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    Question Before Purchase

    Will A5v6 Unlimited 3-User Runtime have all the components of a single user license & the Runtime ?
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    #2
    RE: Question Before Purchase

    No, it is just the runtime. The 3 user runtime product page states:

    The application developer will need a licensed copy of Alpha Five in order to create the application(s) that you wish to distribute with the Alpha Five Runtime.

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

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      #3
      RE: Question Before Purchase

      Thank you for your reply. I found the product list, and in it there is a bundle A5v6 License and Unlimited 3-User Runtime. Sorry I asked before looking through the product list.

      May I ask, how long have you been using Alpha X v X ?

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        #4
        RE: Question Before Purchase

        When Alpha first hired me in 1995, version 2 was the current release. But I wasn't in product development at that time so I did not use it in-depth like I do now.

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

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          #5
          RE: Question Before Purchase

          I am considering purchasing the bundle license + runtime.
          I will be evaluating the trial version hopefully by the end of this week. I have been an Access developer since version 1. My interest of course is in the RAD for WEB development. Have you used or developed in Access before Alpha ?

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            #6
            RE: Question Before Purchase

            Joe, for what it's worth, Lenny doesn't really develop with Alpha; he develops for Alpha. He's basically responsible for developing the Web App Server. (Yes Lenny, I know much of Alpha is developed with xbasic but that's not the same as building apps for end users.)

            I did some Access development in the past but must admit that I did very little with web apps. I looked at it a bit but never really did anything with it. (Maybe that in itself tells you something.) I also played around with Cold Fusion for awhile and built one small app with it even though it never actually made it to final publication on a website.

            From what I recall, Access wasn't really a web app, it just had the ability to publish pages. The Alpha WAS is more like using Cold Fusion to build a real web app BUT Alpha has the tremendous advantage of the web components which are much, much, much faster than hard coding and require very little HTML expertise. In some cases you may find that the web components don't really do what you want. In that case, you will have to revert to hard coding so you would want to know HTML. It all depends on what you want to do.

            Cal Locklin
            www.aimsdc.net

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              #7
              RE: Question Before Purchase

              "i" Joe, for what it's worth, Lenny doesn't really develop with Alpha; he develops for Alpha. He's basically responsible for developing the Web App Server. (Yes Lenny, I know much of Alpha is developed with xbasic but that's not the same as building apps for end users.) "/i"

              Actually Cal, I'm the first to admit that while I may work for Alpha and know quite a bit about Xbasic, I'm one of the last people you want to ask for help with your form, browse, report, etc. I condsider myself an expert in a subset of Xbasic only. While I have done a little bit with the desktop side, I have never built a full desktop app in Alpha.

              -Lenny

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

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                #8
                RE: Question Before Purchase

                Thank you Cal; we have shared some of the experiences in development using Access and other tools as well. From what I have seen so far Alpha will get me on track for RAD in WEB app dev. Have you used any of the add-on components ? If so, what have you discovered that work best for you ? Is it possible to develop a component within Alpa or is it necessary to use a third party tool ? I do appreciate your opinions. TIA Joe

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                  #9
                  RE: Question Before Purchase

                  Lenny,

                  Please don't take my last comments as a shot at you or your abilities. It certainly wasn't meant that way.

                  Joe,

                  By "addon components" I assume you are not talking about the web components. (I've done very little with the web components so far. The major app I'm working with was started back when the WAS was still in beta then nothing was done for a long time and now I've finally got a working version. When it was started there were no web components to work with so there are none in the app even now because it would mean too much rework.)

                  As to the other addons, I'm not sure I can say what works best because that usually depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Of course, all the addons I created are just fantastic!

                  As far as I know, all the addons were created completely within A5.

                  Cal Locklin
                  www.aimsdc.net

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                    #10
                    RE: Question Before Purchase

                    Cal,
                    Please, not at all. I really appreciate all your comments
                    and thankful for your experience with Alpha. I just submitted my PO for the A5V6 & 3-User Runtime bundle. My initial project is to build a web app using Sql Server 2000 and possibly a few external Access databases. Additionally, I developed electronic forms for PalmOS and soon to add a PocketPC version that use Access 2000 as the backend. I plan to add this connectivity as well via Alpha.

                    Many, many thanks,

                    Joe

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                      #11
                      RE: Question Before Purchase

                      Lenny,

                      Thank you again for your responses. I look forward to future discussions with you and all in the Forum.


                      Joe

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