HTML Client Techniques

These techniques provide code examples for developing an HTML user interface for the client portion of your applications. They are organized into the following categories:

• Basic techniques

• Page flow and state management

• JavaScript

• HTML-based views

• Page beans

• Security

• JavaServer Pages

• Miscellaneous

Basic techniques   

These techniques include:

• Altering Page Controls

• Doing Basic Data Navigation and Manipulation

• Manipulating Lists

• Programming Page Events

• Setting Response Headers, Form Tags, and Body Tags

Page flow and state management   

These techniques include:

• Controlling Page Flow Using the Session Object

• Implementing Persistent Session-Level Failover

• Sharing Page State Using the Session Object

JavaScript   

These techniques include:

• Confirming a Request before Submitting it to the Server

• Displaying Hover-Sensitive Images

• Dynamically Changing Styles

• Implementing Tabs with JavaScript and DHTML

• Manipulating Documents and Windows with JavaScript

• Manipulating Page Controls with JavaScript

• Manipulating Strings with JavaScript

• Opening and Closing Windows Using JavaScript

• Recognizing your Browser

• Using the AgpScriptHelper Object

• Validating Control Values

• Validating Data Entry with JavaScript

HTML-based views   

These techniques include:

• Building a Master/Detail Page

• Building a Matrix Style Report Using an AgoVectorRowCursor

• Displaying Images in a Data View

• Updating Rows in a View Using a Dialog

Page beans   

These techniques include:

• Using Page Beans

Security   

These techniques include:

• Forcing Access through HTTPS

JavaServer Pages   

These techniques include:

• Using JavaServer Pages with SilverStream

Miscellaneous   

These techniques include:

• Broadcasting Events between Subpages

• Graphing Data Using a Servlet

• Graphing Data Using a Servlet that Calls a JavaBean

• Sending E-Mail Asynchronously

• Using an Invisible Tab Control to Create a Multi-Page Look

• Using File Attachments on Pages