Just thought I would share my thoughts on Alpha Five version 5.0. This version is so feature-packed, contains so many genies, functions, and is just so powerful and easy to use! I have written several complicated accounting applications with almost no inline Xbasic! They are written from the ground up in version 5 and I must say that this product is extremely fast and stable. The Xbasic language is significantly enhanced and contains a new language within a language called Xdialog. But the folks at Alpha don't require you to learn it. You can simply use one of the Xdialog genies to create complex dialog boxes with database lookups and all Windows common controls like text boxes, check boxes, combo and list boxes. The great thing is that none of these controls need to be bound to a database field like when you use a form. There are so many great new features including integrated zip/backup, Adobe PDF output of layouts, integration with MS-Word and Excel, stylesheets, and even a powerful ODBC Import Genie that converts many different file formats right into your Alpha Five database. This version of Alpha Five is the best one yet, enabling anyone to create complex database applications without code using genies and the greatly enhanced Action Scripting engine.