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Saturday, June 1, 2002	Issue 4	VOLUME 1 ISSUE 4

TOPICS

News & Notes

Learn Alpha Five

Tips & Tricks

Tech Corner

Developer Spotlight

CONTENTS

Alpha Five v5 Preview

Alpha Five Web Application Server is Coming!!

Alpha Four to Alpha Five - Chapter 4

An Interview with Chris Barbariantz

Create a Template for Forms and Reports

Trouble-Shooting Made Easy (well, easier anyway)

Make Operations Faster

Auto-Increment Script - IMPROVED

Windows Advantages of Alpha Five

Naming Conventions

Alpha Four Short-Cuts

Different Uses of Alpha Five

T E S T

Alpha Five v5 Preview
NW054
by Bill Warner

Alpha Five v5 is fast approaching! Here are some comments from Beta users.
[FULL STORY]

Alpha Five Web Application Server is Coming!!
NW052
by Lenny Forziati

Alpha Five's renowned ease of use is coming to the Internet!
[FULL STORY]

Alpha Four to Alpha Five - Chapter 4
Indexes: A No-Brainer in Alpha Five
by Frances Peake

In our continuing series on the transition from Alpha Four to Alpha Five, here's how to create indexes.
[FULL STORY]

An Interview with Chris Barbariantz
SL049
by Jim Chapman

This month we continue exploring the 300 node network running Alpha Five version 1.2 in an interview with hardware guru Chris Barbariantz.
[FULL STORY]

Create a Template for Forms and Reports
TP046
by Ken Herrold

A template for reports and other layouts can make your app look more consistent, and make it faster to build.
[FULL STORY]

Trouble-Shooting Made Easy (well, easier anyway)
TC034
by Bill Warner

Here is a list of procedures that could help you figure out why a problem is happening -- and what to do about it.
[FULL STORY]

Make Operations Faster
TP041
http://www.imakenews.com/alphasoftware/j...
by John Zaleski

Keeping another instance of the large master table open when appending records into that table may make the process run signifigantly faster.
[FULL STORY]

Auto-Increment Script - IMPROVED
TP050
http://www.imakenews.com/alphasoftware/r...
by Bill Warner and Ray DiFazio

Thanks to Ray, here's a script that works even better than the one in the last issue!
[FULL STORY]

Windows Advantages of Alpha Five
TC008
by Bill Warner

The Windows interface gives Alpha Five tremendous versatility.
[FULL STORY]

Naming Conventions
TC040
by Cal Locklin

Does it really matter what you call a table or a form? Here are some reasons why it does:
[FULL STORY]

Alpha Four Short-Cuts
TP051
by Bill Warner

Sometimes knowing which buttons to push can make a big difference. Here are some keystroke hints:
[FULL STORY]

Different Uses of Alpha Five
TP055
http://www.imakenews.com/alphasoftware/r...
by Robert Tishkevich

Why use Alpha Five for just one task, when it can be used for so many different tasks??
[FULL STORY]

T E S T
[FULL STORY]

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