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Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

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    #1

    Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

    We are pleased to announce that the Alpha Five V7 Beta is now available for
    download.

    http://was.alphasoftware.com/V7Beta/SignUp.A5w
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    #2
    RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

    Selwyn,

    Very keen try try out all the new facilities in A5V7 and have downloaded the beta test of V7 to try. My main interest is in the charting facility included.
    I tried to follow the tutorial in SimpleChart4.chm.
    Unfortuneately when I tried to create the blank form in V7.
    I received the following Message.

    "Script: UI_DLG_BOX@=dlg_title line:62 if pStyle.form.use_bitmap
    Property is write only
    pStyle.form subelement is not found."

    As A result have not been able to progress further.
    Have not experienced this when creating forms in Version 6.

    Could you please advise.

    Regards Robert

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      #3
      RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

      Selwyn,

      Tried to open simplechartlite axischart4 control on an existing form but was not available on the list. I tried to refresh the list many times but did not appear as an option.

      Any advice.
      Regards Robert

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        #4
        RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

        Just copy the a_stylesheets.* from your v6 folder to your v7 folder. They got left out of the installer.

        Regarding the simplechart examples....do the existing forms work or are you just having trouble creating a new form using the Simple Chart activex?
        Aaron Brown
        Alpha Software Development Team

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          #5
          RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

          On install of the beta I got the following errors. I cancelled on the second error since I don't have the sp4 cd, only the downloaded exe, and it doesn't seem to allow for that. Will this create problems?
          Should I find and relocate the missing dll?

          Russ

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            #6
            RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

            Here is the other

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              #7
              RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

              what is your operating system?

              the simplechart activex control that we bundle with V7 requires the gdiplus.dll file. this dll is supposed to be present on xp, but not older operating systems.

              the install program should install
              these files if you have an old operating system. currently it is not doing this. we will fix this shortly.

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                #8
                RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

                in the mean time, you could download the dll and put it in your a5v7 program folder:

                http://downloads.alphasoftware.com/a5v7download/temp/gdiplus.dll

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                  #9
                  RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

                  When can we expect the client/server version. Will it be in version 8, one year away?

                  Chris

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                    #10
                    RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

                    Aaron

                    The ActiveX simplechartlite axischart4 control was not available for selection when trying to place the control on the existing form.

                    Robert

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                      #11
                      RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

                      Maybe we aren't communicating very well.

                      When you opened the existing form from the Miscellaneous Examples menu, did the chart appear or not? If not, was there an error message?
                      Aaron Brown
                      Alpha Software Development Team

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                        #12
                        RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

                        Is there a new forum for V7 Beta?

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                          #13
                          RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

                          OS is win2k. I will get the file. The other message is of more concern. I suspect it is due to some changed dll?? If this is the case, and users get this error message it will cause a lot of consternation. I have ignored it and my computer seems to still run. Is this from the gdiplus.dll? I don't run MS word. I use Wordperfect and openoffice. Will this limit the usability of the charting feature?

                          Russ

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                            #14
                            RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

                            Question for Beta users. Upon install, do I have still have access to V6 or does the beta install over V6?

                            Steve

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                              #15
                              RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

                              Install it in a different directory and v6 will not be affected.

                              Russ

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