ChimneySweep® 6.0 (for Paradox/BDE Databases)

ChimneySweep® can repair, maintain, and safely back-up an entire Paradox® database with just one double-click of the mouse.

We are very pleased to announce general availability of Release 6.0, available today.   This is a comprehensive new version built for modern, 32-bit Windows environments.   (16-bit support is now permanently discontinued.)   Nevertheless, it retains backward compatibility with all preceding versions.   Click here to read all about the features of this new version.

ChimneySweep is a job-oriented product:

  1. First, you create a “job,” which tells ChimneySweep everything it needs to know in order to do what you want it to do. (The point-and-click Job Editor leads you step by step through the entire process.)
  2. Then, you can run the job as often as you like, with just a double-click. Once started, the job runs to completion without any further human intervention. There are no further questions to ask, or decisions to make. The job will process all of the databases and tables that you've specified.

It comes in three Editions:

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  • The term “Paradox database,” as used here, includes databases created using BDE™, IDAPI™ and Delphi® database technologies, as well as Paradox® for Windows and for DOS.
  • ChimneySweep 6.0 requires a 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows® that is “Windows NT 4.0 or better,” including (for example) Windows XP®, Vista®, Windows 7®.
  • Windows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups cannot be used.   16/32-bit hybrid systems, such as Windows 9x and Windows Me, are also incompatible.   The Windows emulation support in IBM OS/2® is believed to be incompatible.