General Description
In this part of the course, you'll learn step-by-step to implement powerful Internet
Forms (for example, Order Forms) that save clients' data to your databases.
The client access your database Forms by using any standard Browser.
The Forms include powerful features such as data entry validation, saving of user's data entry to a database, sending confirmation e-mails to users, and follow-up forms with password authentication.
Following are the major topics
covered in this self-study course:
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Basics - The course begins with the basics of creating standard
HTML based Forms (Forms that can be viewed by any standard Browser).
You'll learn how to create standard Forms and how to submit user's
data entry to the Server.
Data Validation and Java Script - You'll learn how to use
Java Script code in your Forms to validate user's data entry. No
previous knowledge of Java Script is needed.
ASP Programming - You'll learn how to implement ASP based
pages to perform Server Side tasks. No previous knowledge of ASP
programming is needed.
Processing Forms - You'll learn how to write code that
processes the data entered by the user. That is, once the user
clicks the Submit button of your Forms, your ASP code will process
the data entered by the user.
Microsoft Access Databases - You'll learn how to save the
data entered by the user into your Access databases (that reside on
your server).
MS SQL Databases - You'll learn how to save the data entered
by the user into your MS SQL Server databases (that reside on your
Server).
ODBC and non ODBC - You'll learn about ODBC. You'll learn how
to connect your Forms to databases with ODBC as well as without
ODBC.
Follow-Up Forms - You'll
learn to implement follow-up Forms with password authentication. In
this type of Form, a user must enter a password and can only view
database data that is related to him/her. That is, each client can
only access database records that are related to that particular
client.
Send E-Mails to Clients - You'll
learn to implement Forms that send a confirmation e-mail to your
client. That is, after processing the client's Form, your Form will
automatically send a confirmation e-mail to the e-mail address
specified by the client.
Security - Security is an important issue when
implementing Internet Forms. You'll learn how to submit Forms data in a
secured manner (SSL).
Order Form - You'll learn
to implement an Order Form (See Figure 1). The data entered by the
user is saved in a database, and the user can later follow-up on
his/her orders by using a Follow-Up Form.
Figure 1. A sample Order Form. The data entered by the
user is saved in a database, and the user can later follow-up on
his/her orders by using a Follow-Up Form.
Requirements:
As described above, in this
self-study course, you will learn step-by-step to create powerful
Internet Forms. The product includes tutorials as well as powerful
ActiveX (Server Components) that enables you to perform many
Internet Database related tasks. To be able to implement the Forms, you need the following:
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You need a PC that will serve as your Server. This PC must be Windows 98 or
Windows NT Server or Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server, or Windows
XP.
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The PC that you will use as your Server can be connected to the Internet using
a dedicated line, or using a dial-up connection (using a phone line and
a modem). You will also be able to learn, experiment and implement the
programs using a single PC where the same PC serves as both the Client PC and
the Server PC.
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