New! Enhance Your A5 Desktop App! New! Enhance Your A5 Desktop App!
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Enhance Your Desktop App! More Alpha Five Features Made Easy for V11 |
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Take your desktop* application to the next level!For users familiar with database development. No programming knowledge necessary. This exciting new book belongs at your side while you are developing your application. Get your first taste of designing a web component that can be used as a desktop form. Learn how to best use images and speed data entry. Add charts, custom menus and toolbars. Find, sort and filter your data. Keep your application consistant with custom color. Improve customer service with an email order confirmation.
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Some of the features described in this book appeared in earlier versions of Alpha Five Made Easy and others are new. In any case, the book has been entirely updated for Version 11. You will find the copy even clearer and the exercises even easier to follow. So it's worth parting with your precious pennies! |
DBF or SQL?Alpha Five uses .dbf files, but suppose you have an SQL or other database file type? No problem. You, too, can use Alpha Five's interface to design forms, reports, etc.
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Is the web in your future?You can't use standard desktop forms on the web because they can't meet the requirements of web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.). So the folks at Alpha have come up with an exciting solution. Alpha Five web forms on the desktop! They are quick and easy to design and add to your desktop application. Even if your data is not Internet bound, you may want to tuck some into your application anyway!
Learn how to build a grid component and add it to your app!
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*What is a desktop database?Alpha Five contains the ability to develop two types of databases, those used locally on a single or networked computer and those used in an intra-net or on the Internet. Local applications are referred to as “desktop” and those used remotely are referred to as “web” applications. For full information on the software, go to www.alphasoftware.com.
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