Xbasic and the Basics Duo - V8 Desktop

Alpha Five Made Easy

The Basics and More for Version 8

What's inside . . .

• Everything you need to know about Databases and Tables
• How to set up Field Rules and Data Entry
• The principles of Sets
• How to create outstanding Forms and Browses
• How to wow your customers with Reports, Letters and Labels
• What you need to know about Operations
• Creating fancy and simple Buttons
• How to Find, Sort and Filter your data
• Use Alpha Five for E-Mailing and Faxing
• Enhance your application with Checkboxes, Radio Buttons, Listboxes and Tree Controls
• The basics on developing web applications*
• Use Action Scripting to point and click your way to Xbasic

• Transition from Alpha Four to Alpha Five by Frances Peake

  *Author's note: While creating web applications is covered in this book, we strongly recommend that you consider purchasing Alpha Five Web Applications Made Easy if you are seriously considering developing for the web. The material has been expanded and updated since this book was written.

  Check out the Table of Contents and then take a look at some sample pages . . .

  Lesson 4:   Forms & Browses
  Lesson 5:   Reports
  Lesson 10: Buttons

Book Specifications:
Size: 8 1/2 X 11
No of pages: 522
Cover: Heavy duty laminate.
Binding: Spiral Binding

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This book is available in 3 formats:

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All formats contain working databases for exercises in the book.

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Alpha Five: Xbasic for Everyone 

by Dr. Peter Wayne

What's inside . . .

• Discussion of terms, tables, sets, field rules and Action Scripting
• Understanding Variables and Constants
• Getting Input and Output
• Understanding Variable scoping and Namespaces
• Discussion on Functions, Methods and Properties
• Using the Interactive Window, Debugger
• Writing scripts for Events
• Understanding Table Pointers
• What you need to know about ordering with Indexes and Queries, Fetching records
• Xbasic for Xdialog, Objects, Form Properties
• Editing users and groups for Security
• Adding memos and external files
• Creating spreadsheets with Crosstabs and Exports
• Creating a "month-at-a glance" calendar
• Using Xbasic in web applications
• Developing your own Object type
• Using Xbasic with Javascript, AJAX and XML, ADO, ODBC and ActiveX
• Upsizing your database with SQL
• Real life examples for setting up an Aged Accounts Receivable and preventing Duplicate Records, creating Time sheets, adding a Running Balance, a Detail General Ledger and an Audit Trail to your financial reports, as well as scanning in Insurance Card data—and more!

Check out the Table of Contents and then take a look at some sample pages. . .

Chapter 6 - Getting Input and Output

Chapter 25 - Creating a Detail General Ledger

Chapter 30 - Xbasic control of Form Properties

 

Book Specifications:
Size: 8 1/2 X 11
No of pages: 456
Cover: Heavy duty laminate.
Binding: Spiral Binding

All hard copies of our books have a 30-day Money Back Guarantee

 The 2008 edition was written for Alpha Five Version 8, but, is also applicable to Version 9 and 10.. The only difference is that the later versions have additional features not covered in this book, such as Active Link tables and the Alpha Five Javascript library.