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4th
Wednesday
Meeting Agenda
February
26, 2003
SOCIAL
TIME
6:15-6:45 PM
Random Access
6:45-7:15 PM
Business
Meeting & Break
7:15-7:30 PM
Alpha
Five Software
7:30-9:00 PM
MEETING PLACE:
North Branch Reformed Church
Route 28
Bridgewater, NJ
HOW
TO GET THERE:
Driving on Route 22 West: Turn right at the light at Milltown Road. Go
to the end of the street. The church is directly across the street.
Driving on Route 22 East: Continue past Milltown Road (no left turn
allowed) to the Route 28 off ramp (next exit). At the end of the ramp
turn left onto Route 28 and continue about 0.6 miles to the church (on
your right).
NOTE: The church is exactly one mile East of the main entrance (at
Orr Drive on Route 28) to Raritan Valley Community College. |
Alpha
Five Database Software
Melvin Davidson
Melvin Davidson will show us some of the features of
this great software.
Alpha Software's Alpha Five Version 5 has Microsoft Access square in
its sights. This robust relational database program offers
sophisticated, custom application-design ability through its easy,
menu-driven coding.
Scripts are the backbone of Alpha Five's power. Either menu-driven or
hand-coded, they are a combination of macros and Xbasic (Alpha's answer
to Microsoft Visual Basic). Much of the Xbasic language is in plain
English, so you'll encounter far fewer cryptic codes than with Visual
Basic.
Alpha Five keeps you abreast of your project's underlying code
throughout the database development process. As the final step during
the creation of new elements like forms and reports, the Genie—Alpha's
version of wizards—displays a View Xbasic button, which opens a window
displaying the Xbasic code of the just-completed process. An included
copy of Acrobat reader lets you access the Xbasic and Alpha Five help
PDF files, but for simple questions, it would be easier just to type the
search term and get a quick answer like you would in a standard Windows
help menu. Unfortunately, Alpha Five doesn't offer that, and you must
refer to the PDF files.
Go to http://www.alphasoftware.com/products/a5v5/overview.asp
for more detailed information about this software.
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