Folks:
I¹m looking for pointers to information on getting started with
Active4D. I¹ve got it downloaded, installed & configured (and sent a PO
wending its way through channels :). I¹m an old hand at 4D, have some
experience with web sites (mostly from the simpler days of the 90s), use
SOAP fairly extensively, and even added web access to a 4D db a couple of
years back (at a simple level, using Walt Nelson¹s shell -- the project was
canceled before it was too far along). I even have access to a batch of
relatively-expert web coders a few cubicle rows away.
What I don¹t have is a good idea of how to get my feet wet after the
installation/configuration stage. I¹ve never had to deal with an ASP-style
system before, so I¹m a little lost, and unfortunately none of my resident
experts know anything about Fusebox. (I¹ve got a couple of books on order.)
I imagine they could figure it out, but I¹d like to know at least a bit
about how things work together before I dump it on one of them so I won¹t
seem *too* ignorant.
My first thought was to play with the demo, and trace what was happening
with requests & responses between 4D & the browser. I can capture the
traffic (I use Interarchy, though I know there may be better tools for
this), but I don¹t know how to trace the action in 4D. Putting a TRACE in On
Web Connection, as I would in On Web Authentication for SOAP, doesn¹t work
-- I¹m presuming because A4D doesn¹t use the 4D passwords and therefore I
can¹t set the generic web user to Designer as I would to debug SOAP calls.
So I¹m really just looking for a nudge in the right direction; I¹m sure
I can figure it out if I can get started in the right place. Of course, if
there¹s a ³Building Your First Web Page with Active4D for Dummies² document
someone could point me at, that would be welcome as well.
Thanks,
-- MLJ
--
Mark L. Jeffreys
Senior Staff Technology Solutions
Creative Services
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
San Francisco CA
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