Web Development

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1. Overview of Panther Web Applications

• How the Internet Works
• Retrieving Documents with URLs
• HTTP
• Formatting Documents With HTML
• Viewing HTML in Web Browsers
• Using the Internet and Intranets
• Components of a Panther Web Application
• Two-Tier Processing
• Three-Tier Processing
• Web Application Server Processes

2. Web Application Setup

• Web Application Components
• Requester Program
• Application Directory
• Cache Directory
• Configuration Directory
• Log Files
• Logging Application Errors
• Setting Up the Web Application Server
• Configuring the Requester Program
• Using CGI
• Using ISAPI
• Using NSAPI
• Using Java Servlets
• Configuring Middleware Access
• Configuring Library Access
• Using Remote Libraries
• Configuring Database Access
• Configuring a Windows Server
• Creating a New Web Application
• Using the Web Setup Manager
• To run the Web setup manager:
• Starting Your Panther Web Application
• Using monitor
• Starting as a Service
• Accessing Your Panther Web Application
• Setting Web Browser Options
• Firewalls

3. Setting Properties for Web Applications

• Screen Properties
• Web Options Properties
• Widget Types
• Widget Properties
• Web Options Properties
• Property Usage in Web Applications
• Push Buttons
• Using push buttons to perform processing in the browser
• Selection Groups
• Grid Widgets
• Dynamically Resizing Grids
• Selecting and Modifying Grid Data
• Scrolling Grids
• Widget Positioning
• Overlapping Widgets
• Horizontal and Vertical Anchors
• Snap to Grid
• Spacing of Widgets
• Positioning Regions
• Maximum Usage of Space
• Fonts
• Font Properties
• Font Name
• Font Size
• Application Properties

4. Opening Screens

• Processing Screen Requests
• Specifying a URL
• Encoding Parameters in the URL
• Example
• Encoding ASCII Characters
• Transmitting Screens Securely
• Setting Screen Properties
• Determining Screen Sequence
• Configuring Your Web Application

5. Web Events

• Web Event Hooks
• Specifying Web Event Hooks
• Web Application Events
• Web Application Server Events
• Screen Events
• Controlling Entry Processing
• Screen Entry Context Flag
• Screen Entry Processing and Option Menus
• Web Entry Context Flags

6. Preserving Application State

• Caching Data
• Posting Screens Back to the Server
• Getting Screens from the Server
• Cached Data
• Saving State Data in Cookies
• Unpreserved State Information
• LDB
• Window Stack
• Property Changes

7. JPL Globals in Web Applications

• Application Globals
• Context Globals
• Transient Global Variables

8. Customizing HTML Generation

• Setting Custom HTML Properties
• Screen Custom HTML Properties
• Widget Custom HTML Properties
• Using HTML Templates
• HTML Template Tags
• HTML Template Document
• Conditional Processing
• Passing Database Values
• Submitting a Form
• Using Hyperlinks
• Creating Hyperlinks
• Setting the Default Link Property
• Setting the Item Link Property
• Calling sm_web_invoke_url
• Placing an Action List Box Inside a Grid
• Using Hyperlinks in Reports
• Setting Target Windows
• Setting the Window for a Specific Hyperlink
• Setting the Default Window for All Screen Hyperlinks
• Setting the Window for a Screen
• Specifying the Browser's Title Bar
• Using Graphics
• Setting Graphics Size
• Graph Widgets
• Image Maps
• Creating Image Maps in JPL
• Loading Graphics at Runtime
• Using the FRAME Extension
• Using Style Sheets
• Creating Headings
• To create a heading:
• Drawing Horizontal Rules
• To create a horizontal rule:
• Using Cookies
• Retrieving Cookie Values
• Embedding Java Applets
• To embed a Java applet into your Panther screen:
• Refreshing Screens in a Web Browser
• To specify a META tag:
• Using ActiveX Controls
• Using ActiveX Controls in Web Browsers
• Signing Your ActiveX Controls
• Submitting Data to the Web Application Server
• Submitting Data using JavaScript
• Submitting Data using VBScript
• Generating HTML for ActiveX Controls
• Embedding Sound
• To embed a sound file in your application:

9. Using JavaScript and VBScript

• Browser Events
• JavaScript Event Properties
• Screens
• Widgets
• Setting Event Properties
• Writing JavaScript and VBScript Functions
• How to Define a JavaScript or VBScript Function
• Accessing Widget Values
• Accessing Widgets in JavaScript and VBScript
• Automatic JavaScript Generation

10. Accessing Databases

• Connecting to the Database
• Initializing the Panther Client
• Using Database Cursors
• Database Transactions
• Fetching Multiple Rows

11. HTTP Variables

• Definitions

12. Web Initialization Options

• Setup Variables
• Required Settings
• Required for JetNet/Oracle Tuxedo Applications
• Optional Settings
• Database Information
• Behavior Variables
• Required Settings
• Optional Settings
• Sample Initialization File

13. Deploying Web Applications

• How to Configure a Panther Web Application

A. Web Application Utility

• monitor

B. Web Setup Manager

• Using the Web Setup Manager
• To create a new Panther Web application:

C. Setting Up an NSAPI Web Server

• Configuring Your NSAPI-Compliant Server
• Accessing the Panther Web Application
• A Sample Obj.conf File

D. Using Java Servlets

• Installing Java Servlet Support
• To install Java servlet support:
• Accessing the Panther Web Application
• To access the Panther web application using Java servlets:
• Panther's Java Servlet Classes
• Methods

E. Sample Web Applications

• General Applications
• Feature-Specific Examples

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