Whats new in alpha anywhere powered by alpha five version 12. Mobile app development lowcode digital transformation enterprise mobility mobile forms builder. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq. Alpha softwares alpha five v11 is a great way to build real web applications. Alpha five pages that contain xbasic code and a5 components which will be served. Hence add 1 to the array element when using in alpha five xbasic. Show the contents of a dot variable as an xbasic script. Also, reference to arrays in xbasic are always addressed with square brackets. Operators are used to write logical, arithmetic, character, date, time, and comparison expressions in xbasic. Aliases in a desktop application are normally defined using the viewsettingsaliases dialog. Axb stands for alpha five xbasic script alpha software inc.
Applications with full readwriteedit capability can be created against its builtin dbf engine and against mysql, oracle, ms sql server, db2, enterprisedb, postgresql and any other sql database. Leading distributor of alpha anywhere and alpha five books. Award winning tool that lets non programmers and professional developers build web and desktop database applications extremely rapidly slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. He is ms sql expert and is involved with our erp development efforts. I really like that alpha anywhere does the heavy lifting in terms of taking care of all the behind the scene coding. The actual developer of the software is alpha software, inc. Alpha softwares xbasic is not connected in any way at all. Aa xbasic working with sql databases part 1 to 4 youtube. The web application server now makes it extremely easy for you to build datadriven web applications. Xbasic alpha anywhere documentation alpha software. Posted by cdctakecharge october 17, 2012 january 6, 2015 posted in changing object property values, form design, how to, messaging software, object explorer, on event, on fetch, xbasic tips and tricks tags.
Alpha five is a relational database management system and rapid application development platform rad for building desktop, web including ajax and cross platform mobile applications. Make the transition from alpha four to alpha anywhere. We redid their contract manager software while using alpha anywhere software development engine. Yes, the avis the car rental company has chosen us to be their software developers. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. In designing alpha five version 7 we had one goal in mind, said selwyn rabins, cochairman of alpha software. English speaking writing software development programming desktop applications. This video basically shows the alpha software provided tutorial application we will be using for our lessons called its for you. From the users point of view, the weak point of this tool is. It is similar to visual basic but it contains many specialized and highlevel commands for use in alpha five. This function allows you to define the aliases programmatically. Database programs push the hardware, software and networks much harder than. Alpha software has developed xbasic as a proprietary language for its products.
Xbasic should also not be confused with the xbasic language used in alpha softwares alpha anywhere and alpha five products. Xbasic is an extremely rich language with hundreds of methods and functions. Alpha five for windows xbasic reference paperback alpha software corporation on. Liberty manuals alpha anywhere books, alpha anywhere book. The web application server extends alpha five from the desktop and intranet to the internet. That amount of stack was insufficient for the xbasic engine so application server for iis created an additional thread for each request with an 8mb stack and then. To see examples where you can perform searches on a map please view. Whether its designing a database, laying out reports, building queries or creating sophisticated dataentry validation procedures, theres a genie to help. Alpha five version 7 honors only the static keyword. A logical expression can include multiple comparison operations that are connected logically through the. A guide to xbasic for web and mobile application developers. Xbasic is alpha fives builtin programming language. Alpha five is no longer available as alpha software has migrated to a subscription based model called alpha anywhere that also allows for mobile computing. Xbasic is a variant of the basic programming language.
Alpha five version 11 developer edition techsoup canada. Those days are gone for good, thanks to alpha five version 6. The best alpha anywhere training courses available. Alpha anywhere xbasic scripting language code colorization and lint support. The alpha platform is the only unified mobile and web app development and deployment environment with distinct nocode and lowcode components. Eventually, alpha anywhere will eventually honor others keywords, such as. Automated testing is a process that validates if software is functioning appropriately and meeting requirements before it is released into production. Contact alpha software for information on substantial discounts for techsoup. This package contains the following book in pdf format and working databases for the exercises. Buy two or more electronic download editions and get 10% discount on your order. The xbasic code editor is used to write xbasic in web, mobile, and desktop applications. Using xbasic to add, delete and fetch records hello everyone before we get into our session for today, i want to take a moment to talk about the software i.
Reports the level that caller of this xbasic is running at applicationaddin or system. The object interfaces are identical, but the implementations are specific to the environment under which your application is running. Xbasic was developed in the late 1980s for the motorola 88000 cpu and unix. The latest version of this tool is supported on pcs running windows 7, 32bit. Alpha 401 introduction to xbasic with alpha anywhere. Developers use alpha five to compose html pages, making it possible for the user to interact with online or offline data sources on desktop or mobile devices.
Alpha five data dictionary and xbasic data types email. The alpha developers guide to xbasic is a 6hour long videobased overview of xbasic. Active x arrays referenced from alpha five start at base of 1 for the 1st array element vs the active x control bases it at a base of 0. In the early 1990s xbasic was ported to windows and linux. The xbasic code editor is available in every edition of alpha five except the application server. Overview the web application server responds to client requests for web pages containihg xbasic code. Alpha five, a database development tool from alpha software, provides a lot of functionality in a package thats more fun to use than microsoft access, which is its biggest competitor. Learn how to create xbasic classes in these articles that discuss everything from the basics of creating a class, inheritance, and testing classes. Alpha software launches alpha five version 10 with. Alpha five has hundreds of stepbystep genies to help you build powerful custom database applications. Discount shown in shopping cart after 2nd book is added.
Reading from and writing to alpha five and other databases and files. Alpha five application server version 11 introduces a new set of objects that provide a consistent set of services whether you are running under iis7 or under the alpha five web server. Xbasic now has a huge library of functions for working with and generating json data. Since 1999 it is has been available as open source software. Alpha five v11 and iis support linkedin slideshare. Designing an application for the runtime when you design an application that you intend to run with the alpha five runtime, you should make sure that you keep the following in mind. Xbasic allows you to build powerful, highly customized database applications. Alpha fives xbasic language is available for more complex development.
In our staff we have an alpha five developer as a cpa. Here is some sample code that shows how you use xbasic to populate an array. Posted by cdctakecharge september 17, 20 september 20, 20 leave a comment on pc desktop. And you dont have be a programmer already to take advantage of this language because alpha provides an easytouse features and tools like its action scripting, xbasic explorer and script recorder. Xbasic, level 1, is an instructorled training ilt course designed for developers who are familiar with alpha five, but who seek a better understanding and ability to use xbasic and for developers who are using alpha five as a frontend for other database. In that regard it is the perfect software for both the novice and. Alpha five or the application server must be running to run xbasic code. Prompting users for input and giving them feedback. Xbasic is an integrated software development environment including an advanced compiler, editrundebug environment, and interactive guidesigner. Yet at the same time you are completely free to customize any and all code to your hearts content. Alpha anywhere xbasic workbook formerly alpha five xbasic for everyone by dr peter wayne suitable for alpha anywhere and alpha five v811 click here for a brief overview choose any book or bundle below for a full description.
Alpha software development environments, alpha anywhere and alpha transform, enable data. Alpha software alpha anywhere desktop app development. Alpha five is a rapid application development tool by alpha software. These functions make json a first class citizen in your xbasic code and make it very easy to work with json data. Alpha five developers alpha five software development. Alpha fives abundant bugs necessitate a lot of workarounds and the applications total lack of any kind of cohesive, centralized and conveniently searchable reference materials makes it a. With the announcement of alpha five version 7, alpha software is also announcing an integrated database hosting service, alpha fiveonline that provides seamless hosting for alpha five web applications. Eventually, alpha anywhere will eventually honor others keywords, such as private. In this example, all the actions on the right are available for the forms category selected in the left pane. Alpha five version 10 is the most significant upgrade in the platforms 20year history, with over 70 new features spanning web development, desktop development, the xbasic language, xdialog, and the alpha application server. Within each category, there are a variety of 10minute videos that present all of the critical information you need to know in order to take full advantage of xbasic. Alpha five v11 makes it extremely easy and quick to work with data from a database on maps, and to build impressive gis applications. Alpha fives highlevel scripts provide a huge number of frameworks for common functions. Start alpha five and from the control panel, select the tools, create shortcut command.