Internet & Intranet Applications With Powerbuilder 6,9781884777608

Internet & Intranet Applications With Powerbuilder 6

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ISBN13: 9781884777608
ISBN10: 1884777600
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1998-09-01
Publisher(s): Manning Pubns Co
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Summary

If you're a PowerBuilder programmer, Internet and Intranet Applications with PowerBuilder 6 is your ticket to learning Web.PB and related technologies. The book covers everything you need to know to build web browser and server programs with the PowerBuilder 6 Internet Toolkit. Also covered is how to write winsock programs with PB, and Distributed PB is covered to the extent necessary to learn Web.PB.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii(1)
acknowledgments xiv(2)
introduction xvi(6)
Who should read this book xviii(1)
How this book is organized xix(1)
Author online xv(2)
PowerBuilder Developer's Library xxii
1 Internet and intranet programming considerations
1(8)
1.1 What is the Internet? What is an Intranet?
2(2)
1.2 Server-side versus client-side programming
4(1)
1.3 Overview of the Internet Toolkit
4(1)
1.4 Requirements for the development workstation
5(2)
1.5 Summary
7(2)
2 Web.PB architecture, Web servers, examples, and tutorial
9(24)
2.1 Web program design
10(7)
2.2 Web.PB program component architecture
17(2)
2.3 The PBWEB.INI file
19(2)
2.4 About Web servers
21(2)
WebSite and WebSite Professional servers
22(1)
Netscape Enterprise and Fast Track servers
23(1)
Netscape Commerce and Communications servers
23(1)
Microsoft Internet Information and Personal Web servers
23(1)
Apache server
23(1)
2.5 The Web.PB examples and tutorial
23(7)
Steps to set up the PC for the examples
24(4)
Browsing the Web.PB examples
28(1)
Running the compiled Web.PB example application
29(1)
2.6 What's in the Web.PB tutorial?
30(1)
The first lesson
30(1)
The second lesson
31(1)
2.7 Summary
31(2)
3 Creating a simple Web.PB program I
33(22)
3.1 Create the application server
34(2)
Create a new PBL and application object
34(1)
Create and populate a transport object
35(1)
Last steps
35(1)
3.2 Create a datawindow
36(1)
3.3 Create the distributed function
37(2)
Create a nonvisual object
37(1)
Build the distributed function
38(1)
3.4 Using the Web.PB wizard to create a test page
39(5)
Start the Web.PB wizard
39(5)
3.5 Edit the services file
44(2)
3.6 Start the application server
46(1)
3.7 Load the HTML file in the Web browser
46(1)
3.8 Test the function
47(1)
3.9 Basic steps to create a Web.PB program
48(1)
3.10 Sorting the table
49(3)
3.11 Summary
52(3)
4 Creating a simple Web.PB program II
55(18)
4.1 The anchor tag
56(1)
4.2 Looking at the URL
56(4)
Breaking down the URL
57(1)
Absolute and relative URLs
58(1)
Examples of resolving a URL
59(1)
When to use relative URLs
60(1)
4.3 Adding drill-down features
60(5)
Creating a new datawindow
61(1)
Code the function to return the list of orders
61(1)
Embed links into the customer list
62(1)
Test it out
63(2)
4.4 Tying up the loose ends
65(3)
Changing the table alignment
66(1)
Add column sorts to the order list
66(1)
Place navigation links in the HTML
67(1)
Clean up the HTML and add titles
67(1)
4.5 Test before you ship
68(2)
4.6 Creating a run-time application server
70(2)
4.7 Summary
72(1)
5 Distributed PowerBuilder techniques I
73(32)
5.1 How DPB works with Web.PB
74(8)
5.2 Shared objects
82(21)
Shared object functions
83(2)
Creating an access log using a shared object
85(18)
5.3 Summary
103(2)
6 Distributed PowerBuilder techniques II
105(18)
6.1 Threadsafe database drivers
106(1)
6.2 Remote control of the application server
106(13)
6.3 Precautions
119(3)
6.4 Summary
122(1)
7 Datawindows, HTML tables and style sheets
123(32)
7.1 The relationship between datawindows and HTML tables
124(1)
7.2 HTML tables
125(1)
7.3 Datawindow to HTML example
126(2)
7.4 HTML Table object attributes and style sheets
128(6)
Attributes of the [table] tag
128(3)
Style sheets
131(3)
7.5 Putting style sheets and HTML table attributes to work
134(6)
7.6 The Web.PB class library HTML format services
140(9)
Using the HTML format services
141(1)
Examples of using HTML services
142(7)
7.7 Extending the HTML format services
149(5)
7.8 Summary
154(1)
8 Data entry basics
155(24)
8.1 Data entry with Web.PB
156(7)
HTML forms
156(4)
GenerateHTMLForm() for creating HTML forms from datawindows
160(3)
8.2 Using GenerateHTMLForm for table maintenance
163(14)
8.3 Summary
177(2)
9 Advanced data entry and consistent look and feel
179(26)
9.1 Creating your own forms with the Web.PB class library
180(14)
Constructing the multiform page
181(12)
Processing the multiform page
193(1)
9.2 The template library
194(8)
9.3 Getting to know HTML
202(1)
9.4 Summary
203(2)
10 Session management I
205(28)
10.1 Class library support for sessions
207(9)
10.2 Adding a logon to simpleweb
216(15)
10.3 Summary
231(2)
11 Session management II
233(24)
11.1 Using Web.PB transactions
234(18)
11.2 HTTP cookies and basic authentication
252(3)
11.3 Porting the Web.PB database
255(1)
11.4 Summary
255(2)
12 Debugging and performance
257(22)
12.1 Debugging Web.PB programs
258(8)
12.2 Transport object tracing
266(3)
12.3 Using the shared log object for debugging and performance
269(1)
12.4 Factors affecting performance
270(4)
12.5 Performance testing
274(3)
12.6 Summary
277(2)
13 Advanced topics
279(20)
13.1 Running the DPB server as an NT service
280(5)
13.2 Using HTML frames
285(2)
13.3 JavaScript for input validation
287(6)
13.4 The datawindow plug-in
293(4)
13.5 Summary
297(2)
14 The window plug-in and ActiveX
299(22)
14.1 Architecture of the plug-in and ActiveX components
300(5)
14.2 Configuring workstations for the plug-ins and ActiveX
305(1)
14.3 Configuring the Web server
305(1)
14.4 Running the sample
306(1)
14.5 Creating the PB program
307(1)
14.6 Building the program
307(1)
14.7 Testing and debugging
308(1)
14.8 A simple window plug-in/ActiveX program
308(4)
14.9 Interacting with the window ActiveX
312(5)
14.10 Using the secured versions of the plug-in and ActiveX
317(3)
14.11 Summary
320(1)
15 Sockets programming with PowerBuilder 6
321(12)
15.1 Sockets background
322(1)
15.2 The sockets class library
323(2)
15.3 A simple mail transfer client
325(1)
15.4 A window to SMTP
326(1)
15.5 The SMTP protocol definition
327(2)
15.6 Running the example
329(2)
15.7 Summary
331(2)
Other Internet-related PowerSoft products 333(4)
A.1 Ready...Aim...Fire...! Missed! 334(3)
Resources 337(10)
B.1 Web sites and newsgroups 338(9)
Troubleshooting 347(4)
Web references 351(6)
index 357

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