Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Web Publishing with Alpha Five

Session 1

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Alpha Web Publishing

What Why Where How Integration with Alpha Five Desktop Overview of Web environment Getting Started

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Alpha Web Publishing - What

Runs xbasic code on the server and sends html/javascript to the client (your web browser).

Server Client (browser)

Xbasic Html

Perl Javascript

Cold Fusion XML

ASP.net

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Alpha Web Publishing – Hello world Demo <%a5 … %>, only seen by the server.

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Alpha Web Publishing - Why

Leverage current knowledge of Alpha Rapid development environment Integrate with other tools, e.g. Dreamweaver Hybrid desktop – web applications Technologies such as AJAX

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Alpha Web Publishing - Where Local development – localhost Local web server Hosted service “Publishing” is ALWAYS required.

(must convert paths on local machine to path used by web server)

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Alpha Web Publishing - How

No-ip.com – see slide notes. https:// - secure web connections Active vs. Passive mode FTP Server licensing

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Alpha Web Publishing – Application Server

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Alpha Web Publishing – Desktop Integration

Field Rules – engine level Reports – Yes, but no UI features (Ask vars.) Forms – No Operations – Yes, via xbasic Xbasic – Yes, but no UI Xdialog – No Action scripting – Must convert to xbasic

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Alpha Web Publishing – Web Overview Read the Web Publishing Tutorial in Help file Video tutorials on Alpha’s web site

http://www.alphasoftware.com/AlphaFive/video/#tutor

Set up the Application Serverhttp://www.alphasoftware.com/documentation/afas_setup/

New Web Profile genie in version 9http://support.alphasoftware.com/WhatsNewInV9/NewInV9.htm

View -> Show quick start help. Sample web pages shipped with A5.

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Alpha Web Publishing – Sample Pages

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Alpha Web Publishing – Web Control Panel

Demo – Tour of Web Control Panel

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Alpha Web Publishing - Profiles Concepts important to understand. Best learned by the following examples.

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Publishing – Localhost

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Publishing – Localhost folders

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Publishing - LAN

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Publishing - FTP

Alpha Five User Group, Bill Parker, Web Publishing - Session 1, April 2008

Publishing - Aliases