# Clarion ABC anatomy

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**Category:** questions\
**Tags:** abc, documentation\
**Created:** [November 12, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/clarion-abc-anatomy/6769 "2023-11-12T20:02:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/clarion-abc-anatomy/6769/1 "2023-11-12T20:02:27Z")

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Hi Clarion Family

I there a site I can go to or is there a book I can use to easily understand the anatomy of the ABC programming.

Many Thanks

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**Author:** ![seanh](https://clarionhub.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seanh](https://clarionhub.com/u/seanh)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/clarion-abc-anatomy/6769/2 "2023-11-12T21:51:24Z")

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There’s a book available.  
[https://www.capesoft.com/books/abc](https://www.capesoft.com/books/abc)  
I’m pretty sure there’s another at clarionshop.

Also in the Docs directory of your clarion install is a pdf of ABC Library Reference

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**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 6:11am UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/clarion-abc-anatomy/6769/3 "2023-11-13T06:11:52Z")

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also I think Bruce has done a couple of ClarionLive webinars on ABC.

a quick search shows

327 August 21 2015 Deriving ABC Classes with an intro to ABC

but perhaps I am thinking of (paid) presentations leading up to CIDC Africa:

15 August 2020 Bruce Johnson  
How ABC Works - Part 1

and a year later

21 August 2021  
Bruce Johnson  
How ABC Works - Part 2

also not specifically ABC, but Russ Eggen’s book on OOP and coding objects in Clarion is at : [GitHub - mriffey/RADFusionObjectsInClarion: Russ Eggen's book on OOP and coding objects in Clarion](https://github.com/mriffey/RADFusionObjectsInClarion)

Mark Riffey noted: _Added the PDF here to preserve it for posterity. Russ passed in 2016. He would love that the Clarion community continues to benefit from his teaching efforts. Posted here with the permission of the publisher, Clarion Magazine’s David Harms._

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**Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 10:29am UTC](https://clarionhub.com/t/clarion-abc-anatomy/6769/4 "2023-11-13T10:29:02Z")

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@Bruce, a quick question for you:

I purchased the “Programming in Clarion’s ABC” printed book many years ago and now the only option is to have a PDF file. Is there a way to download it since I have already my own printed version?
