When you go out and buy a computer, many people buy Norton Anti-Virus, Zone Alarm, a version of Office and a ton other addins/add-ons for their computer. When you invest in using Alpha 5 (which I think most people here would say is a great program at a very reasonable cost) as a developer, why are you not buying the 3rd party addin tools/utilities ?
There are several 3rd Party Tools intended specifically for the Alpha 5 development environment. Some of the key ones
CSDA Code Utility for Alpha 5 ($59.95/$39.95) - Allows quick restarts, remember's and restores A5 windows, quick debug, development logging, quick backup for development, accurate code timing
Partec A5Doc ($49.00) - A5 documentor
AIMS Group Formatter ($19.00) - Allows for A5 desktop applications to select multiple items in a layout design (e.g. a form) and formatting only specific attributes of the properties, without effecting other attributes that you wish to leave unmodified. AIMS also has others, but this has the highest return if you use it.
AlphaToGo Website Traffic and Audit Trail ($45.00) - Provide real-time statistics on web traffic to your Alpha Web application. Other web oriented products as well
While no single tool will fit everyone's need, many of these will pay for themselves in very short order. There are many other tools available under the other competitive databases, but few for the A5 environment. If sales are not large enough, 3rd party tools may disappear for Alpha 5, and that makes all of us work harder!
There are 5000+ members of the message board (not including those that show up as guests) and 725+ active members, yet less than 1% have purchased any of the tools/utilities. Maybe there's a reason that 3rd party tool developer's haven't addressed. Let us know. If you prefer to be more anonymous, feel free to email me with your opinions.
So the question for the poll is that for ANY Alpha 5 specific 3rd-party tool (including ones not listed above), if you can answer the reason you have not purchased any.
There are several 3rd Party Tools intended specifically for the Alpha 5 development environment. Some of the key ones
CSDA Code Utility for Alpha 5 ($59.95/$39.95) - Allows quick restarts, remember's and restores A5 windows, quick debug, development logging, quick backup for development, accurate code timing
Partec A5Doc ($49.00) - A5 documentor
AIMS Group Formatter ($19.00) - Allows for A5 desktop applications to select multiple items in a layout design (e.g. a form) and formatting only specific attributes of the properties, without effecting other attributes that you wish to leave unmodified. AIMS also has others, but this has the highest return if you use it.
AlphaToGo Website Traffic and Audit Trail ($45.00) - Provide real-time statistics on web traffic to your Alpha Web application. Other web oriented products as well
While no single tool will fit everyone's need, many of these will pay for themselves in very short order. There are many other tools available under the other competitive databases, but few for the A5 environment. If sales are not large enough, 3rd party tools may disappear for Alpha 5, and that makes all of us work harder!
There are 5000+ members of the message board (not including those that show up as guests) and 725+ active members, yet less than 1% have purchased any of the tools/utilities. Maybe there's a reason that 3rd party tool developer's haven't addressed. Let us know. If you prefer to be more anonymous, feel free to email me with your opinions.
So the question for the poll is that for ANY Alpha 5 specific 3rd-party tool (including ones not listed above), if you can answer the reason you have not purchased any.
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