Date   : Wed, 31 Jul 1985 01:50:08 GMT
From   : The Polymath <hollombe%ttidcc.uucp@BRL.ARPA>
Subject: Re: DBASE II

In article <248@brl-tgr.ARPA> D-ROGERS@EDWARDS-2060.ARPA writes:
>I AM SOMEWHAT NEW AT THIS.  DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THERE IS ANY SUCH THING AS
>AS COMPILER FOR DBASE II?  IT HAS OCCURRED TO ME THAT THE DAY MAY COME 
>WHEN I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY THE SOURCES WITH A PROGRAM.  AT LEAST MBASIC
>PROGRAMS COULD BE PROTECTED AGAINST LISTING.

Last I heard there was no dBase  II  compiler,  but  there  was  a  version
available  from Ashton-Tate specifically for people in your position.  It's
a subset of dBase II that allows your command files to be run, but  doesn't
give  the  user  access  to  the  dBase command level.  I'm not sure if the
source is accessible from other text editors with this  version.  I  expect
A-T will be happy to tell you about it (and sell you a license).
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