Programming in Clarion’s ABC by Bruce Johnson
As many of you know, I worked with Bruce for more than 5 years at CapeSoft. During that time, I learned unmeasurable treasures in Clarion Programming. Of course, Bruce is well known in the Clarion Community for being extremely knowledgable in the Clarion language and templates, and he is known to be an excellent speaker and teacher.
Way back in about 2002, Bruce released a book called Programming in Clarion’s ABC. These were the days of Clarion version 5.5. The book was released “as-is”, and considered a work in progress. The content was primarily compiled from some comprehensive notes Bruce had prepared for his presentation at ETC3. I think many Clarion Developers will testify to the fact that this book has helped them a great deal in getting their heads around the Application Builder Classes and templates, and Object Oriented Programming (OOP) in general.
Now, the entire point of this post, was simply to say, that even though this book might appear to be out-dated (5 years old now), it isn’t! Today I had to implement an Edit-In-Place (EIP) browse. This isn’t something I’ve had to do very often. I wanted to conditionally allow EIP of certain records, based on a specific flag on that record. I fiddled a bit, not really getting anywhere, and then pulled out the old ABC Book.
Who would’ve thought that the exact thing I was trying to do was presented as an example in the book! 
Page 121 solved my problem beautifully! Not so out-dated after all! Thanks Bruce!
So, if you have left this book on your shelf gathering dust, or don’t even have a copy, I highly recommend getting it, as it is an essential resource for all Clarion Programmers.
When did you last use your Programming in Clarion’s ABC?
Note: As I no longer work for CapeSoft, there is no personal gain in me recommending this book. I simply want to remind all Clarion Programmers of a very useful resource. CapeSoft have not sponsored this post… yet! 
A few weeks ago!
I recently moved overseas to live and this book was on my “must take” list for similar reasons to what you describe
About a month ago.
I recently moved to a new country and this book was on my “must take” list
(also not sponsored…)