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    #1

    Here's a job for someone

    Good morning,

    I am a member in a group of individuals from various county agencies and non-profit organizations called MCINFO (i.e. Mendocino County
    Information).

    Our vision is "to provide an easily accessible source of current, comprehensive, and accurate countywide community information". We will soon
    be sending out the Request For Proposal, and I'd like to send it to any of you who believe you'd be up to the task.

    I would love to design the application, myself, but am not set up as a consultant in business, and even if I were, submitting a proposal would be a
    "conflict of interest". However, I think I could be an assistant to an
    Alpha Developer if required, since I live right here and am pretty darned good at developing apps via Alpha 5v5(outside of X-basic).

    In a nutshell, we want to create a website with a database that handles zip-code level, searchable data from all sorts of agencies and organizations. (I would create a table, distribute to each contributing agency/org, have them import their data from their regular program to the
    table - or manually input it, zip it up and send it to the web-site
    database.)

    ANYONE KNOW WHEN ALPHA'S WEB-INTERFACE SOFTWARE IS HITTING THE MARKET?

    Anyway, if you are interested in getting a copy of the RFP, please email me back. I'll forward your address (email or snail mail) to the person handling the mailing list for the RFP.

    Thanks!
    Wanda
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    #2
    RE: Here's a job for someone

    Wanda, no one is really saying when either Ver 6 or Web enabled Alpha will be released, it does seem though that we will not be seeing a release this year.

    -Barry

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      #3
      RE: Here's a job for someone

      WAAAAAA!!! Thanks, Barry.

      Well, then, has anyone designed an Alpha table that is used on a web-site, searchable, sortable, etc...?

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        #4
        RE: Here's a job for someone

        Hey WAAAAAAda,

        >has anyone designed an Alpha table that is used on a
        >web-site, searchable, sortable, etc...?

        If the Web Server is not yet available, then it would be
        very difficult to do, nes pas?

        It's almost the same as what came first, the chicken or the egg?

        Melvin :)

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          #5
          RE: Here's a job for someone

          Hey, Melvin...You DO have a way of bringing out the best in me...

          It's obvious that the chicken came first, otherwise, who would have sat on the egg? In fact, the chicken was created with age, like Adam, and the mature apple tree for obvious reasons ;)

          Now, for an Alpha db on a web site...it's quite clear that I am very ignorant in the world of the web. I thought that perhaps it's possible to put an Alpha table on a website, yet not "easy" - and that perhaps Alpha was planning on making it "easy" for us, as they've done with A5v5 and the action scripting.

          So there!
          W

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            #6
            RE: Here's a job for someone

            Bill Warner has designed several web applications using Alpha's Web Server.

            He gave a presentation at the conference.

            charlie crimmel

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              #7
              RE: Here's a job for someone

              Stop teasing me, Charlie! Just kidding. So, does he have a beta version, or what?

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                #8
                RE: Here's a job for someone

                He does have a beta version, and you can too Wanda. Just download it from was.alphasoftware.com. We uploaded a new beta last night that includes the HTML Editor and Web Page Genie that we showed off at the conference.

                -Lenny

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

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                  #9
                  RE: Here's a job for someone

                  Wanda,
                  If you get any takers,please let me know. Our state is very interrested in a comprehensive website for services through all of Human Services. I am on a number of committees that are investigating such state or agency websites. Please e-mail me with any information you are looking to gather. Our county is always trying to be at the forefront of the state.

                  Tom

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                    #10
                    RE: Here's a job for someone

                    Way cool! I'll have to request the time to work with it, as my home computer is too antiquated to handle it...I'll put on my persuasion hat - wish me luck!

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                      #11
                      RE: Here's a job for someone

                      Hi Tom,

                      We'll hire a consultant, no doubt...I'm just hoping it's a consultant who uses Alpha dbms software.

                      There is a great push, state-wide, and possibly country-wide, to "link" data systems. I've seen a website that is very well developed, I think from New York. I'll dig up the address and send to you.
                      W

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                        #12
                        RE: Here's a job for someone

                        Melvin,

                        >>If the Web Server is not yet available, then it would be
                        >>very difficult to do, nes pas?

                        Why?

                        DBF files are DBF files and are fully ADO compliant. There are numerous programs on the market today that will let you access DBF files online.

                        The advantage of WAS is you don't need to learn another language to do so, but if you need access today, you can.

                        Best wishes,
                        RF-ARS-Motorola

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                          #13
                          RE: Here's a job for someone

                          Ray,
                          Please de-code "ADO", and "WAS".

                          I know what a DWIM key is, though. It's the DO WHAT I MEAN key.

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                            #14
                            RE: Here's a job for someone

                            Hi Wanda,

                            ADO = ActiveX database objects

                            WAS = Web Alpha Server

                            RF-ARS Motorola

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                              #15
                              RE: Here's a job for someone

                              Cool, Ray - you 'da man :) Want a copy of the RFP when it is ready to be mailed?

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