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The business logic engine for Microsoft IIS. Speaker T.M. Arnett. Great Tools. Wizards (Powerful RAD Device) Studio (IDE) Database Builder Database Explorer. Database Explorer Access to your Database tables Easy to create Test data Need more access to Database tables?.
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The business logic engine for Microsoft IIS Speaker T.M. Arnett
Great Tools • Wizards (Powerful RAD Device) • Studio (IDE) • Database Builder • Database Explorer
Database Explorer • Access to your Database tables • Easy to create Test data • Need more access to Database tables? . . .
Expandable with Visual DataFlex • Complete Windows Application Language • Complete Debugger • Same middleware • Access same files in both products • 20+ years of DBMS Experience
Database Builder Utility • Database Table structure changes • Supports ODBC Database tables (client installs with WebApp product) • Drivers are available for all popular Database tables • Business Rules are a snap to create using Data Dictionaries
Data Dictionary Benefits • Ensures all Business Rules are Enforced • ASP Pages Smaller Easier to Manage • One Location to update Business Rules (once) • Validation Messages - Users will love them
Studio (IDE) • Tree View for the Entire Application • Visual DataDictionary Structure in the WBOs • Code Completion • Open File under Cursor • Customize it to fit your style of developing • Many other features
Wizards (Powerful RAD) • Speed • Learning device • Runtime & Design Controls • Red Validation Messages
Security • Everything that NT and IIS provides • Database tables are not directly accessible from HTML pages • WBO must use RegisterInterface to expose a method. • WBO properties to block important operations
Separation of ASPs & WBOs • Task Delegation • Faster & Easier to Create and Maintain • Eliminates Duplication of Business Rules • WBOs & Data Dictionaries can be ported to future platforms
Overall WebApp Studio Product • Powerful RAD tools • Simple back end • 3 tier Architecture • DNA compatible • Leverages IIS and JavaScript • Advance development framework for Web Applications • Thin Client application development
The Web Challenge... • Build Dynamic Web Applications… • In “Web Time” • In an Environment that offers Flexibility, Power and Efficiency • At a Reasonable Cost
Now What? • Install the NT Evaluation • Check out Examples • Complete the Tutorial in the Developer’s Guide (20 minutes) • Training Manual will show • Using the WebApp tools (utilities) • Creating database tables & Data Dictionaries • Adding pictures to database tables • Filtering records based on a login
Data Access Worldwide Developer’s Conference • Where: Key Biscayne, Florida • When: September 11 through 13
On WebApp Server: “Its three tier architecture and intelligent database integration makes it the ideal development platform for creating scalable e-commerce solutions and other Internet related database applications.” • Web Review, November 1999