• Web Connection User Guide
• Preface
• Notices
  • Trademarks
• About this book
  • Who this book is for
  • What's new?
    • VAST Platform 2024 (version 13.0.0)
  • Conventions used in this book
  • Tell us what you think
• Introduction to Web Connection
  • What you get with Web Connection
    • Web Connection parts
    • Web Server Interface
    • Application flow
    • URL format
      • Servlet interface URL
      • Server Smalltalk interface URL
      • CGI interface URL
      • Microsoft ISAPI interface URL
• Setting up Web Connection
  • Setting up the Web Connection server interface
    • Setting up the Servlet interface
    • Setting up the Server Smalltalk interface
    • Setting up for CGI
    • Setting up for Microsoft Internet Server API (ISAPI)
    • Customizing the WSI configuration file
      • transport entry
      • link entry
      • verbose entry
      • log entry
      • errorfile entry
      • codepage entry
  • Setting Web browser launch options
  • Testing your installation
    • Test the Http server
    • Test the web server interface configuration
    • Setup and test your WSI and VAST image configuration
    • Troubleshooting Hello, World!
    • Using the WSI monitor interface
      • The Servers page
        • Profiling using ENVY/Stats
        • Starting and Stopping Servers
      • The Parts page
      • The Info page
      • The Errors page
      • Starting a Web Connection image without a WSI monitor window
• Building a Web Connection application
  • A Hello World application
  • An input and reply sample application
    • Building the input page
    • Building the reply page
• Building pages with the Web Connection visual parts
  • Working with the visual parts
  • Building basic pages
    • Creating a page
    • Adding text
      • Defining hypertext links
    • Adding images
    • Building reusable composites
    • Resizing the page
  • Building forms
    • Creating a form
      • Setting up the form action
    • Adding parts to a form
      • Adding push buttons
  • Using divisions
  • Using layers
  • Using framesets
  • Using style sheets
  • Adding scripts
  • Example: Building the To-do List interface
  • Coding HTML directly
• Using tables for page layout
  • Selecting grids, cells, rows, and columns
    • Adding and deleting rows and columns
  • Adding parts to a grid
• Using the nonvisual parts
  • Retrieving form data
    • Setting up Form Data
      • Which part do I use?
      • How do I use HTML page bookmarks?
      • Example: Adding Form Data to the To-do List
  • Preserving session data
    • What defines a session?
    • Setting up CGI Link Session Data
      • Example: Adding CGI Link Session Data to the To-do List
      • Clearing session data
  • Using Cookies
    • Connecting to the nonvisual parts
    • Example: Making the To-do List work
  • Processing requests
    • Accessing request data
    • Routing requests to different pages
    • Example: Routing requests
      • Building the menu page
      • Building the router page
    • Using multiple pages in the same part
• Using Web Connection with other HTML Builders
  • Setting up the HTML File Wrapper
    • Generating the HTML file wrapper
    • Using the AbtHtmlFileWrapper subclass
    • Caching HTML pages
  • Using Form Data
    • Static form data
    • Dynamic form data
    • Using Session Data
  • Making Changes to the Page Layout, File Name, or Path
    • Page layout changes
    • File name or absolute path changes
• Working with database queries
  • Setting up a table
    • Setting up a multi-row table manually
    • Setting up a multi-row table with Quick HTML
    • Displaying single-row queries
    • Web Connection User Guide
    • Adding generic objects to a table
• Packaging a Web Connection application
  • Creating a runtime image
    • Including the AbtRunHtmlPageApp Application
    • Packaging an image with Web Connection image components
  • Setting up the runtime system
    • Server configuration file format
      • Starting an xml-tcp transport from a configuration file
• Tools
  • Viewing generated HTML
  • Envy/Stats
• Advanced topics
  • Accessing request information
    • AbtAppBldrHtmlPage instance methods
    • AbtWsiTransaction instance methods
    • AbtWsiRequest instance methods
    • AbtWsiResponse instance methods
  • Session data
  • Generating HTML from Smalltalk
  • Error handling
    • AbtWsiConfiguration class methods
  • AbtAbtBldrHtmlPage class methods
  • Debugging
• Web Connection category
  • Visual Parts
    • Text
      • Text Properties
    • Image
      • Image Properties
        • Line Break
          • Line Break Properties
    • Paragraph
      • Paragraph Properties
    • Horizontal Rule
      • Horizontal Rule Properties
    • Applet
      • Applet Properties
    • Embed
      • Embed Properties
    • Grid
      • Grid Properties
    • Grid Column
      • Grid Column Properties
    • Grid Row
      • Grid Row Properties
    • Grid Cell
      • Grid Cell Properties
    • Table
      • Table Properties
    • Table Column
      • Table Column Properties
    • Script
      • Script Properties
    • Page
      • Page Properties
    • Frame Set Page
      • Frame Set Page Properties
    • Composite
      • Composite Properties
    • Layer
      • Layer Properties
    • Division
      • Division Properties
    • Style Sheet
      • Style Sheet Properties
  • Nonvisual parts
    • CGI Link Request
      • CGI Link Request Properties
    • CGI Link Session Data
      • CGI Link Session Data Properties
    • Cookie Wrapper
      • Cookie Wrapper Properties
    • Form Data
      • Form Data Properties
    • Page Wrapper
      • Page Wrapper Properties
• Web Form Parts category
  • Visual Parts
    • Form
      • Form Properties
    • Hidden Input
      • Hidden Input Properties
    • Push Button
      • Push Button Properties
    • Check Box
      • Check Box Properties
    • Radio Button Set
      • Radio Button Set Properties
    • Entry Field
      • Entry Field Properties
    • Multi-line Entry Field
      • Multi-line Entry Field Properties
    • List
      • List Properties
    • Multiple Select List
      • Multiple Select List Properties
    • Drop-down List
      • Drop-down List Properties
• Models category
  • Nonvisual Parts
    • Converter Filter
      • Converter Filter Properties
• Web Connection Windows
  • Web Connection Preferences Window
  • URL Window
  • HTML File Wrapper Generator Window
  • Color Window
• Index

Web Connection User Guide

Web Connection User Guide

Preface

Notices

Trademarks

About this book

Who this book is for

What's new?

Conventions used in this book

Tell us what you think

Introduction to Web Connection

What you get with Web Connection

Web Connection parts

Web Server Interface

Application flow

URL format

Setting up Web Connection

Setting up the Web Connection server interface

Setting up the Servlet interface

Setting up the Server Smalltalk interface

Setting up for CGI

Setting up for Microsoft Internet Server API (ISAPI)

Customizing the WSI configuration file

Setting Web browser launch options

Testing your installation

Test the Http server

Test the web server interface configuration

Setup and test your WSI and VAST image configuration

Troubleshooting Hello, World!

Using the WSI monitor interface

Building a Web Connection application

A Hello World application

An input and reply sample application

Building the input page

Building the reply page

Building pages with the Web Connection visual parts

Working with the visual parts

Building basic pages

Creating a page

Adding text

Adding images

Building reusable composites

Resizing the page

Building forms

Creating a form

Adding parts to a form

Using divisions

Using layers

Using framesets

Using style sheets

Adding scripts

Example: Building the To-do List interface

Coding HTML directly

Using tables for page layout

Selecting grids, cells, rows, and columns

Adding and deleting rows and columns

Adding parts to a grid

Using the nonvisual parts

Retrieving form data

Setting up Form Data

Preserving session data

What defines a session?

Setting up CGI Link Session Data

Using Cookies

Connecting to the nonvisual parts

Example: Making the To-do List work

Processing requests

Accessing request data

Routing requests to different pages

Example: Routing requests

Using multiple pages in the same part

Using Web Connection with other HTML Builders

Setting up the HTML File Wrapper

Generating the HTML file wrapper

Using the AbtHtmlFileWrapper subclass

Caching HTML pages

Using Form Data

Static form data

Dynamic form data

Using Session Data

Making Changes to the Page Layout, File Name, or Path

Page layout changes

File name or absolute path changes

Working with database queries

Setting up a table

Setting up a multi-row table manually

Setting up a multi-row table with Quick HTML

Displaying single-row queries

Web Connection User Guide

Adding generic objects to a table

Packaging a Web Connection application

Creating a runtime image

Setting up the runtime system

Server configuration file format

Tools

Viewing generated HTML

Envy/Stats

Advanced topics

Accessing request information

AbtAppBldrHtmlPage instance methods

AbtWsiTransaction instance methods

AbtWsiRequest instance methods

AbtWsiResponse instance methods

Session data

Generating HTML from Smalltalk

Error handling

AbtWsiConfiguration class methods

AbtAbtBldrHtmlPage class methods

Debugging

Web Connection category

Visual Parts

Text

Image

Line Break

Paragraph

Horizontal Rule

Applet

Embed

Grid

Grid Column

Grid Row

Grid Cell

Table

Table Column

Script

Page

Frame Set Page

Composite

Layer

Division

Style Sheet

Nonvisual parts

CGI Link Request

CGI Link Session Data

Cookie Wrapper

Form Data

Page Wrapper

Web Form Parts category

Visual Parts

Form

Hidden Input

Push Button

Check Box

Radio Button Set

Entry Field

Multi-line Entry Field

List

Multiple Select List

Drop-down List

Models category

Nonvisual Parts

Converter Filter

Web Connection Windows

Web Connection Preferences Window

URL Window

HTML File Wrapper Generator Window

Color Window

Index