dBase and Clipper application support
DOS-era business software, still doing a day's work. We keep it running, rescue its data, and bring it forward when you're ready.
Clipper and dBase powered a huge share of UK business software in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and plenty of it is still running: accounts, stock, hire and membership systems, and packages written for particular trades. Most of it now lives on one old PC, because 64-bit Windows can't run DOS programs.
We've written dBase III and IV and Clipper Summer '87 applications ourselves, so we know how they work from the inside.
Keep it running
Moving the application off a failing PC onto current Windows using a business-grade DOS emulator, with shared data and printing to modern printers working properly.
Recompile with Harbour
If you have the source code, a Clipper application can often be recompiled with Harbour into a native Windows program that runs without an emulator and reads the same DBF data. It's frequently the quickest, lowest-cost way to give an old system years more life. Our guide to Clipper and dBase on modern Windows explains when it works.
Data rescue
A clean, complete copy of your DBF data with memo fields, deleted records and £ signs handled properly, delivered to Excel, SQL or a new system. See getting your data out of DBF files.
Replace or rebuild
Fixed-price moves to a modern web application or a platform such as Odoo, done in stages, with your history carried across.