X2C

Description

X2C is an xBase to C compiler originally shipped as a commercial product in the early 90's by a company called Desktop Ai and was originally for DOS, OS/2 and select Unix systems but added support for Windows later on. X2C creates executable programs from Xbase source by converting Xbase source into C and then compiling, and linking with included Xbase function libraries, in this respect it behaves like the much later Clip, Harbour and xHarbour systems.

Standards supported

As X2c is slightly older than the other xBase compilers it only supports older xBase language variations including full support for:

• Borland/Ashton-Tate dBASE III PLUS
• Computer Associates/Nantucket Clipper (Summer '87)
• Microsoft/Fox Software FoxBASE ( versions up to and including 2.1).

Partial support offered for language extensions used by:

• Microsoft/Fox Software FoxPro
• Wordtech Systems dBXL and QuickSilver/Arago

Version

Prerequisites

• Borland C++ v2x (although other C compilers like Open Watcom or GCC should work as well.)

License

• Originally closed source commercial software, from 1995 open source shareware and since 1997 open source freeware under the Apache Software License v1