Hello Everyone,
I just bought my copy of A5V9 and the Runtime (actually my company was kind enough to buy it for me) and I have started testing the new features.
There are a couple of new features I really love. So I thought I would comment on those, just in case it helps someone make up their mind whether to purchase A5V9.
Those are:
AlphaDAO Export builder
Print to Excel File - Reporting feature
These two new features have been worth the arm twisting for me.
Several years ago, one of the weaknesses of Alpha Five was that it didn't work well/interface with MS Office products. This made it difficult for some of us who work in an office environment (where everyone uses MS Office) to share data. You had to export everything to MS Excel, ASCII or a DBF to share data.
But with every new version Alpha Five gets better and better in this regard.
The AlphaDAO Export builder is a great new feature. I can now export my tables directly into a networked Access MDB (database) file. No more do I have to import a DBF into Access.
Also, I don't know how we ever did without the "Print to Excel" feature. Those great looking reports we all design can now be transferred to Excel with the data formatted just the way you wanted it.
Hope this helps someone make up their mind.
Vince
I just bought my copy of A5V9 and the Runtime (actually my company was kind enough to buy it for me) and I have started testing the new features.
There are a couple of new features I really love. So I thought I would comment on those, just in case it helps someone make up their mind whether to purchase A5V9.
Those are:
AlphaDAO Export builder
Print to Excel File - Reporting feature
These two new features have been worth the arm twisting for me.
Several years ago, one of the weaknesses of Alpha Five was that it didn't work well/interface with MS Office products. This made it difficult for some of us who work in an office environment (where everyone uses MS Office) to share data. You had to export everything to MS Excel, ASCII or a DBF to share data.
But with every new version Alpha Five gets better and better in this regard.
The AlphaDAO Export builder is a great new feature. I can now export my tables directly into a networked Access MDB (database) file. No more do I have to import a DBF into Access.
Also, I don't know how we ever did without the "Print to Excel" feature. Those great looking reports we all design can now be transferred to Excel with the data formatted just the way you wanted it.
Hope this helps someone make up their mind.
Vince
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