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Roberto Artigas has sent us the latest version of his popular DCT2SQL templates and I have made them available for download on our download page.
According to Robert this new version is compatible with Clarion 7.1. He has fixed some minor issues caused by incorrect placement of #BOXED/#ENDBOXED pairs. And the templates are backward compatible with Clarion 6.3 so you can now use those popular templates on both IDEs:)
Arnor Baldvinsson
When running Clarion 7 on Vista or Windows 7, some people have run into an issue where they cannot open .hlp files from the IDE. This is not a problem with Clarion 7 as such, but that the templage language still only supports the .hlp file format and Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 do not include the WinHlp32.exe program to open the .hlp files.
Fortunately Microsoft has made them available for download for the past two years or so. Go to http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=917607 and download the appropriate program for:
Vista
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Note that vendors cannot re-distribute WinHlp32.exe with their products so Softvelocity has to rely on developers downloading and installing the program directly from Microsoft.
Also note that in order to install WinHlp32.exe you must be logged in as administrator.
Arnor Baldvinsson
If Clarion 7.1 crashes on startup with something like:
Clarion Version : 7.1.0.6545 ..NET Version : 2.0.50727.3603 OS Version : Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Current culture : English (United States) (en-US) Working Set Memory : 38052kb GC Heap Memory : 1989kb Unhandled exception terminated Clarion
Then the chances are pretty good that you do not have the Visual C++ Runtime Library update that is required. To fix this download and install this file from Microsoft: Visual C++ Runtime Library
This installs the VC2005 RTL and Clarion 7.1 will now load properly.
Arnor Baldvinsson
Clarion 7.1 final release has been out for about 3 weeks now and so far no issues have been reported with any of our products in 7.1!
Claron 7.1 is getting pretty close to being a very productive product while there are still a few problems here and there I think that next build will probably take care of a lot of the snags that I have had minor issues with.
In February I will start moving the Build Automator to Clarion 7.1 and will report on how that process goes.
Arnor Baldvinsson
While exploring the Clarion 7 IDE I accidentally came across a neat way to change the font size in the editor. Hold the Control key down and scroll your mouse wheel! It will increase or decrease the font size in a nice smooth action. For old timers like myself this is a very nice way to be able to zoom in to a section of code that I need to take a really close look at!
This works in both the file editor and the embed editor in Clarion 7. You can also set the font size manually by going to "Tools | Options" and then select the "Text Editor" node in the tree on the left.
Arnor Baldvinsson