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Help Wanted: Someone in Mesa, AZ to teach me Alpha Anywhere

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    Help Wanted: Someone in Mesa, AZ to teach me Alpha Anywhere

    I am the owner of Fix-My-Computer Store in Mesa, AZ. I am looking to hire someone to teach me how to use Alpha Anywhere. or looking for someone to help me make modifications to one of my customers alpha database. My client had someone create a data base that needs modifications and the original developer is not available. Please call Mike at #(480) 263-9686. or e-mail me at [email protected].
    Last edited by fixmycomputerstore; 09-06-2014, 02:37 AM.
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    Re: Help Wanted: Someone in Mesa, AZ to teach me Alpha Anywhere

    Mike, location isn't an issue for database changes.
    Anyone taking this on will need to know whether the application is Desktop or Web based, so please advise. DT is usually on a few computers in a network, Web will have a server running.

    Learning AA is a whole different subject and it will take quite a while depending on DT or Web
    See our Hybrid Option here;
    https://hybridapps.example-software.com/

    Apologies to anyone I haven't managed to upset yet.
    You are held in a queue and I will get to you soon.

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      Re: Help Wanted: Someone in Mesa, AZ to teach me Alpha Anywhere

      Ted thank you for the reply.

      I am definitely not a programmer, I believe it is Desktop based. I have a client that originally had Alpha five database's (4) created for him. For work orders and invoices for his company the original programmer is hard to reach and work worth over the years. Recently my client has been complaining about slow access and errors in his work order programs / database so I did a little research and we purchased the latest version Alpha anywhere version 12 with the developers license. After the upgrade the server seems to be working a lot better. but the way it was originally setup for my client every year the programmer would come back and do modifications to the database. Basically add fields in the template of his database representing different years for work orders and invoices. It is hosted on a local network on a server does not use any web based applications.

      There is approx 9 client computers accessing this database on local server.

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        Re: Help Wanted: Someone in Mesa, AZ to teach me Alpha Anywhere

        Sounds like(may be wrong) that it was designed wrong to begin with if one has to modify it each year.
        Also, if he is using a runtime, it would be nice to know. 'If the runtime is in something like V8 and the developer is in v12, there could be other issues arise.
        Dave Mason
        [email protected]
        Skype is dave.mason46

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          Re: Help Wanted: Someone in Mesa, AZ to teach me Alpha Anywhere

          Yeah I do not know how answer your questions. The thing I do know that the original Alpha five and then was upgraded to Alpha seven and now I upgraded the software to Alpha anywhere version 12 which helped the performance in the database lag my client was experiencing.

          Basically over the years my client would have the programmer come back and add new calendar year to organizing his invoices and work orders. Basically just added a tab button on the menu screen that separated the calendar years and starting new numbering system for the new year of work orders and invoices. But from the menu screen was able to go back to previous years. This is why I'm looking for someone local. To replace the undependable programmer. There were some other concerns such as some of the fields were not big enough to hold all the information and it left off data when printing the invoice / work orders.

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            Help wanted: Need local person Mesa Arizona to help make Modifications to existing Alpha database

            Not able to contact original designer for modifications:

            This is a desktop based database originally created with Alpha five upgraded five months ago to the latest version Alpha anywhere. This database is a work order & invoice database on a local in-house server serving nine client computers.

            Contact information: Fix My Computer Store

            Owner: Mike
            Phone voice or text: 480-263-9686
            [email protected]
            Location: Mesa Arizona
            WWW.FIXMYCOMPUTERSTORE.COM

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              Re: Help Wanted: Someone in Mesa, AZ to teach me Alpha Anywhere

              I'm with Dave on this one. Ill thought out design in the first place. I have an invoicing and work order application which has been running for 15 years now, done in A5V6.
              Easiest thing to do, if the client will let you, is to zip the database using the Zip feature and let me have a look at the design. I am cleared by UK Health service and Government regarding their data and have no interest in the content of your client's database. If I cannot suggest anything I will delete it and wipe the space.
              This will cost nothing and the meter only starts running if you decide to go ahead with any work.

              You mentioned that you had upgraded to V12 AA. Please can you open an instance on one of the terminals and open Help/About and let us have the version number please. Also, may I ask what process did you go through to do this upgrade?
              Last edited by Ted Giles; 09-07-2014, 04:01 AM.
              See our Hybrid Option here;
              https://hybridapps.example-software.com/

              Apologies to anyone I haven't managed to upset yet.
              You are held in a queue and I will get to you soon.

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                Re: Help Wanted: Someone in Mesa, AZ to teach me Alpha Anywhere

                Thank you Ted for all your input and offer to look at the database.

                I will be contacting my client with our correspondents and get back with you, again I appreciate your offer you should be hearing back from me within the week.

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