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Alpha Five is a database application building tool produced by Alpha Software for building both powerful desktop and web or browser applications quickly and easily.

Alpha Five eschews programming for ease of use for those who are not familiar with computers through a "point and click" approach, but also includes its own full featured programming language (xBasic) for more advanced users. The software builds applications against its own built-in database engine or against SQL engines such as MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySQL and Sybase. By using the Alpha Five Web Application Server, a user can also deploy applications to run in an internet browser on any platform, including Windows, Apple and Linux-based systems.

Alpha Five is the flagship product of Alpha Software. Alpha Software has been building database application building software since its founding in 1982. It has  over 1 million users. In the last year it and has received awards such as PC Magazine's Editors Choice, PC Users "Top Buy" rating and CRN's Database application building product of the year.

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Example Uses ==''' ==

To organize mailing lists, mail merges and email merges

To track inventory or equipment

To record and report on expenses, costs and time

To manipulate, process data from ASCII, DBF, Acess, Excel and any SQL Source

To add new database driven capabilities to a company website

To build powerful query and reporting systems against SQL data without knowing how to write SQL

To create customized order entry/invoicing/receivables systems

To keep employee records

To create custom contact management systems for either desktop or the web

To create time and billing systems for professionals such as accountants or lawyers

To generate financial reports and analysis

To build custom membership record management systems

To keep legal records

To build custom document and case management systems

To keep patient records securely with both desktop and web access

To build thin client intranet applications for organizations

To build research tracking and reporting systems

To build both desktop and web forms for working with the same database

To build scheduling systems

To integrate different databases into a unified order entry system

To put student academic and sports team information securely on the web

To build a custom web based systems to ensure all worldwide offices have the same live data

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Alpha Five Tools ==''' ==

Form, Report, Mailing Labels Layout capabilities

Extensive use of Wizards (called Genies)

Multiple Search Options

Powerful Browse Tool

Integrated Relational database engine or works with any SQL database

Action Scripting - peform complex tasks without having to learn coding - generates user modifiable code

Fully Integrated inbound and outbound email

Extensive Operations for manipulation of data including any SQL data

Visual Code editor and HTML desinger

Build web applications with "portable SQL" to allow for portability of applications

CSS editor

Flexible Import Export

Extensible Programming Language

Data Dictionary for Data Entry Speed and Accuracy

Visual "banded" report writer - report against any SQL data including QuickBooks

Ability to deploy desktop applications to an unlimited number of users with a "runtime"

Ability to deploy web applications to an unlimited number of users with a "web appliction server"