1. The business logic engine for Microsoft IIS Speaker T.M. Arnett

2. Great Tools • Wizards (Powerful RAD Device) • Studio (IDE) • Database Builder • Database Explorer

3. Database Explorer • Access to your Database tables • Easy to create Test data • Need more access to Database tables? . . .

4. Expandable with Visual DataFlex • Complete Windows Application Language • Complete Debugger • Same middleware • Access same files in both products • 20+ years of DBMS Experience

5. Database Builder Utility • Database Table structure changes • Supports ODBC Database tables (client installs with WebApp product) • Drivers are available for all popular Database tables • Business Rules are a snap to create using Data Dictionaries

6. Data Dictionary Benefits • Ensures all Business Rules are Enforced • ASP Pages Smaller Easier to Manage • One Location to update Business Rules (once) • Validation Messages - Users will love them

7. Studio (IDE) • Tree View for the Entire Application • Visual DataDictionary Structure in the WBOs • Code Completion • Open File under Cursor • Customize it to fit your style of developing • Many other features

8. Wizards (Powerful RAD) • Speed • Learning device • Runtime & Design Controls • Red Validation Messages

9. Security • Everything that NT and IIS provides • Database tables are not directly accessible from HTML pages • WBO must use RegisterInterface to expose a method. • WBO properties to block important operations

10. Separation of ASPs & WBOs • Task Delegation • Faster & Easier to Create and Maintain • Eliminates Duplication of Business Rules • WBOs & Data Dictionaries can be ported to future platforms

11. Overall WebApp Studio Product • Powerful RAD tools • Simple back end • 3 tier Architecture • DNA compatible • Leverages IIS and JavaScript • Advance development framework for Web Applications • Thin Client application development

12. The Web Challenge... • Build Dynamic Web Applications… • In “Web Time” • In an Environment that offers Flexibility, Power and Efficiency • At a Reasonable Cost

13. Now What? • Install the NT Evaluation • Check out Examples • Complete the Tutorial in the Developer’s Guide (20 minutes) • Training Manual will show • Using the WebApp tools (utilities) • Creating database tables & Data Dictionaries • Adding pictures to database tables • Filtering records based on a login

14. Data Access Worldwide Developer’s Conference • Where: Key Biscayne, Florida • When: September 11 through 13

15. On WebApp Server: “Its three tier architecture and intelligent database integration makes it the ideal development platform for creating scalable e-commerce solutions and other Internet related database applications.” • Web Review, November 1999