Using the AJAX Library
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Ok. now you are hooked. and you want to start using the AJAX library . This page is about that.
how to add the AJAX library to your workspace
Fetch the library from : http://www.dataaccess.nl/IframeText.asp?pageid=1378 and install it
- select the workspace you want to use.
- Right click in the class palette in Visual DataFlex Studio.
- press "add/remove libraries".
- press "Add Library"
- navigate to where you installed the VDF AJAX library. I installed mine in "c:\programmer\Visual DataFlex AJAX Library 1.0" .
- click on the sws file for the AJAX library
- choose "yes" for relative pathing
- chose "OK"
"The Good stuff"
You probably allready now how to create a datamodel Using DataDictionaries . Now just attach these Using WebObjects - this brings your existing datamodel to the ajax world. ( See AJAX Rating Example for how to do that ).
Typical problems
- if you get a http 500 , then you probably forgot to copy the files from the the AppHtml dir in the AJAX library to your project .
- remember to set the correct access rights on your asp files.
- Remember to have the same version installed on the server and in the webapplication AppHtml directory
- Learn How to develop ASP pages