this week testing a recompile using Clipper 5.01
While Clipper 5.01 appears may solve some of the memory problems, it does not get me where I need to be on the Windows 64bit OS. Ask and you shall receive: I found HMG and HMGforum a very welcome and timely answer.
Goals and Expectations from HMG
I am hoping HMG 32bit and eventually HMG 64bit will allow my legacy Summer 87 system an extended and prosperous longer life with current and future OS’s. I hope to prove HMG capable and will be glad to collaborate with all that are interested.
Profession
Today I mostly use clipper just to support a system I first developed in 1985. When I say support, I have actually added clipper code enhancements almost every year in the last 28 years.
Today most of my professional work is done using Progress ABL primarily in supporting the QAD ERP system although I dabble in Office VBA for Excel and Access.
What I’ve done in HMG so far.
This week, I found your site and down-loaded a copy of hmg.3.3.0.
I successfully 32bit compiled, linked and ran my 26000 line console based multi-user Wholesale Sales and Inventory Management system through many of it’s features. The Exe is over 2.6Mb. Is that common? Any concerns? I don’t suppose overlays are needed anymore since 4GB ram system have become common.
First Question appears resolved
S. Rathinagiri pointed me in the direction needed to invoke the debugger window. I already have some ideas. I'll be sharing once I get the debugger working.
I only need to add the following into my main.prg:
AltD( 1 ) // Enables the debugger. Press F5 to go
Just got activated and have already been helped. Thanks Mr. Rathinagiri !!!
really small application 