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    #16
    Originally posted by Dermot
    I have used Frontage for 5 years now to build my own sites and never had a problem. Almost all web hosting companies have the Frontpage extensions so it is not a big deal anymore. You cannot beat it for putting a site together quickly, plus there are some great templates you can buy to get a jump start.

    If you build web sites for a living it may not be the best tool but for you own work it will do just fine. Dreamweaver is no doubt a great tool and I have tried it many times but never had the time it would take to be actually get anything done. Also if you want to use the Coldfusion part of Dreamweaver for database stuff, it will require that the server supports Coldfusion so it is not much different than Frontpage in that regard.

    Dismissing Frontpage for building a website because of its extensions is like dismissing the Alpha Web builder for building database web sites because it requires the WAS server.

    Here is a link to a product specific site of mine built with Frontpage. It is simple, clean and fast, no fancy graphics. www.quickestimator.com

    Regards
    Hi Dermot,
    The Quick Estimator looks very nice, was that built using Alpha Five? if not what did you use? you could PM me if you want but if possible please post hear
    for others to see. This is what makes this board so useful.
    Kind Regards,
    Ray Roosa
    Raylin Micro, LLC.

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      #17
      Originally posted by Rayr
      Hi Dermot,
      The Quick Estimator looks very nice, was that built using Alpha Five? if not what did you use? you could PM me if you want but if possible please post hear
      for others to see. This is what makes this board so useful.

      Ray, Dermot already said, and you in fact quoted:
      Originally posted by Dermot
      Here is a link to a product specific site of mine built with Frontpage. It is simple, clean and fast, no fancy graphics. www.quickestimator.com

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

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        #18
        Originally posted by Lenny Forziati
        Ray, Dermot already said, and you in fact quoted:
        Lenny,

        With all due respect he said the site was created with FrontPage, what I am
        asking is what did he use for building his application "Quick Estimator"

        If I am missing something please due let me know.

        By the way Lenny did you get my Email about AJAX? because I did not get a response on that question.:(
        Kind Regards,
        Ray Roosa
        Raylin Micro, LLC.

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          #19
          Hi Ray

          Yes the web site was done in Frontpage but the Quick Estimator software was done in Access. I am redoing it in Alpha Five which will make it a much better product even. The feature requests I am getting from customers are just not possible with Access but are more than possible with Alpha.

          Lenny is correct in that if your are going to run your site on the Alpha WAS then you cannot use the Frontpage extensions and he is right that you probably don't need them in that case.

          Regards
          Dermot Fitzpatrick
          www.fitzsolutions.com

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            #20
            Originally posted by Rayr
            Lenny,
            With all due respect he said the site was created with FrontPage, what I am
            asking is what did he use for building his application "Quick Estimator"
            My apologizies then Ray, I misunderstood what you were asking

            Originally posted by Rayr
            By the way Lenny did you get my Email about AJAX? because I did not get a response on that question.:(
            I do not know when the AJAX functionality will be incorporated into the product.

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

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              #21
              Originally posted by Lenny Forziati
              My apologizies then Ray, I misunderstood what you were asking


              I do not know when the AJAX functionality will be incorporated into the product.
              Thank you Lenny.
              Kind Regards,
              Ray Roosa
              Raylin Micro, LLC.

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                #22
                Originally posted by Rayr
                Lenny,

                With all due respect he said the site was created with FrontPage, what I am
                asking is what did he use for building his application "Quick Estimator"

                If I am missing something please due let me know.

                By the way Lenny did you get my Email about AJAX? because I did not get a response on that question.:(
                AJAX is a technique. If you are coding you own .A5W pages today, you can incorporate AJAX. There is nothing special about AJAX, and a skilled developer (regardless of whether they are using Xbasic in .a5w pages, VBScript in .ASP pages, PHP in .php pages) can incorporate AJAX techniques in their pages.

                Future versions of the Alpha Web Components will start using AJAX techniques so that you don't have to manually code pages in order to get the benefits of AJAX.

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                  #23
                  Originally posted by Selwyn Rabins
                  AJAX is a technique. If you are coding you own .A5W pages today, you can incorporate AJAX. There is nothing special about AJAX, and a skilled developer (regardless of whether they are using Xbasic in .a5w pages, VBScript in .ASP pages, PHP in .php pages) can incorporate AJAX techniques in their pages.

                  Future versions of the Alpha Web Components will start using AJAX techniques so that you don't have to manually code pages in order to get the benefits of AJAX.
                  thank you Selwyn
                  Kind Regards,
                  Ray Roosa
                  Raylin Micro, LLC.

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                    #24
                    Originally posted by Selwyn Rabins
                    AJAX is a technique. If you are coding you own .A5W pages today, you can incorporate AJAX. There is nothing special about AJAX, and a skilled developer (regardless of whether they are using Xbasic in .a5w pages, VBScript in .ASP pages, PHP in .php pages) can incorporate AJAX techniques in their pages.

                    Future versions of the Alpha Web Components will start using AJAX techniques so that you don't have to manually code pages in order to get the benefits of AJAX.
                    Selwyn,
                    Whats a good site that I can go to so I can see what all the hype is about with AJAX? and so I can see how to implement it.
                    Kind Regards,
                    Ray Roosa
                    Raylin Micro, LLC.

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                      #25
                      Whats a good site that I can go to so I can see what all the hype is about with AJAX? and so I can see how to implement it.
                      You could start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX

                      Seems to explain it preety well.

                      Regards
                      Dermot Fitzpatrick
                      www.fitzsolutions.com

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                        #26
                        Originally posted by Dermot
                        You could start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AJAX

                        Seems to explain it preety well.

                        Regards
                        Dermot,

                        I will have a look - thank you
                        Kind Regards,
                        Ray Roosa
                        Raylin Micro, LLC.

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                          #27
                          Originally posted by Dermot
                          Hi Ray

                          Yes the web site was done in Frontpage but the Quick Estimator software was done in Access. I am redoing it in Alpha Five which will make it a much better product even. The feature requests I am getting from customers are just not possible with Access but are more than possible with Alpha.

                          Lenny is correct in that if your are going to run your site on the Alpha WAS then you cannot use the Frontpage extensions and he is right that you probably don't need them in that case.

                          Regards
                          Dermot,
                          Well I have to tell you the screen look really clean and professional looking at the screen shots, nice job :)
                          Kind Regards,
                          Ray Roosa
                          Raylin Micro, LLC.

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                            #28
                            Originally posted by Rayr
                            Dermot,
                            Well I have to tell you the screen look really clean and professional looking at the screen shots, nice job :)
                            Thanks Ray.
                            Dermot Fitzpatrick
                            www.fitzsolutions.com

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                              #29
                              Originally posted by Dermot
                              Thanks Ray.
                              Your welcome, if you could remember to show me how the finished screens come out in Alpha Five, I would like to see that. I think if the finished product
                              turns out at least as nice as it did in Access, your screen shots should be posted somewhere on Alpha Software (like a poster child) to show off what can be accomplished with Alpha Five :D
                              Kind Regards,
                              Ray Roosa
                              Raylin Micro, LLC.

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                                #30
                                Dermot,

                                Your screen shots are very impressive. Just curious. Are you building your'e new Alpha version of Quick Estimator as a web product?
                                Peter
                                AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

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


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