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Alpha five v11 presentation to the national uk access user group
1. Help me! I’m an Alphaholic...
Why and how we’re using
Alpha Five to put Access
systems on the web
Robin Bennett MA FIAP MIoD
Director, Start Software
2. Access: Suits you,Sir!
Self confessed Access “nut”
10 years+ software business
Access is core of business
Disappointed with web offerings from Access
Access/Sharepoint doesn’t suit us
… and doesn’t suit our clients
It might suit you though!
3. Alpha Five v11 (so good they numbered it twice)
What is it?
History
Capabilities
Went to v11 launch – impressed
Trialled it, bought it, have been using it 6
months+
Web data capture/analysis system for charity
Order processing system for sportsgear supplier
“Extranet” for national legal firm
Office management system for insurance company
4. Let’s stress again…
NOT replacing Access in my business
IS providing productive route to web
I still love Access
Alpha Five is just my secret…
5. Let’s get stuck in
Let’s build the Help Me! app
Build in Access
Build in Alpha
Power through Properties
Google Maps
Calendar – insight into “built for developers”
6. Technologies
Web server “Alpha App Server” (soon IIS?)
XBASIC
Any SQL/ODBC database
Browser – HTML/CSS
Javascript
Ajax
“Publishing” process
Local
LAN
Remote (via FTP)
7. Stuff we’ve learnt along the way
Alpha are very approachable
Very responsive
Very quick to turn around new releases
Bugs reported today can be fixed by tomorrow
Skype chats with lead developers
Suggestions welcomed/implemented
8. And finally…
Countrywide demo
Metro UI
Mapping
Web security
Free trial @ alphasoftware.com