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    Alpha Five File Types

    I've done this previously (although on a different topic) and Lenny, very tactifully, suggested that I bookmark articles that arte of interest and that I might want to reference later. Well, I did it again.

    There is a fairly recent superb list of Alpha Five file types including a description of each extension. I printed the list, but did not bookmark it. (:~ If anyone knows where the list resides, PLEASE let me know so I can save it do disk as a resource for my students.

    Thanks,

    Dave
    Dave Jampole
    www.customalpha.com

    Women and cats will do whatever they want. The sooner men and dogs realize that, the happier they will be.


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    RE: Alpha Five File Types

    http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/alphaphorum/read.php3?sortby=lastreply&direction=desc&num=11&id=55854&thread=55847

    got lucky with a search for .alx
    Al Buchholz
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      RE: Alpha Five File Types

      Al,

      Thanks. It's depressing when I have to face the fact that my memory is fading fast.

      Dave
      Dave Jampole
      www.customalpha.com

      Women and cats will do whatever they want. The sooner men and dogs realize that, the happier they will be.

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        #4
        RE: Alpha Five File Types

        Dave

        They say that memory is the second thing to go......








        No one remembers the first.....
        Al Buchholz
        Bookwood Systems, LTD
        Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

        Occam's Razor - KISS
        Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
        Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
        When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
        "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
        Albert Einstein

        http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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          RE: Alpha Five File Types

          That's a good list but it can be misleading.

          For example, it says, [the .alb] "Contains all scripts, UDFs, menus, toolbars,..." This could give the impression that new scripts, etc. could be copied by just copying the .alb file. However, the .alb only stores the names of the UDFs, etc. The text of the UDFs and most of the other info besides names is stored in the .alm file. Similarly, the .ddd and .set files store the names of various layouts (and other things) but the definition of the layouts is stored in the related .ddm and .sem files. All of these can be useless without their related index file (.ddx, .sex, or .alx).

          So, I think it would be much safer to think of them as groups of files that should not be separated: table data dictionaries (.ddd, .ddm, .ddx), set data dictionaries (.set, .sem, .sex), and the application data dictionaries (.alb, .alm, .alx).

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            RE: Alpha Five File Types

            This list can also be found at Alpha Five Help. Navigate to References > Xbasic Reference > Tables, Records and Fields > Alpha Five File Types.

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              RE: Alpha Five File Types

              There was also a newsletter article on July 1, 2002 that covers the file types and their relationship. The article was for A5V4, but the file types haven't changed. This link should take you there

              http://www.imakenews.com/alphasoftware/index000016205.cfm

              Jerry

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