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Sunday, December 1, 2002		VOLUME 1 ISSUE 10

Contact the Editors:

Bill Warner: Compuniq@aol.com
Jim Chapman: jec@iowatelecom.net

TOPICS

News & Notes

Learn Alpha Five

Tips & Tricks

Tech Corner

Developer Spotlight

ARTICLES

Brief Notes

Qlinker - Alpha Five's Link to Quickbooks

An Interview with Cian Chambliss

Alpha Five Made Easy, The Basics and More for Version 5.

Alpha Five Version 5 versus Access

Table Pointers part 2

Table Pointers part 3

Using the CASE() Expression

Defining a Label Starting Position Revisited - Again

A Long and Winding Road

Brief Notes

There is now a direct link to the User Group page at the top of the Newsletter. This is where you can look for user groups in your area, or let others know that you want to start one.

Qlinker - Alpha Five's Link to Quickbooks
This great new feature will be available in a few weeks. Read all about it!
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An Interview with Cian Chambliss
by Jim Chapman

I had the rare privilege this month to interview Cian Chambliss. Look at the credits page of almost any version of Alpha Software's database products and you will find the name of Cian Chambliss. Cian, of one of the main 'brain trusts' behind Alpha Four and Alpha Five, graciously agreed to let me question him for the pages of the Alpha Newsletter. Join us as Cian shares inside knowledge and some wonderfully intriguing possibilities for the future of our favorite database development package.
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Alpha Five Made Easy, The Basics and More for Version 5.
by Susan Hussey Bush

Susan has graciously consented to having her new book republished here in the Alpha Newsletter as a series. Join Susan as she shares her book with the Alpha community over approximately the next 30 issues.
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Alpha Five Version 5 versus Access
by Tom Mills and John Hertzler

Join us as Tom Mills and John Hertzler demonstrate two different approaches to selecting groups of records for label printing. Tom shows how he does this with Microsoft Access, while John’s Alpha Five solution is presented as a demonstration. Check this out and let us know what you think of presenting material in this format.
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Table Pointers part 2
by Jim Chapman

I received several great emails in response to my 'Table Pointer' article in the November issue of the Alpha Newsletter. Two of these were questions I will answer this month with a couple of short articles, 'Table Pointer part 2', and 'Using Table Pointers to Access External Table Data'.
[FULL STORY]

Table Pointers part 3
by Jim Chapman

Another question I received asked: "How to locate and change a record in a table not connected to the current form." Here is my response.
[FULL STORY]

Using the CASE() Expression
by Robert Tishkevich

Here's a good alternative to using IF() when you have more than 3 conditions:
[FULL STORY]

Defining a Label Starting Position Revisited - Again
by Bill Warner

In the July issue, Stan Mathews had a great idea for labels. In the September issue, I modified it to include using Query by Form. This month's article solves another problem - printing one label from a Quick Filter.
[FULL STORY]

A Long and Winding Road
...why Alpha Five was the road for me...
by Louis Nickerson

Here's the story on one user's many attempts (and failures) at trying to learn how to successfully create and use an application. Guess where he finally ended up?
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NEW at ALPHA

Accounting Program for Alpha Five

Contact Manager/Time & Billing/Order Entry Applications for V5

New Peter Wayne Version 5 Book!!

Documentor for V5

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ARCHIVE INDEX

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ARCHIVE

Special News
November 21, 2002
Vol. 1

Issue 9
November 1, 2002
Vol. 1 Issue 9

Announcement
October 21, 2002

Issue 8
October 1, 2002
Vol. 1 Issue 8

Issue 7
September 1, 2002
Vol. 1 Issue 7

Special Issue
July 15, 2002
Vol. 1

Issue 5
July 1, 2002
Vol. 1 Issue 5

Issue 4
June 1, 2002
Vol. 1 Issue 4

Issue 3
May 1, 2002
Vol. 1 Issue 3

Issue 2
April 1, 2002
Vol. 1 Issue 2

Issue 1
March 1, 2002
Vol. 1 Issue 1

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