A Review Of Icetips Professional Wizards
By Ed Schneider

If You Thought Clarion Gave You An Unfair Advantage Over Programmers Using Other Languages, Icetips Professional Wizards Will Give You An Unfair Advantage Over Clarion Programmers Not Using This Product!

Along, long time ago, I read an ad about a new programming language that would change the way programs were written forever.  It was a program that wrote programs! The ad claimed that even if the programmer forgot a period, the program would add a period for you! I got on the phone and ordered Clarion 1.0 for DOS. 

Computers are well-suited to doing redundant tasks. Clarion reduces programming time by taking care of many redundant tasks for the programmer. The Icetips Professional Wizards saves you even more time by  tackling redundant Clarion tasks.

If you customize your Clarion app’s buttons, fonts, wallpaper, etc., Icetips Professional Wizards is the next logical step.  These Wizards do a fantastic job of tackling these redundant and tedious tasks for you! Applications can be completed in 25% to 50% less time! 

Icetips Professional Wizards accomplishes this by using a WYSIWYG editor that allows you to design themes. The editor has tabs that allow you to customize buttons, frame settings, toolbar settings, browse settings, form settings and report settings. As you customize these settings the editor shows you the changes.

ICETIPS SCREENS
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You can define over 180 individual settings for various attributes. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, take a look at the screen shots below. You'll quickly see how Icetips Professional Wizards can save you time customizing your application's look and feel.

GLOBAL OPTIONS

Global Options / Buttons / Text On Buttons
(NOTES: Only This Screen Shows All The Toolbars (Speeds Up Download Times.) Notice, In The Bottom Right Corner, IceTips Magic Buttons)

Global Options / Buttons / Icons On Buttons

Global Options / Buttons / Tooltips On Buttons

Global Options / Buttons / Hotkeys

Global Options / Buttons / Misc Settings

Global Options / Positioning

FRAME OPTIONS

Frame Options / Frame Settings

Frame Options / Toolbar Settings

BROWSE OPTIONS

Browse Options / Windows

Browse Options / List Box

Browse Options / Buttons

Browse Options / Positioning

FORM OPTIONS

Form Options / Window
(NOTE: To Speed Up Download Times, Only This Screen Shows The Clarion Form. The Following Screen Only Show The ITW Settings.)

Form Options / Entry Text Fields

Form Options / String Fields

Form Options / Prompts

Form Options / Buttons

Form Options / Messages

Form Options / Options

Form Options / Positioning

REPORT OPTIONS

Report Options / Report Settings

Report Options / Report Settings (cont.)

CUSTOM THEMES

Designing themes is easy! I completed my first theme in less that ten minutes. If you just don't have time to design themes, 12 custom themes are available from Gitano Software!
CLICK HERE www.gitanosoftware.com/themes
 

TEMPLATE REGISTRY

The Icetips Template Registry allows for 3rd Party Support. Simply  register your templates and then populate them your application. Icetips Professional Wizards will work with Clarion version 5.5 ABC Templates.

OTHER USEFUL FEATURES

1. Specify what fields to generate when using the Form Wizard.

2. Generate all fields on one tab.

3. Populate fields from child files on browses.

 REASONS TO PURCHASE
ICETIPS WIZARDS

When purchasing a new Clarion 3rd party product, my number one consideration is support. Icetips Software provides support via email and the response time is well above average. Support for Icetips Professional Wizards is first rate. Many companies suggestion box looks like the dreaded circular file. Icetips Professional Wizards has evolved into a great product because a good concept was enhanced by input from beta users.

My second consideration is what will the tool do for me. Icetips Professional Wizards saves me from the tasks I dread the most, the customization the apps buttons, fonts, wallpaper, etc. I change up to seven settings on every button. It seemed like I was spending more time on this one task than all other tasks combined. This one feature of Icetips Professional Wizards saves me much time. I'm a happy camper programmer! From now on I won't leave home without my American Express and I won't use Clarion without Icetips Professional Wizards!

My third consideration is price. Of all the Clarion tools I own, only a few are used in every application. Icetips Professional Wizards is a tool I will use in all my apps. It saves you so much time that not using these wizards would be like typing with one hand tied behind your back!

I recommend downloading the demo and taking a look at Icetips Professional Wizards. After you compile your first sample application, you'll quickly come to the conclusion that your getting more than your monies worth!

DOCUMENTATION

The Icetips Professional Wizards comes with help files that includes numerous screen shots. Since the program is straight forward and very easy to use, you won't be spending much time using the documentation!

TRY IT B4U BUY IT

Icetips Software offers a demo that is fully functional. You can run the Wizard Editor 40 times and the Runtime Wizard 10 times.
Click Here To Download Icetips Professional Wizards!

CONCLUSION

At the end of the day, when the cows come home, if you are using Icetips Professional Wizards, you'll have had a more productive day than otherwise possible.

Every Clarion Programmer Needs
Icetips Professional Wizards!
They Just Don't Know It Yet!

Icetips Professional Wizards: CLICK HERE!
Gitano Software Themes: CLICK HERE!