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'''CA-Clipper''' is an application development system for DOS and LAN environments.

==History==
In 1992 the Nantucket Corporation was sold to [[Computer Associates]] and the product was renamed to CA-Clipper.

==Versions==
;From Nantucket Corporation
* Clipper Summer 87 (Jan 1988) Speed and feature improvements especially in the debugger, mostly rewritten in [[C]] using [[Microsoft C]]. First version to actually ship with a manual but prior to this you were expected to have access to a dBase III manual - By many considered the first well working version of the program - List price USD 695.
* Clipper 5.0 (1990) brings with it rudimentary object-oriented extensions to the xBase language.
* Clipper 5.01 (Apr 1991)

;From Computer Associates
*'''CA Clipper 5.01a''' (1992)
*'''CA-Clipper 5.2''' (Feb 1993)
**CA-Clipper 5.2e (Feb 1995) - latest bugfix
*'''CA-Clipper 5.3''' (Jun 1995), last version delivered as a DOS product, added support for numeric co-processor and DOS Graphic Modes.
**CA-Clipper 5.3a (May 1996)
**CA-Clipper 5.3b (May 1997)

;Add-on products
* Clipper VO v.1.0 - December 1995
*CA-Clipper Tools - extension library
*CA-Clipper/Compiler Kit for dBASE IV

==License==
* Closed source commercial software - Discontinued

==Author==
* Nantucket Software (Original developer)
* [[Computer Associates]]
* GrafX Software 

==Links==
* [https://archive.org/details/CLIPDEMO CA-Clipper promotional demonstration] - From 1992 - Runs under DOS
* Gene Smilgiewicz: [http://books.google.com/books?id=FC-L2faxEVkC&pg=PA54 A review of Clipper Summer 87] - From PC magazine 1988
* [http://www.davep.org/clipper/FAQ/ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ 2.31) about CA-Clipper and CA-Visual Objects]
See also: [[Clipper]]

[[Category:xBase]]