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    Home Edition Question

    Lenny,

    I was reading another thread and saw something very important.

    Is this statement correct?

    The ONLY differences between the HOME and FULL editions of Alpha Five are:

    * The HOME edition does not have XDialog ACTION SCRIPTS (though all of XBASIC works including XDialog).

    * The HOME edition WILL NOT work as a NETWORKED APPLICATION (i.e. multi-user).

    * The HOME editon WILL NOT run FULL EDITION developed applications.

    * The price (HOME is much cheaper).

    We just bought the full edition, but from the above, the HOME edition would work (though what I have developed wouldn't). We don't network and we don't use the action scripts mentioned. We use A5 as kind of a super-PIM (like ECCO). There is a considerable difference in pricing if the above reasoning is correct.

    Mark

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    RE: Home Edition Question



    Mark Campidonica wrote:
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    * The HOME edition does not have XDialog ACTION SCRIPTS (though all of XBASIC works including XDialog).



    Mark

    IMHO that one option should be worth the money. I have both the home and full versions. XDialog boxes should be an part of your design and the action scripting feature makes them a whole lot easier to write.

    I can see the other options not being needed, but you can make the application much more robust and user friendly with xdialog boxes.
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      #3
      RE: Home Edition Question

      Thanks Al,

      I can use XBASIC fairly well, so don't need that Action Scripting feature. Actually, I don't use Action Scripting too much anymore. Just for opening and closing forms, reports, etc.

      I have the full version. My boss bought a copy after seeing what I did with it :) However, if we start using more workstations, the cost will be too high. Each user would have to have development tools, so runtime is out.

      I find XBASIC much easier to debug.

      Mark

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        #4
        RE: Home Edition Question

        Mark,

        The differences are detailed at http://www.alphasoftware.com/products/a5v5/homefaq.asp.

        -Lenny

        Lenny Forziati
        Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
        Alpha Software Corporation

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          #5
          RE: Home Edition Question

          Hello Mark,

          What about purchasing a runtime licence for all the other users. This would be less expensive than the home version ( at $100 a copy) if there were more than 4 users. And as you are not networking the least expensive runtime would allow you to place a copy on each users desktop ( A5v5 unlimited 3 user runtime is $399 ). And you would have all the capability of the full version. Of course, you or someone with a full version would have to do all the development work, but that is how it usually happens anyway.

          A commonly misunderstood point is that the 3 user runtime can be placed on an unlimited number of users desktops. It is just that a given networked app could only have a maximum of 3 users in it at one time.

          Good luck,
          Jim

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            #6
            RE: Home Edition Question

            Thanks,

            I need all users to be able to develop.

            Mark

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              #7
              RE: Home Edition Question

              Jim,

              I understand that nuance (sp?). I can understand, however, how it can easily be missed.

              Mark

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                #8
                RE: Home Edition Question

                Thanks,

                I see a misconception that I had. There is NO runtime version for the HOME edition.

                Mark

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