xBase is the generic term for all programming languages that derive from the original dBase (Ashton-Tate) programming language. There are indicators that there was a non-commercial predecessor. The 'x' means the various flavors, such as dBase, (dBXL/Arago) QuickSilver, Clipper, Visual FoxPro and xBase plus plus. As of this writing (2005), the following are commercially available: Visual FoxPro is available from Microsoft, Recital from [http://www.recital.com/ Recital Corp.], xBase++ from [http://www.alaska-software.com/ Alaska Software], Clipper from [http://www.grafxsoft.com/clipper.htm GrafxSoft], Flagship from [http://www.fship.com/ multisoft GmbH] and dBase from [http://www.dbase.com/ dBASE Inc.]. Some free versions are in development: [http://www.english.itk.ru/ Clip], the [http://www.harbour-project.org/ Harbour Project] and XHarbour. A developer community support for xBase is focused mainly on Clipper, FoxPro and xBase++ can be found here: [http://www.the-oasis.net Oasis Web Site]. A comprehensive list of communities related to Visual FoxPro can be found http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/community/related/default.aspx here. ==External links== *[news:comp.lang.cliper Clipper Newsgroup] *[http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/index.html Xbase ( & dBASE ) File Format Description] XBase languages Database management systems DOS software
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xBase is the generic term for all programming languages that derive from the original dBase (Ashton-Tate) programming language. There are indicators that there was a non-commercial predecessor. The 'x' means the various flavors, such as dBase, (dBXL/Arago) QuickSilver, Clipper, Visual FoxPro and xBase plus plus. As of this writing (2005), the following are commercially available: Visual FoxPro is available from Microsoft, Recital from [http://www.recital.com/ Recital Corp.], xBase++ from [http://www.alaska-software.com/ Alaska Software], Clipper from [http://www.grafxsoft.com/clipper.htm GrafxSoft], Flagship from [http://www.fship.com/ multisoft GmbH] and dBase from [http://www.dbase.com/ dBASE Inc.]. Some free versions are in development: [http://www.english.itk.ru/ Clip], the [http://www.harbour-project.org/ Harbour Project] and XHarbour. A developer community support for xBase is focused mainly on Clipper, FoxPro and xBase++ can be found here: [http://www.the-oasis.net Oasis Web Site]. A comprehensive list of communities related to Visual FoxPro can be found http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/community/related/default.aspx here. ==External links== *[news:comp.lang.cliper Clipper Newsgroup] *[http://www.clicketyclick.dk/databases/xbase/format/index.html Xbase ( & dBASE ) File Format Description] XBase languages Database management systems DOS software
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