Questions tagged [clipper]

Clipper is an xBase compiler that implements a variant of the xBase language. Use this tag for questions about coding in that language. For questions about the line and polygon clipping library use the tag clipperlib instead.

Use this tag if your question is about one or more aspects of the clipper compiler and/or the xBase language it uses.

Some topics that can be asked are:

  • DOS Development Under Windows
  • Automatic Build And Make
  • The Debugger
  • Form And Menu Editors
  • Graphics-Mode Support
  • Mouse support
  • Protected-Mode Development
  • The enhancements/extensions added.

Above topics are found on the current product website

For questions about the Clipper library, a line and polygon clipping library, use instead.

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change a clipper code to bypass authentication of a old program

Hi a friend of mine asked me to recover a password of a program written in clipper back in 1994. I got myself a decompiler (Valkyrie 5) and decompiled the EXE-file. I located a procedure called USERLOGIN. The problem is that i dont know how to…
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How do I read data from an xBase/Clipper file in VB6?

DBF file is in C:\dbase\clip53\PRG\stkmenu\WPACK3\ DBF file is called WPACKS.CFG (deliberately not .DBF) The VB6 code in an ActiveX EXE for opening the database and recordset: Function OpenDatabase(sFile As Variant, Optional sProvider As Variant =…
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