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Ability Database

Ability Database is a powerful data management system that is perfect for storing and analysing structured data or information, including address books, inventories, customer and product lists, medical records, and any other data that can be usefully tabulated.

Key features:

• Recent Folders and Recent Files sidecar menus to make locating and opening files easier and quicker
• compatibility with Microsoft Access data tables – based on the same database engine Microsoft use for Microsoft Access
• single-click querying for simple filters, sort orders and column views
• queries can be used in Spreadsheet and Write files in conjunction with merge fields – unique to Ability Office
• quick and easy browsing of tables and forms
• basic auto-forms and auto-reports created with a single click
• design more complex forms and reports in Design Mode
• insert database fields, lookup summary fields, formula fields, table grids, and other objects into forms and reports
• single-click switching between tables, forms and reports
• wizards that take care of creating tables, reports and mailing labels
• full SQL-statement editing
• unlimited number of records per table
• Macros - use VBScript, OLE automation and programmable forms
• print to PDF to enable you to create a PDF file from any table, form, report, relation or query
• classic toolbars to make many tasks as easy as a single click of your mouse

The Alpha Five Web Publishing pages are similar in nature to .ASP and .PHP pages which also are a combination of HTML and code designed to produce the HTML sent to users.
Alpha Five provides a simpler, more attractive, and more powerful alternative. The Alpha Five has a unique advantage - it writes the code for you. Instead of creating your application in a code editor, you use the Alpha Five component builder.