7 new videos - 5 of which are based on "subscriber" benefit features

We are continuing in our pursuit of making Alpha Five a leading tool for rapid development of powerful web apps for business.

To this end - we are happy to announce a series of new videos and capabilities

M50 Action Javascript - Message Box Action - Advanced Options This video shows how you can use the advanced options feature in the Message Box Action in Action Javascript to create message boxes that are much richer than the built-in Javascript alert() and confirm() functions allows. This feature is a Subscriber Benefit. Watch Video D46 Geocoding Data when Records are Saved This video shows how you can automatically geocode data when saving a record in a Dialog component. This feature is a Subscriber Benefit. Watch Video - 1 Watch Video - 2 D47 Server Side Events For CRUD Operations When using Server-side Action Scripting to save data to SQL tables, you can insert event handlers for these actions: Before/After Insert Before/After Update Before/After Delete OnRowRefresh This feature is a Subscriber Benefit. Watch Video D48 Using the 'Prevent Container Float' Property on a Free-form Container To Center or Right Justify Text By default, all controls in a Dialog component are wrapped in a div which has the A5Container class. This class floats all elements to the left. In some cases, this will prevent you from achieving a layout that you want. For example, say you have a container, and you would like the controls in the container to be center or right justified. This video explains how you can place the controls in a free-form container and then turn off the float property of the container. Requires build number 2591-3907 or above Watch Video D49 Displaying a Fade Out Message to Confirm that Record was Saved A common pattern in web applications is to display a transient message (a 'fade out' message) to confirm that an action has taken place. This video shows how you can easily create fade out messages in your applications, and in particular how easy it is to add a 'fade out' confirmation message when a record is saved. This feature is a Subscriber Benefit. Watch Video - 1 Watch Video - 2 D50 Adding a Row to a Repeating Section Programmatically By First Prompting for Data in a Pop-up Window A common pattern when adding a new row to a Repeating Section in a Dialog is to first display a dialog where you can collect information from the user. Once the user has filled in all of the information, the new row is in the Repeating Section is created and the data that was collected in the pop-up window is used to populate the new Repeating Section row. Watch Video - Part 1 Watch Video - Part 2 D51 Prompting for Confirmation Before Submitting a Dialog A common requirement in a Dialog component that submits data to the server is to prompt the user for confirmation before actually submitting the Data. These videos show two different ways in which this can be done. The technique shown in this video are available as part of the Subscriber Benefits. Watch Video - 1 Watch Video -2 The technique shown in this video do not require any Subscriber Benefits. Watch Video - 1 Watch Video -2