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    Trial version dose not work.

    I dowmloaded the trail version from the forum tonight and installed it only to find taht it did not put a icon on the desktop on registerit in Program Files. Think I'll wait till next year on this one. We spent teh last 2 years getting pacthed on V5.
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    RE: Trial version dose not work.

    Fred, the installer for Alpha Five v6 does not put a shortcut on your desktop for you. However you can easily create one from within Alpha Five. You should see the Alpha Five v6 on your start menu under Programs.

    -Lenny

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

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      #3
      RE: Trial version dose not work.

      Thanks Lenny, It did not appear on Programs or Start list but I went to the directory and set it up. So far it does not look much differen't than Alpha5V5

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        RE: Trial version dose not work.

        Well, that's the point. If it looked all different from A5v5, then everyone would complain that it looked all different. By "looking" the same it will be familiar to all previous A5 users.

        But the feature list in v6 is something else! I'm not sure of the URL, but just go to Alpha's main web page and it'll be easy to find a list of features in v6 that aren't in v5. And that will help you decide if you want or need to upgrade.

        - Steve
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          RE: Trial version dose not work.

          You can read about the differences from version 5 at What's New.

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            RE: Trial version dose not work.

            I've found that the main difference is in the features. I suspect that the major difference might not be felt by smaller users like me. I'm doing relational databases in *.dbf tables. V6 added the web server and SQL access along with fuller ActiveX object support. Advanced users will probably notice these major additions in functionality more than basic users. It's nice that the application supports both well.

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              RE: Trial version dose not work.

              some v6 features in addition to the web

              " Alpha Five version 6 has been receiving rave reviews from the press
              " and customers -The Leading IT publication E-Week says it "builds
              " better applications than the alternatives"
              "
              " We've noticed, however, that some people think that unless you are
              " interested in the Version 6's brand new web capabilities (which
              " allow you to create web database applications), then you might not
              " benefit from Version 6. Nothing could be further from the truth!
              "
              " Version 6 boasts over 250 new features that make it a fantastic
              " upgrade even if you don't currently need to access your data over
              " the web!
              "
              " Here is a small sampling of some of the new version 6 capabilities
              " that will make you more productive and allow you to build better
              " applications.
              "
              " - A very powerful and sophisticated Security Model is embedded
              " throughout Version 6 - it can even detect intruders and issue
              " security alerts.
              "
              " - Email has been vastly improved with a complete email reader, and
              " an Action Editor, which runs scripts based on emails that Alpha
              " Five receives. You can automatically add or remove records by
              " sending a specially formatted email to an email account that Alpha
              " Five monitors, or request that a report be mailed to you in PDF
              " format.
              "
              " - Integrated Fax support allows you to send reports via fax.
              "
              " - Action Scripting has been improved with many
              " powerful new scripts and major improvements in the editor.
              "
              " - If you develop applications that run on machines with different
              " resolutions, you will love the fact that you can now create forms
              " that automatically resize themselves so that they look perfect on
              " any screen.
              "
              " - If you are a developer, Version 6 is an important upgrade. There
              " are over 120 new functions and over 60 new methods. Regular
              " Expressions are supported and there are powerful new Array
              " features. The code Editor has many improvements, such as a much
              " improved library, color coding for HTML, line numbers and more.
              "
              " - There are over 30 new Xdialog commands, and the Xdialog Genie in
              " Action Scripting now allows you to insert HTML and Internet
              " Explorer in your dialogs. A powerful new Genie allows you to create
              " Xdialog windows to display and update data in Access, SQL Server,
              " MySQL, Oracle and any other ODBC databases.
              "
              " - A Full HTML Editor enables you to make all your emails, reports
              " and Dialogs noticeably more professional.
              "
              " - 'Table by Example' and 'Table by Text' are examples of
              " productivity improvements that allow you to create tables in much
              " less time.
              "
              " - Browsing data has been improved by the addition of the ad-hoc
              " browse which allows you to browse just the fields you need to see.
              "
              " - The new Delete Duplicate Records Genie makes deleting duplicate
              " mailing list records really easy. It shows you side- by-side
              " previews of a record and its duplicates so that you can decide if
              " the record really should be deleted.
              "
              " - You can extend your Alpha Five applications in virtually
              " unlimited ways through the great new support for Use ActiveX
              " controls. Easily add capabilities such as a Web Browser, Graphs,
              " or an Image Editor to your forms. For example in a shipping
              " application put the FedEx tracking page directly on your form!
              Richard Rabins
              Co Chairman
              Alpha Software

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