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09/10/11 15:16 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
Just for fun, the Recurring Event "Join Now" buttons on IADN’s Webinar page automatically toggle between:  and You’d have to wait for a session to be about to start to see the toggle, but it toggles 5 minutes before the session star...

» Cascading dropdowns and Primary Key field name
27/09/11 08:49 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
Best practice in Alpha Five is to name all primary keys with the table name plus "_id". E.g., the PK for the Product table would be product_id. This may be obvious to those of you who always followed that practice. But there are many dev...

» Toggle Child Grid based on value in Parent Grid
18/09/11 21:18 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
Linked Content Area Switch Model Given Parent table w/Grid ChildA table w/Grid ChildB table w/Grid Parent has Linked Content Area with EACH Child Grid as a separate Linked Content Section Freeform area, Linked Content placement {LinkedCo...

» Getting the Alpha Five Append Operation to work in web environment
28/01/10 09:37 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
One of the neat things about Alpha Five is mixing the Genie type tools on the 'desktop side' to build completed operations that you can then run from the web. Without these Genies, you would have to write the code from scratch yourself. ...

» Inhibit column titles if no records
29/11/09 09:59 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
Just 'discovered' another Alpha Five V10 cool feature - "supress column titles if no records". It's in the Column Titles and Sorting Options section of the Grid Properties. Neat because it has always looked messy and out of context ...

» Quick way to 'check/uncheck all checkboxes'
18/10/09 20:43 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
I needed to allow my client to 'check/uncheck' all boxes in a multi-row grid. I found this very convenient code that creates a hyperlink to do simply that; add the link anywhere on the A5W page. Only thing, it checks/unchecks ALL boxes o...

» How to keep track of session variables in a web app
15/10/09 06:13 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
Almost every web application requires multiple session variables that need to be DIM'd and set to a value. A typical example might be setting "session.clientname" to the logged in user's first and last name, for convenient...

» Positioning Login and toggle to show Logged-In username
30/08/09 07:53 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
This article shows how to position a Login component on a web page, and then toggle this area to show who is logged in. The method described below requires some skill with CSS and the ability to work in the source area of an A5...

» Determine who's logged in
26/02/09 15:28 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
It's a common problem for a developer -- you need to reboot or reset your Alpha Five Application Server but you have one or more live applications running. If you reset the server when someone is only browsing, not too big a deal, they c...

» Adding reports to the web without affecting data
19/01/09 21:18 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
Q: If you have an existing Alpha Five web application and create or edit an existing report, how do you get the new report up to the web without disturbing the existing data? A: After you create or edit a report, three files will have be...

» some causes of high WAS CPU, robots and other information
11/02/08 12:29 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
I've been trying to resolve a high-CPU issue on my WAS. I find the WAS operating around 35% of CPU every time I visit. So I restart the WAS and watch, and it kicks back up to 35%. Here's a couple things I found: In this specific case, th...

» User Registration and Login MethodsUsing Alpha Five V8 Security Framework
22/07/07 23:32 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
Today, developers can choose among several different methods to allow users to register and gain access (login) to their Internet-based application. Although some are more popular than others, the method selected should be appropriate to...

» HTML in Row Labels - auto scroll to a particular position
09/09/06 16:51 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
In a Dialog or Grid, Row Labels can include HTML. Normally, your label might be something like "Customer Name", but you could add HTML tags such as <strong>Customer Name</strong> to make the label appear bold, like this: Cust...

» Open PDF in new window - always
05/09/06 11:44 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
A very common problem with PDF reports called from Alpha web application (or any other program) is that, by default, they open in the same browser window from where the report was called. This sets up the user to accidentally close the A...

» Giving Filtered Pages a Title
16/08/06 06:15 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
One method to filter data in the browser is to build the filter statement right into the URL. For example, if the URL ...Customers.A5W displays a grid showing all customer records, then ...Customers.A5W?customers_filter=State="CA" (see n...

» Coding a "Tell A Friend" Utility
14/08/06 23:18 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
A popular item on websites and within email messages is a "Recommend Us" or "Tell A Friend" link. This is a structured way to let the viewer recommend your products or services to to one or more "friends". When they click Submit, each fr...

» Using Alpha WAS to Track your Email Campaign
14/08/06 18:25 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
Take a look at any email in your inbox from a large company or news organization. Look at the properties of one of the hyperlinks. Rather than something simple like www.thisdomain.com/thisfile.htm , it will be more complex, like this one...

» Mass Mailing Software
14/08/06 16:10 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
Alpha Five comes with a free license to use HighImpact eMail v3. This software is designed to simplify the process of sending personalized email messages to your emal list. More and more companies are using this method to carry their "br...

» Web Project Profiles "missing"
14/08/06 06:34 from AlphaToGo Alpha Five Desktop and Web Applications
When you use Alpha's Send Database feature, the file \webproject\project.settings is excluded from the zip file. This file contains the settings for publishing your web project via FTP or LAN. This exclusion is most likely intentional, s...

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