Clarion Tips & Techniques Volume 3

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At 700 pages, Clarion Tips & Techniques Volume 3 is another blockbuster brimming with terrific articles from Clarion Magazine. ISBN: 0-9689553-9-8

Available now in the Clarion Magazine store.

Topics include:

  • Getting the most out of your databases
    • Using Clarion's business rules
    • Client-side triggers
    • Arrays in databases
    • Server-side triggers
    • Using Firebird
    • Date filtering
    • Automatically converting TPS files to new formats
    • Approaches to file naming
  • Using .NET with Clarion
    • Understanding .NET basics
    • Calling .NET code from Clarion
    • Using WinForms in Clarion windows
    • Calling Clarion code from .NET
    • Passing data between Clarion and .NET
    • Wrapping Clarion code in COM
  • Template programming
    • Writing code templates
    • Using template styles
    • Writing template class wrappers
    • Using #GROUPs
  • Managing multi-threaded apps
    • Critical sections
    • Mutexes
    • Threading and global queues
  • Improving your app's user interface
    • Embedding fonts
    • Page loaded trees
    • Tagging
    • Online mapping and routing
    • Modifying the frame background
    • Handling hundreds of controls on a window
    • Modifying the common dialogs
  • Various tips and tricks
    • Inter-app communication using memory mapped files
    • Cryptography
    • Compiling C with the Clarion IDE
    • Credit card number validation
    • Using local classes
    • Single-instance applications
    • Generating unique registration codes
    • And more!

Source code

ClarionTipsTechniquesVolume3Source.zip (7192 KB)

Errata

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