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AppPage Builder

AppPage Builder is a Universal Web Connect application that enables you to create and maintain the AppPages that make up your Web applications. You can use AppPage Builder to create AppPages with any Web browser that supports forms and tables, as defined in the HTML 3.0 specification. If you use a Web browser that supports client file upload, you can also use AppPage Builder to manage multimedia content in the Informix database.

Invoking AppPage Builder

Specify the following variable settings to invoke AppPage Builder. Set all of these variables in your configuration file (wcconfig.std), or specify one or more of them in the URL that invokes AppPage Builder.

Variable Mandatory?
Content

MItab Yes Specifies the name of the database table in which the AppPages for the Web application are stored.

MIcol Yes Specifies the name of the column that contains the AppPage in the Web application table.

MInam Yes Specifies the name of the column that identifies the appropriate row of the Web application table.

MIval Yes Specifies the value to check against the MInam column to identify the row you want to retrieve in the Web application table.

Variable	Mandatory?	Content
MItab	Yes	Specifies the name of the database table in which the AppPages for the Web application are stored.
MIcol	Yes	Specifies the name of the column that contains the AppPage in the Web application table.
MInam	Yes	Specifies the name of the column that identifies the appropriate row of the Web application table.
MIval	Yes	Specifies the value to check against the MInam column to identify the row you want to retrieve in the Web application table.

For example, the following configuration file provides settings for all of these variables:

APP wcdaemon.exe 
MI_WEBBINDIR   $INFORMIXDIR\bin
MI_WEBWORKDIR  $INFORMIXDIR\bin 
MI_DATABASE    database@server # database@server
MI_USER        user            # database user 
MI_PASSWORD    password        # database user password
MItab          webPages        # table that contains AppPages 
MIcol          object          # blob column that contains AppPages 
MInam          ID              # column that contains unique identifiers for AppPages
MIval          apb             # default identifier 
ENDAPP

With these application settings, you invoke AppPage Builder by default when you make a connection:

NT:   http://myhost:myport/ifmx-bin/wcdrvr.exe/wcdaemon.exe

UNIX: http://myhost:myport/ifmx-bin/wcdrvr/wcdaemon

When you invoke AppPage Builder, the following AppPage is displayed.

Creating Web Applications with AppPage Builder

Use AppPage Builder to create and maintain AppPages and other multimedia objects that make up your Web applications. The following table describes the AppPage Builder options displayed in the AppPage Builder main menu.

Option Task

Add Object Add a new AppPage, User Dynamic Tag, Audio, Document, Image, Video, or other Web application object.

Edit Object Edit, delete, or view a Web application object.

Admin Menu Edit or delete a user account. Add, edit, or delete a project. Add a new MIME type. Add a new object type.

Multimedia Content Support

The following table lists the currently supported object types and the corresponding AppPage Builder schema table in which the objects are stored.

Object Type Supported Formats Table

AppPage HTML webPages

User Dynamic Tag HTML webTags

Audio AU, WAV, and AIFF webAudios

Document MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and Adobe PDF webDocuments

Image GIF and JPEG webImages

Video QuickTime, MPEG, and AVI webVideos

Administration Features

When you invoke the Admin Menu of APB, the following AppPage is displayed.

The following table describes the tasks you can perform for each Admin Menu option.

Option Task

Edit User Modify user preferences, including changing the user password, changing the default project or object type, changing the TEXTAREA height or width, turning page versioning on or off, and changing the level of WebLint checking for syntax errors.

Add Project Add a new project. A project contains all of the AppPages and other objects associated with a particular Web application.

Edit Project Change the owner or the description of a project.

Add Object Type Add new multimedia object types to AppPage Builder.

Edit Object Type Modify the page suffix for an object type.

Add MIME Type Add new MIME types to existing object types.

Edit MIME Type Edit an existing MIME type.

Option	Task
Add Object	Add a new AppPage, User Dynamic Tag, Audio, Document, Image, Video, or other Web application object.
Edit Object	Edit, delete, or view a Web application object.
Admin Menu	Edit or delete a user account. Add, edit, or delete a project. Add a new MIME type. Add a new object type.

Object Type	Supported Formats	Table
AppPage	HTML	webPages
User Dynamic Tag	HTML	webTags
Audio	AU, WAV, and AIFF	webAudios
Document	MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and Adobe PDF	webDocuments
Image	GIF and JPEG	webImages
Video	QuickTime, MPEG, and AVI	webVideos

Option	Task
Edit User	Modify user preferences, including changing the user password, changing the default project or object type, changing the TEXTAREA height or width, turning page versioning on or off, and changing the level of WebLint checking for syntax errors.
Add Project	Add a new project. A project contains all of the AppPages and other objects associated with a particular Web application.
Edit Project	Change the owner or the description of a project.
Add Object Type	Add new multimedia object types to AppPage Builder.
Edit Object Type	Modify the page suffix for an object type.
Add MIME Type	Add new MIME types to existing object types.
Edit MIME Type	Edit an existing MIME type.