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    #46
    RE: Alpha five books question

    I DO NOT WANT second party books

    I DO want alpha manuals

    Dave mason

    No confusion on this issue, You have been told repeatedly
    Dave Mason
    [email protected]
    Skype is dave.mason46

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      #47
      RE: Alpha five books question

      Richard:

      One thing I would like to see is a feature the Visual Basic help file system has. When I am in the code editor, if my cursor is in a word that is Visual Basic related (a variable, event, command, method, etc.), pressing F1 brings up a help page for this word. This help page contains ALL of the relevant methods/properties/events etc. applicable for this word, and usually includes sample code and cross-references to other related topics. If you have access to any of the Visual Studio products, try it out.

      I have been using Alpha4 since version 3 and consider it to be one of the two best programs I ever used in DOS. I tried Alpha5 version 3 but was completely bewildered. I am now using Alpha5 verion 4.5. The learning curve from A4V3 to A5V4 is VERY STEEP! It is even steeper than going from QuickBasic to Visual Basic.

      I can't add anything to the comments about what the documentation should be. The documentation doesn't have to be printed (I'll print it out); just make it fantastic!

      Charles

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        #48
        RE: Alpha five books question

        Does anyone know that Dr. Wayne updated
        his books for Alpha 5 version 4.5?
        I'm surprised this BBS is buzzing about it.

        Can the 2 books and the on-line Adobe file
        be purchased as a package? Many developers
        want electronic and printed.

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          #49
          RE: Alpha five books question

          Richard,

          I'm way behind the curve in catching up on the Message Board. Other issues at school have taken most of my time.

          I've sent a note to you and Selwyn regarding what I feel in a need for a college level textbook on databaase development using either A4 or A5 OR both. Teaching computer science in a community college, I know that the the only database textbook are on MS A____s. Our students, and I suspect college students at lots of (if not all) other colleges, have never been exposed to any other database product beyond Access.

          If you really, truely want to grow the number of Alpha users, I strongly suggest you all (Louisiana talk) think about exposing college students to, what I consider your outstanding product line. If students are exposed to Alpha in college and can see an alternative to Access, they will use it after graduation and YOU will reap the benefits of one hell of a large ever-expanding user base.

          P.S. Thanks for A4V7. My order is going in tomorrow.

          Dave Jampole
          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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            #50
            RE: Alpha five books question

            Dave

            I would love to talk to you more about this.

            Please call me at 800 451 1018 at your convenience -- I am there most of the time

            Best Regards
            Richard Rabins
            [email protected]
            Richard Rabins
            Co Chairman
            Alpha Software

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              #51
              RE: Alpha five books question

              We have just purchased Alpha5, after using A4 in our rental business in Portugal for approx 8 years +. Got, and paid for all the updates. Knowing nothing about computors I realised we had to get computorized or add staff and still be less efficient. After adding computors I realised we had to have a program which worked or add staff, saw A4 advertised, bought it, and worked lots of hours- result: more efficiency and no extra staff, and no programers to pay or wait for.
              Now our old computor is failing and full. New one won't run A4, so now we have A5. With no documentation it is a pain, obviously the potential is there, but I honestly don�t know if I�m going to get it. I�ve printed out all the documentation on the CD, consider that kind of a cheating way of selling, but feel it is still nothing like the A4 books in concept, clarity, quality, ease of understanding, examples; etc.
              Even cars are sold with an instruction manual, even though the buttons are labled.
              Alpha is probably losing lots of customers with this approach, probably me too soon. Think of "ships and hapeth of tar".
              All the A4 versions had good books, why the change? Pls don�t say the enviroment, when I see all the six sets of telephone books sent to us each yr because we have 6 tel lines, and I can�t stop that happening!
              Good product, good service, why not finish the job.

              Brian.

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                #52
                RE: Alpha five books question

                Appendices.

                This would include, but not be limited to a complete list of reserved words. There are occasional warnings on this board that field names that are the same as A5 reserved words may cause unpredictable results, but when looking for a complete list of those words, they are nowhere to be found.

                When looking for third party books on various subjects, I frequently turn to the back of books first to see how much useful information they've packed in there. Lack of decent appendices frequently lands a book back on the shelf without further consideration.

                I find the A5 manuals a bit wanting in this area.

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                  #53
                  RE: Alpha five books question

                  Brian! I don't think you should be using the announcements forum for your question. This forum should be used 0nly for
                  announcements from/by ALPHA. However, I will try to help you. I have used A4v1 to v7 over the years and also use A5V4.5. You say your old computer is full and not too good anymore. I would like to get in touch with you about your problem. How about E-Mail? Please send me an E-Mail. Please give me the oper system you are using, Windows 95,98, 2000,etc, and the Ver. of Alpha4 V4,V6,V7 etc. You should be able to continue using Alpha4 V? for many years to come, if that is what you want. But there are a few things you need to do. E-mail me at emandan01@aol. PS My wife is from Portugal (Azores).

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                    #54
                    RE: Alpha five books question

                    Dan Earley again. Gave you wrong E-mail. Should be
                    [email protected]. Forgot the ".com" before.

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                      #55
                      RE: Alpha five books question

                      Daniel,

                      I apologise and stand corrected. I read down the thread late last night (maybe after my brain switch-off time), and didn�t realise those approx 40+ responses were announcements by Alpha staff.
                      I only meant to respond to what I thought was a request by Alpha for suggestions by Alpha users; I guess I misunderstood.
                      I did not mean to ask questions, and should not have put my feelings about documentation policy as a question; and did not mean to make any questions about moving from A4 to A5, but don�t realise that I did.

                      I�ll get back on e-mail to you, as you suggest.

                      Brian

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