Senior Clarion Expertise When the Stakes Are High
Application Takeovers
Step into an established Clarion system when the original developer is no longer available.
System Assessments
Understand what you have, what is at risk and which path forward makes business sense.
Common Clarion Situations We Can Help Solve
Your Clarion Developer Is Gone
The original developer retired, moved on, became unavailable or no longer has capacity. We can learn the application, establish continuity and become the experienced resource the system needs.
Discuss an Application Takeover
The Application Is Stuck
A build no longer works, a conversion is incomplete, performance is poor, defects remain unresolved or a project considered finished is not ready for production. We can investigate and help get it moving.
Discuss a Difficult Problem
You Need a Practical Path Forward
Management needs to know whether to repair, upgrade, move data to SQL, add web/API capabilities, modernize selectively or replace part or all of the system. We can help make that decision.
Discuss Your Options
A Practical Clarion Application Assessment
An assessment is designed to replace uncertainty with a clear understanding of the application, its immediate risks and the realistic options available.
Depending on the situation, we can review:
- Immediate operational problems and business priorities
- Source code, dictionaries, data files and database structures
- Templates, third-party products and other dependencies
- Build, test, deployment and support processes
- Important workflows, reports, integrations and business rules
- Application, database, performance and maintainability risks
- Options for stabilization, repair, migration and modernization
The result is a prioritized plan that separates urgent work from longer-term improvement and gives management a sounder basis for deciding what to do next.
REQUEST AN APPLICATION ASSESSMENT from a senior Clarion expert
A Clear, Practical Way Forward
Expert help should reduce uncertainty, protect the business and lead to workable decisions.
Understand What You Have
Establish how the application, data, dependencies and critical workflows fit together, including areas that need immediate attention.
Decide What Matters First
Separate urgent operational risk from desirable improvements and compare repair, upgrade, conversion, integration and replacement options.
Execute With Continuity
Carry the plan into hands-on development, testing, conversion, deployment, documentation and dependable long-term support.
Expertise Across the Clarion System
The problem may be in the application, database, integration, deployment environment or the handoff between them.
Clarion, Legacy & ABC
Experience spanning DOS-era Clarion through modern Windows applications, Legacy and ABC, templates, third-party products, reports and version migrations.
TPS, DAT, SQL & Data
Clarion data files, Microsoft SQL Server and other database engines, including conversions, performance work, reporting and integration.
Web, APIs & Supporting Tools
Web/API integration and supporting work in C#, PHP, Python and other technologies where they are the right fit for the solution.
Experience Between the Risk and Your Business
Sheen Consulting has served clients since 1993. Our Clarion experience includes work for TopSpeed Consulting, new application development, application takeovers, Legacy and ABC systems, database and data conversions, reporting, web/API integration, troubleshooting, modernization and long-term support.
We have worked across health, education, transportation, insurance, manufacturing, warehousing, construction, law and other industries. That breadth helps us understand that the software is only one part of the problem—the business must keep operating while the technical work is understood and completed.
We do not begin with the assumption that every older system should be rewritten. We begin by understanding what the application does, what the business needs and which approach provides a practical balance of continuity, risk, cost and future capability.
Planning a completely new application? Visit our Clarion Developer page for new systems, web applications, SQL and API development.
