I just bought AF8 enterprise because of its "faster than Access" claims and its "improved" form design capabilities. On the latter, I'm a more than a little disappointed.
Why is it that:
Alpha Five itself uses a modern tab object, but relegates an old clunky one to version 8 users?
Alpha Five in the Select database form has two tabs "Databases and tasks" and "News & updates". Please note the left side of the tab is vertical and the right side is slanted, a la MS Office and One Note. If Alpha uses this control, why can't we use it in our own applications? If you thought that you can use the controls you see in AF8 itself, time to think again.
Why is it that:
Alpha Five itself uses a splitter bar which permits the toolbox to be widened or narrowed when you are designing your form.
Why does Alpha not allow us to use a splitter bar on our own forms. Even worse yet, why is it that if we try to use a third party splitter ActiveX control, Alpha Five disables it by requiring that any ActiveX control have both a hortizontal and vertical anchor defeating its very purpose.
Why is it that the scroll bars in a browse can not be disabled?
MS Access has two properties: show/hide vertical scrollbar, show/hide hortizontal scrollbar.
I've run into these problems in only two days using the package.
Can anyone tell me what other similar design inconsistencies exist in Version 8?
PS: In my opinion, AF8 has a fairly respectable visual design. That can not be said of the examples that Alpha Software has posted, which are extremely amateurish. AlphaSports needs a major design makeover. Do you think anyone at Alpha ever read "GUI design for Dummies" ?(Author Laura Arlov available at Amazon.com).
Why is it that:
Alpha Five itself uses a modern tab object, but relegates an old clunky one to version 8 users?
Alpha Five in the Select database form has two tabs "Databases and tasks" and "News & updates". Please note the left side of the tab is vertical and the right side is slanted, a la MS Office and One Note. If Alpha uses this control, why can't we use it in our own applications? If you thought that you can use the controls you see in AF8 itself, time to think again.
Why is it that:
Alpha Five itself uses a splitter bar which permits the toolbox to be widened or narrowed when you are designing your form.
Why does Alpha not allow us to use a splitter bar on our own forms. Even worse yet, why is it that if we try to use a third party splitter ActiveX control, Alpha Five disables it by requiring that any ActiveX control have both a hortizontal and vertical anchor defeating its very purpose.
Why is it that the scroll bars in a browse can not be disabled?
MS Access has two properties: show/hide vertical scrollbar, show/hide hortizontal scrollbar.
I've run into these problems in only two days using the package.
Can anyone tell me what other similar design inconsistencies exist in Version 8?
PS: In my opinion, AF8 has a fairly respectable visual design. That can not be said of the examples that Alpha Software has posted, which are extremely amateurish. AlphaSports needs a major design makeover. Do you think anyone at Alpha ever read "GUI design for Dummies" ?(Author Laura Arlov available at Amazon.com).
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