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Alpha Five Videos |
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All Version 8 Videos |
Below are dozens of videos showing off features of Alpha Five Version 8. Videos are divided by category, corresponding to each edition of Version 8 (Desktop, Professional, and Enterprise).
For problems playing videos, please scroll to the bottom of this page for help. Desktop Edition Features
(for desktop and non networked applications)| Speed Improvements | See how much faster Version 8 is than previous versions. | Play (:57) | | New Browse Features | Browse and embedded browse objects now look and work better. | Play (10:47) | | Building Desktop Applications | Good introduction video for beginners. | Play (21:58) | | Companion Forms for Embedded Browses | Demonstrates an action script for placing a button on a form to open an embedded browse’s companion Form. | Play (2:40) |
Professional Edition Features
(Includes all desktop edition features plus the ability to build web applications)| Web Security Overview | Alpha Five Version 8 has a new security system for web applications. | Play (8:21) | | Arguments in Grids | Filtering records using the new "Arguments" capability in a Grid Component without coding | Play (4:22) | | Build a Contact Manager Part 1 | Build a web based contact manager - part 1 of 2 | Play (15:52) | | Build a Contact Manager Part 2 | Build a web based contact manager - part 2 of 2 | Play (24:26) | | Web App with PDF Reports | Using the Web Based Contact Manager as an example (see above), this video shows you how to add reporting to your web applications. Reports are generated as PDFs and are streamed to the client's browser. | Play (14:35) | | Building an Ecommerce Application | Tour of the Alpha Sports Web application. | Play (19:00) | | Client-side Processing | Performing Calculations and setting display/hide options on the client in web dialog components | Play (3:12) | | Flexible Web Dialog Component Layouts | Demonstrates new options when laying out web dialog components. | Play (8:19) |
Enterprise Edition Features
(for desktop and web applications that require SQL, client-server connectivity)| SQL Command Window | The SQL Command window lets you issue queries directly to a remote backend database of your choice. | Play (7:39) | | Database Explorer | The Database Explorer allows you to see the tables, views, fields and data in your local databases and in SQL databases to which you connect. | Play (6:57) | | Passive Linked Tables | Creating local, easily updatable snapshots of remote SQL data | Play (10:25) | | New Alpha Five Databases from Different Data Sources | Create a new database from a template or an Access, an Excel or an SQL Data Source. | Play (4:48) | | AlphaDAO Import Genie | Powerful and flexible tool for importing remote SQL data. | Play (14:52) |
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