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    Version 8 Documentation?

    Can anyone tell me if documentation (PDF files and/or Printed books) will be available when V8 is released? I'm using V7 trial version without much time left. I have downloaded 14 pdf files that contain about 6000 pages of material. The online Help files might be great for some people, but I learn best from a book in front of me. So, will there be new manuals available with the release?
    LMOTCOB (Larry O - Taking Care Of Business)
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    Re: Version 8 Documentation?

    Originally posted by LMOTCOB View Post
    Can anyone tell me if documentation (PDF files and/or Printed books) will be available when V8 is released? I'm using V7 trial version without much time left. I have downloaded 14 pdf files that contain about 6000 pages of material. The online Help files might be great for some people, but I learn best from a book in front of me. So, will there be new manuals available with the release?
    The best way is to use the Alpha Sports database example and the documentation of it and start thinkering.

    If you need a book take a look at Peter Waynes book. But this is more a Xbasic centric book.
    Marcel

    I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
    ---- Confusius ----

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      Re: Version 8 Documentation?

      A couple of years ago Alpha offered a "print on demand" of 4 volumes and around 2,500 pages of material. It covered through v5 or 6 and had extensive xdialog chapters. It contained everything there is to know. Unfortunately for me, there is too much to know so I no longer continue to hit my head with the same hammer over and over using Alpha. I read the forums once in a while hoping that the next upgrade might make A5 an easy from a programmer's point of view. My books are available if you want them.

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        Re: Version 8 Documentation?

        In my opinion the best book ever was Learning Alpha Five: The Database for Everyone by Peter Wayne. The book was written for A5V4 (I think) and led the reader through the basics of developing an application from table design through forms, browses, letters, reports, sub-reports and so on. After finishing the book the reader could develop a fairly complex application using the tools provided while having developed a pretty good understanding of A5 and database design. His other book at the time, Alpha Five: Xbasic for Everyone, led the reader through Xbasic programming. His current book on Xbasic is excellent, but assumes a through knowledge of the basics of A5 has already acquired.

        Currently you can get the book written by Susan Bush from the Alpha website. Like Dr. Wayne's first book, this leads the reader through learning in a structured format. Ms. Bush's first book is available for download chapter by chapter from the newsletters available in the newsletter archive. The archive is linked from the A5 website. It's on an earlier version but still provides the basics needed. While the online documentation is excellent for someone with a little A5 knowledge, it's difficult to learn the programs basics without a little structure. Having used Ms. Bush's first book (downloaded and printed chapter by chapter) as a desk reference, I believe it would provide the structure needed for the new A5 programmer.

        There are three other books available from Alpha that look good but having not seen them I'll reserve comment. Perhaps someone else can give an opinion on them. I think they were developed by Pace Training.

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          Re: Version 8 Documentation?

          You asked if new books would come out with v8, and I think no one here knows the answer. I'll ask the question during one of my conversations and post back what I get.
          Steve Wood
          See my profile on IADN

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