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Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

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    #16
    RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

    you still have access to v6

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      #17
      RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

      I downloaded the beta last night to play with it a little. I know this is a beta version, but it seems extremely slow to load. Seems the loading time gets longer with each new version.

      Also, it seems that most of the new features additions and improvements are web related. Dont forget about us non web guys. All I seem to create are single user desktop applications....maybe I am in the minority here.

      Thanks,
      Jason

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        #18
        RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

        Yes, Alpha has put tremendous effort into the web side of things. AND - apparently they are reaping BIG dividends in sales accordingly. Alpha did the right thing by moving aggressively on the web, and they delivered a stellar web database product. One can't fault them for that.

        But you are right. Us desktop guys don't get much in the mean time. Unfortunately, there is not much we can do about it. Someday, maybe in a year (if we're really lucky), well get something too. In the interim, we'll have to use what we have and make the best of it. C'est la vie!
        Peter
        AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

         [email protected]
        https://www.alphabasesolutions.com

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          #19
          RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

          I agree. I guess that internet thing is pretty big :)

          I was sorta hoping for a new grid at the very least. Oh well, V6 is doing a great job anyways so I guess I can wait longer :(

          Jason

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            #20
            RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

            Hi

            I get this error message when I start V7.

            See attached.

            RegardsKeith HubertAlpha Guild MemberLondon.KHDB Management Systems
            Regards
            Keith Hubert
            Alpha Guild Member
            London.
            KHDB Management Systems
            Skype = keith.hubert


            For your day-to-day Needs, you Need an Alpha Database!

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              #21
              RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

              that bug has been fixed.

              it only happens once each day when the "News" tab is the initial tab on the Welcome screen.

              you can safely ignore the error in the mean time. it won't happen again until tomorrow morning.

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                #22
                RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

                Aaron,

                I used an existing form because I came up with error as in original message and could not create new form. Therefor i used an existing form to try and utilise the chart Active X control on that but when I tried to select the active X control required to create the simple chart it was not available for selection as if the download did not include the simple chart Active X control.

                robert

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                  #23
                  Beta Product Fails to Load

                  I downloaded V7 with the following results. WHen I load the application, after selecting the eval option, the splashscreen comes up, the progress bar loads fully then, if I am not on-line, Alpha seems to invoke the dial up connector. When I cancel that, I get the following error message: Unhandled Exception. Alpha5 will do a forced termination. I am running WIndows 2000 SP4

                  Any ideas? ALpha5 v6 runs fine.

                  Steve

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                    #24
                    Beta not loading - more info

                    When I try to start the program, it does try to dial out. When I cancelled the dial up the attached message was produced. I may try to download the entire package again.

                    Steve

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                      #25
                      RE: Beta Product Fails to Load

                      Update:

                      Here is the error message I recieve when Alpha V7 attempts to dial out and I cancel as noted in previous post. See attachment. I am planning to re-download tonight ot make sure I got a clean copy.

                      Steve

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                        #26
                        RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

                        Am I missing something?
                        I thought that from articles I had read that V7 was going to be Alpha's entry into client server

                        The V7 beta has no client server functionality that I can see. Also, I note that the improvements to desktop development (ie: list view) are xdialog based. I would have thought that given the current emphasis of "Build databases without programming" that a visual control would have been more beneficial.

                        On a positive note - I was having problems in needing to use xbasic_synchronous when updating object in V6. This seems to be less of a problem in Alpha 7.
                        Mike Thomson

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                          #27
                          RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

                          I agree also.

                          Who needs to do web stuff anyway, don't want my compeditors soaking off info from a web database.

                          If I password protect then potential customers need info to access I think that is catch 22!

                          Come on you alpha guys dont forget your roots. The only new things I have found are pdf items and a couple of xdialog routines.

                          Those pretty web grid components would be great for the desktop.

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                            #28
                            RE: Beta Product Fails to Load

                            Update:

                            If I wait a few minutes while the dial connection is showing eventually I get the following error message see attached but I can at least get into Alpha v7. The problem appears to have to do with a startup html not getting focus. Is this something I can adjust on my pc? Thanks,

                            Steve

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                              #29
                              RE: Beta Product Fails to Load

                              Steve,

                              Look at the post from Selwyn right above your first post for your answer.

                              Scott

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                                #30
                                RE: Alpha Five V7 Beta is Now Available

                                Those pretty web grid components would be great for the desktop.

                                If they could implement those on forms, that would be way cool!
                                Peter
                                AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

                                 [email protected]
                                https://www.alphabasesolutions.com

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