The Clarion template system is good for more than just generating Clarion code. Dave Harms presents a small template chain that can serve as a basis for any number of different template writing projects.

An early alpha of a Clarion to Java conversion tool is available for download. Only syntactic translation so far and translation is not quite 100%. There is no implementation of the Clarion runtime to handle windows, reports, files etc. at this stage - just software stubs, so resultant Java code will not do much other than compile. The alpha is targeted at Clarion 5.5 source code and is written in Perl.

Clarion Desktop version 4.30 is available for download.

Ingasoftplus will be on vacation from June 27 to July 18 and will be unavailable to answer your emails immediately.

The SetupBuilder 7.0 Release Candidate (build 2639) is now available for download. The purpose of the Release Candidate is to solicit one last round of testing before the final release. SetupBuilder 7 is available, free of charge, to all SetupBuilder customers who have an active SetupBuilder maintenance subscription plan. If you do not have an active subscription plan, please contact your account manager at sales at lindersoft com. SetupBuilder 7.0 starts at $199.00 for a royalty-free usage license. A trial version is available.

The Lindersoft office will be closed Saturday, July 4 to Sunday, July 19 for staff vacation. So if you have questions, please ask now! During this time the online store will remain open and you are welcome to place orders. Orders for new licenses will be processed immediately, and upgrade orders or subscription extension orders will be processed within 24 hours. Lindersoft "emergency support" will be monitored in a limited capacity. Response times should be good, but slightly longer than usual to allow staff some personal vacation time.

A new version of TDC is available for download. Changes to the version control system include: The format of all dates will work according to the settings of Windows; It's possible to filter files in the list of files if the column selected is the name of the file, the user, the date of check-in or the date of creation; After adding files to a project you will see a report for each file in the Process information section; Fixed the enable-disable status of the buttons on the toolbar for Project Content after adding files; If a file can't be zipped the message will show the name of the file affected; Two preset for compression tools were added to the configuration. In the case of use a custom compression tool you can choose between Winrar and 7z; Added new system configuration to set the file check-out when adding files; Fixed misspellings words in the system configuration window. Changes to the tracking system include: The format of all dates will work according to the settings of...

iQ-XML 2.52 is now available. Changes include: Hide/Show columns in a queue; Quickly change field pictures in the queue; Clarion 7 iQ-XML build now changes all references from IQXML to IQXML70 (INC, LIB, DLL) so there are no conflicts with C6 installed; The DebugMyQueue function lets you debug the contents of your queue.

Clarion 7.0.5768 has been released. Review to follow.

No, C7 isn't quite baked yet. But with the new IDE finally coming to fruition it may be time to start thinking about the features Clarion developers would like to see in C8. Post your suggestions here.

A lot of Clarion developers read and participate in the Clarion newsgroups hosted by SoftVelocity at discuss.softvelocity.com. Recently the news server went down (not for the first time) and when it came back up a bunch of the newsgroup messages had been purged. If you were using a newsgroup reader that deletes messages that have been deleted from the server, you lost those messages as well. Here's how to get the archive.

Reporting has long been one of Clarion's strengths, but the built-in report previewer leaves much to be desired. Lodestar Software's RPM replaces that previewer with its own and adds extra features such as report searching, tagging, merging, page of pages, page deletion and newspaper-style columns.

LANSRAD has released ProPath, a Path Manager class/template set that makes sure your data and INI files are stored in UAC approved locations. This is a key component in making your applications compatible with Vista, Server 2008 and Windows 7. ProPath manages single or multiple data locations, even data on a Network. The class contains all the tools needed to control file paths with CSIDL values, the Windows Registry or External Control Files. Setup is easy via a few template selections.

The next Clarion Live! Webinar is Friday, June 26th, at 9am PDT (GMT-8). Arnor Baldvinsson will be presenting "Getting The Most From Build Automator". Topics include Introduction to Build Automator, Working with the IDE, using the Project Window, Creating new projects, adding project items and action items, Project Window operations, Executing projects, and much more. To register for the webinar, visit www.clarionlive.com.

Clarion Live! will begin hosting a monthly Clarion Live! User Group Webinar beginning this Saturday, June 27th, from 7am to 9am PDT (GMT-8). The User Group webinar is designed to be an informal gathering of those using the Noyantis Codejock Wrapper Templates. The webinar will begin with a short presentation by Andy Wilton of Noyantis Software covering one of the Codejock Templates. This month he will talk about the Command Bar wrapper. After that the mics will be opened up so attendees can ask questions, get direct help with coding, and even share their screens to show what they've done with the wrapper templates. If you are using the Wrapper templates, or if you're interested in seeing what they can do, come join the User Group Webinar. To sign up, visit www.clarionlive.com.