The Data-Entry Web Wizard helps you build information-gathering sites. It automatically generates a data-entry HTML page that's posted to your Web Site, or Intranet, and called from your Home Page or any other page you designate. It may also be called by typing the page's URL directly into the Browser's Address (or Location) field.

In addition, the Data Entry Wizard creates an executable (.EXE) dBASE Plus application that's called from your HTML page using CGI-BIN.

If the program executes properly, and the data is entered, a response page (which you also design within the Wizard) is returned to the Browser.

If the program encounters any problem while executing, it returns an Error page to the Browser.

How is the Data-Entry Application Built?

The application is built in the Wizard from a table, or dataModule, you specify. The Wizard walks you through the selection of fields, field order, labels (to display next to the entry controls), text, logo, mail and homepage links.

 

 

When you click "Finish", the dBASE Plus Data-Entry Wizard will generate:

     An HTML starting page in a folder on your Web site. (X.htm)

    A Modifiable source code file in your CGI-Bin folder. (X.prg)

     An Executable file in your CGI-Bin folder (X.EXE)

 

Caution: This application will run from your Web Site and your CGI-Bin folder. Make absolutely sure that any tables referenced in a SQL Select statement are located in the same folder, or use a BDE Alias. The lack of a path can cause your Web application to crash, or worse, hang up.

Because this Wizard is useful for basic e-Commerce, you may want to enhance the Wizard-generated files to accomodate secure transactions.