May I program from inside DOS or from Windows ?
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 Most of us are used to programming from DOS. Also, most of the tools we
 use daily are DOS based tools.

 So it is logical, to keep a DOS window open from inside Windows and
 work inside there as usual. If you use a 386, remember that if you press
 Alt-Enter from inside a DOS Window, it will get maximized so you can
 work as usual, and press Alt-TAB to switch between Windows.

 We usually work with computers that have from 4 up to 16 megs. With
 this configuration it is very comfortable to switch from DOS to Windows
 and back. If this is not your situation, then most of all you will be
 interested in being fully operative from inside Windows, without having
 to work in a DOS window. In this situation you should code from inside
 Windows. When we call Clipper, BUILD.BAT, Windows will
 automatically open a DOS window for Clipper and the linker -remember
 you have to use Microsoft LINK linker or Blinker 3.0, because we
 are going to build a Windows EXE-.  As with any Windows Environment,
 especially development, the more CPU and memory you throw at it the
 better off you will be.

 We recommend you get the WINEDIT editor for Windows, or a commercial
 editor such as CodeWright.  Winedit is shareware and you can get it
 from many BBSs. It is a very powerful editor and highly configurable to
 let you work with Clipper.  CodeWright offers Brief Emulation and
 direct Clipper Language Support.

 If you discover new tools or better and faster ways to work, please let
 us know, so all the users of FiveWin will benefit.

 We are developing an IDE -Integrated Development Environment- for
 FiveWin, but it is not finished yet. Hopefully some of you will
 enhance it and finally we will have a superb Windows IDE for Clipper.
 We are sure you will enjoy reviewing what we can do using FiveWin.
 Of course, it will be a good programming exercise to develop some parts
 of it yourself.  (see the source in \FIVEWIN\IDE)