WebRAD: Building Database Applications on the Web with Visual FoxPro and Web Connection
Web Connection is the top selling framework for developing database applications on the Web with Visual FoxPro, with over 5000 paid customers and untold thousands of shareware users. The help file, though, well, could use a bit of help, as it was written by the guy who developed Web Connection. Harold, Randy and Whil have developed over 50 Web Connection applications in a wide variety of industries, and have the in-depth knowledge of not just how it works, but how to use it in a day-to-day manner as a developer.WebRAD starts the reader at the beginning, showing them how to install and configure Web Connection, offering several alternatives based on the developer's style and needs. Then it builds and deploys two different applications, one easy, one more complex, offers nearly two dozen trouble-shooting steps in case of problems, and finally explains the infrastructure of the Internet and, specifically, Web applications.Once the reader is comfortable building and deploying an application, WebRAD covers how to take advantage of more complex framework features, such as File-based vs COM configuration, extending the framework, data entry using object oriented techniques, and asynchronous applications.The book wraps up with two more trouble-shooting chapters and a 20 page primer on marketing your website. Available for download to purchasers of the book are a half dozen appendices that cover topics like configuring Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) with Web Connection, setting up multiple domains on a single Web Server, and the West Wind Web Monitor.