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F
l a s h C O N N E C T
Introduction!
It's the
FlashBASIC to Web Application Programming Interface
for porting D3 application code and data to the
World Wide Web.
FlashCONNECT®
enables FlashBASIC programmers to quickly implement a Web
browser interface for Internet, intranet and extranet applications.
Easy
and Seamless Integration
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The
rich FlashCONNECT API facilitates easy integration of
FlashBASIC applications with Web pages via a common
gateway interface (CGI) or ISAPI interface. The FlashCONNECT
2.1 release provides seamless integration across the
entire D3 product line.
Users
can connect any mix of D3 database servers
to single or multiple Web servers. (Platform
list.)
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Core
Concept
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The
core concept of FlashCONNECT is the separation of content,
logic, and presentation layer for ease of and code reuse.
FlashCONNECT-enabled applications can use templates designed
in any HTML page design program. Already existing FlashBASIC
business rules logic may be preserved and integrated into
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Real
Time
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FlashCONNECT
serves up database content in real time for absolute timeliness.
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Key
Feature
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A
key feature is "persistence," a requirement of transaction-oriented
systems, but one that is not inherent to the Web. FlashCONNECT
provides record locks, variables, and common variables
across multiple Web pages as a transaction progresses.
Audit
features include assignment of a "user id" that can
be traced in the application, cookies, optional user
authentication, and click-through recording.
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Dynamic
and Static Webpages
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FlashCONNECT
supports both state- and event-driven applications.
Java applets, Javascript, Active X and VB Script may
be incorporated.
In
addition to support for dynamic pages, FlashCONNECT
can generate part or all of a Web site as static pages
based on database content.
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With
FlashCONNECT you can:
- Separate
Web page look and feel from the database driven data presented
on the page.
- Maintain
record locks, variables, and common across multiple Web
pages.
- Work
with any HTML generating Web page design program.
- Assign
a unique id assigned to each browser accessing your FlashCONNECT
application.
- Record
click-throughs into a D3 database.
- Invigorate
your site using built-in rotating banner support and logging
to D3 database.
- Use
the Web from your existing state-driven applications.
- Write
event-driven applications using FlashCONNECT.
- Use
templates to ease setting and maintaining a coherent site-wide
or sub-site look and feel.
- Use
Java applets, Javascript, Active X and VB Script.
- Easily
set and retrieve cookies.
- Place
multiple Web forms on one Web page.
- Track
and report system activity levels.
- Optionally
authenticate users.
- Build
static Web pages from a database.
- Organize
users in groups for easy administration.
FlashCONNECT
is continually being upgraded and is periodically released
for testing. Please contact customer support at flashconnect@rainingdata.com
if you are interested in being considered as a test site for
a beta version of FlashCONNECT.
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