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 0.3 Dos coding and Windows testing
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  Clipper programmers traditionally select certain tools to build their
  own workbench environments. These are the tools that we strongly
  recommend to be used in Windows programming:


     * Source code editor:           MultiEdit for Windows
                                     (+ Evolve for Windows)
                                     (c) American Cibernetics

     * File Manager:                 Windows Commander
                                     (c) Christian Ghisler
                                     In CompuServe GO WINSHARE to get
                                     an evaluation edition

     * Resources Editor:             Borland's Resource WorkShop

     * Linker:                       Blinker 3.0 and above
                                     (c) Blink Inc.

     * DataBases manager:            WDBU: Dbu for Windows
                                     (c) Ignacio Ortiz de Z..iga
                                     CompuServe: 100042,3051
                                     There is an evaluation edition


  Clipper.EXE, Blinker.EXE and MsLink.EXE, are DOS EXEs, and they
  must be executed from within a Dos task.

  Normally we keep one or two Windows MsDos tasks. Pressing Alt-TAB
  you may quickly switch from MsDos into Windows and vice versa. If you
  configure your Windows installation properly, you can direct all the
  Windows normal activity swapping to a RamDisk, so the swapping to MsDos
  and vice may be instant and without any hard disk activity.

  We recommend you to create a Windows program manager new group, where
  you place the icon of your FiveWin development application, plus an
  icon for accessing MsDos, and another for the Windows resource editor
  you use.

  A great new benefit of Windows 95 is that you can automatically invoke
  your Windows EXE from inside a MsDos task. So you may modify the
  SAMPLES\BUILD.BAT we provide to automatically start your application
  after linking it. So, no Alt-TAB pressing may be required to switch to
  Windows.

  We have compared our development cycle (editing-compiling-linking-
  testing) speed with other Windows development tools and platforms, and
  we are proud to say, that by far, CA-Clipper and FiveWin are the
  fastest Windows development tools for a professional programmer.