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This collection of video tutorials will help you take advantage of great features available to application developers and end users of web applications created with our intelligent code generator for ASP.NET/AJAX. 
 
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User Guide
 Download the complete User Guide (9355K) 03/20/2011
 

Azure Factory

Learn how to create an Azure account, make a new database with SQL Azure, generate an Azure Factory application, and deploy this application to the cloud.

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DotNetNuke Factory

Learn how to create a DotNetNuke website, generate a DotNetNuke Factory project, and deploy the project as a module to DotNetNuke.

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MySQL Web Applications in Minutes

Generate powerful and user-friendly line-of-business web applications straight from your MySQL database. This article covers installation of Code On Time Generator, generation of an advanced web application, and examination of some of the available features.

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Generating Your First Application with SQL Server 

Learn how to create an ASP.NET 4.0 / AJAX web application with Code On Time Generator. We will create two database tables, Jobs and Employees, using Microsoft Visual Studio, and then generate a modern web application using Code On Time Generator.

 

Searching in Code On Time Applications

One of the most important functions in any database application is the ability to find data quickly and easily. In Code On Time applications, there are many different ways to find the data you need.

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Deployment

Now that you have your advanced Code On Time application ready to go, learn how to deploy it to your server.

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Installing SharePoint Foundation 2010

Learn how to prepare your workstation or server for use with SharePoint Factory by installing SharePoint Foundation 2010.

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Globalization and Localization

Learn about the advanced Globalization and Localization abilities available in Code On Time Generator.

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Setting Up Help

Learn how to implement a Help system in your Code On Time web application.

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URL Hashing

Learn how to use URL Hashing to protect your application from external commands.

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Applications Using Multiple Databases

Learn how to create an application that will handle multiple data sources.

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Part 1: Using the Project Wizard

 

Namespace Page

Learn how to use the Namespace Page in the Project Wizard. See how changing the namespace affects database application. Also discusses ASP.NET Framework 3.5 or 4.0 generation.

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Database Connection Page

Learn how to use the Database Connection Page in the Project Wizard to connect to your SQL Server or Oracle Database. Also covers selecting database tables and views.

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Business Logic Layer Page - Part 1

Learn how to use the Business Logic Layer page in the Project Wizard to create database views, plan for code customization, customize CRUD methods, and how to use code objects.

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Business Logic Layer Page - Part 2

See how to use Discovery Depth, De-Normalization Field Map, Relationship Discovery (Virtual Foreign Keys), System and Hidden Fields, and Custom Labels to alter the baseline application and affect the construction process.

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Membership Page

Learn how to create effective membership security in your ASP.NET / AJAX web application. From dedicated login page to standalone membership database, this tutorial will explain it all.

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Layout Page

Learn about the different kinds of layouts available in Code On Time Generator. See examples of simple, tabbed, classic, inline, and stacked layouts.

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Themes Page

Learn more about Themes in Code On Time Generator. See examples of each theme, and how to use them for your own ASP.NET/AJAX web application.

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Part 2: Using the Designer

 

Conversion and Validation of User Input

Convert and validate field values entered by the user using business rules.

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Data Sheet View

Learn about the spreadsheet style Data Sheet View, and how to customize your Code On Time application to best use this view.

 

Making Database Views Updatable

Learn how to add editing capabilities to your database views using Code On Time Designer.
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User Controls

Create custom ASP.NET User Controls in your Web Site Factory application.We will create a page and add four ASP.NET User Controls arranged in two rows.

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Adding External Links

Learn how to extend the navigation system of your application with links to external web sites and how to force the external link to be displayed in a new window.

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Search Mode Property

Control which fields are displayed or hidden in the search bar with the Search Mode property.

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Wizards and Status Bars

Learn how to implement a wizard view in your Code On Time application. Also covers use of status bars.

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Custom Logo and Footer

Learn how to customize your header and footer, and use your own icon in the header.
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Modifying User Interface with CSS

Learn how Code On Time applications rely on CSS to provide presentation elements, and how to manipulate it.

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Conditional CSS Styling

Use the Designer to automatically apply custom CSS styles to rows with specific attributes based on the field values.

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Conditional Visibility of Fields and Categories

Learn how to change the visibility of fields and categories based on specified conditions.

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Form Category Rendering Modes

Learn how to manipulate categories, implement standard and compact rendering modes, and how to utilize floating fields, two columns, and a tabbed presentation.

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Tall and Wide Pages

Learn how to maximize the real estate of a page and eliminate some standard page elements.

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Cascading Lookups

Learn how to set up a complicated data lookup scenario, such as a cascading lookup.

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Part 3: Using the Designer Spreadsheet

 

Use Excel to Build ASP.NET/AJAX Apps

Learn to use Microsoft Excel (requires Premium subscription) to create modern ASP.NET/AJAX database web applications. We will demonstrate how to modify data field layouts in grid views, configure a floating data field layout for a form view, set up a virtual many-to-many field, and activate auto-completion.

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Cookbook

 Download the complete Cookbook (11853K) 04/02/2011

 

Order Form Sample

This tutorial shows how to build a modern ASP.NET AJAX web application implementing a master-detail order form. Demonstrates modal popups, master-detail views, multi-field lookup, calculated fields, and business rules.

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Contact Management System

Build and customize a full-fledged Contact Management System, complete with charts, calculated fields, and much more.

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Appointment Manager

Learn to create an Appointment Manager application that automatically selects a salesman based on past assignments.

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CreatedBy, CreatedOn, ModifiedBy, ModifiedOn

Learn to add tracking of user activity in your Web Site Factory application using Code On Time Designer.

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Access Control Rules

Learn to control access of data in your application using Access Control Rules.

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Custom Reports 

Create custom reports from your database using Visual Studio.

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Many-to-Many Fields

We will show you how to set up a many-to-many field derived from a junction table and lookup in under three minutes without writing a single line of code in ASP.NET+AJAX web application generated with Code OnTime Generator and Web Site Factory premium project.

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Sending an Email In Respose To Actions

Learn how to send an email to a single or multiple recipients in response to user actions. Implement custom workflows with the same pattern by responding to actions initiated by web applicaton users.

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Data Controller URL Parameters

Learn how to construct simple URL actions to open a multiple-purpose page.

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Using $external() Function in Filter Expressions

Use the $external() function to access values in the URLs of pages and values of fields listed in the Context Fields property.

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Universal Lookup

Learn to configure a universal lookup functionality to provide extensible data structures for your web applications. We will provide an overview of typical universal lookup architecture and show a practical implementation.

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Role-based Security

Learn how to use Code On Time Designer to apply role-based security for your pages, fields, and actions in web applications created using Code On Time Generator.

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Row-Level Security (with Designer Spreadsheet)

Learn to implement row-level security in ASP.NET + AJAX web applications created with Code On Time generator by using either the Designer or the Designer Spreadsheet. We will show how to create views with Base View Id, Virtual View Id, and Override When properties to present a custom data view to a user with a specific role. We will also configure view filters to limit user access to subset of available sales orders.

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Standalone ASP.NET Membership Database

Learn to configure a standalone membership database.

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Mixed Authentication

Learn to implement a mixed authentication based on the ASP.NET Membership option available in the Code On Time database web application.

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Creating Master Detail Pages

Learn to create multi-level master-detail pages in your Web Site Factory application. In this example we will create a 3-level master-detail page layout that links customers, orders, and order details, as well as group tabbed data views.

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Creating Charts

Learn to render your data in a Chart in your Web Site Factory application. Chart View supports many end-user features including sorting and adaptive filtering.

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Custom Page Background

Learn how to change the background of any page in your application using Visual Studio or Visual Web Developer.

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Deploying Your Application to WinHost 

Learn how to deploy your Web Site Factory and Web App Factory applications to the popular hosting provider WinHost. Includes instructions for Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL. You will need a WinHost account, as well as Visual Studio or Visual Web Developer Express.

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Features of Generated Applications

 

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AJAX-Style Adaptive Filtering And Sorting
Learn how your users can take advantage of adaptive filtering and sorting features available in applications created with Data Aquarium Framework and Web Site Factory from Code OnTime, the premier provider of code generation software for ASP.NET / AJAX.

  

Quick Find with Multiple Words

Users can enter multiple words in a single search field. The application framework will construct an extended WHERE clause that will probe for each word in every compatible column.

 

Code OnTime Designer

  

Building ASP.NET/AJAX Forms with Code OnTime Designer

Learn ASP.NET/AJAX web form customization with Code OnTime Designer. We will start with an automatically generated single-column AJAX web form that lists all fields on an employee record. We proceed by creating the following form layouts in real time:

  • A single column form with employee fields broken into four categories
  • A two column form with compact field layout
  • A form with four tabs for each category and fields displayed in compact layout.
  • A form with two tabs that bring up two categories each displayed in a standard layout.
     

 

Reporting

 

Learn to create ad hoc reports in Web Site Factory projects.
 

Part1

We will show how to create an ad hoc report based on a business object layer class generated by Code OnTime Generator. Then we will replace the business object layer object with a ControllerDataSource component.

 

Part2

We will create a dataset with a table adapter based on a free-form SQL query or optional stored procedure. Then we will replace ControllerDataSource component in the AJAX web application created in the first part of the tutorial with an ObjectDataSource hooked to the data table adapter.

 

Custom RDLC Reports for AJAX Web Apps
Data Aquarium Framework automatically creates RDLC reports in WYSIWYG style at runtime for any data grid views and replicates sort order and filters specified by the end users.You can quickly create custom reports that have the same behavioral properties.  

 

Security

 

Pages

Learn to secure access to pages in ASP.NET AJAX applications created with Web Site Factory and Code OnTime Generator. Standard ASP.NET Membership provides an excellent mechanism to protect your site.

 

Fields

Learn to secure access to data fields in data views of ASP.NET AJAX applications created with Web Site Factory and Code OnTime Generator. Standard ASP.NET Membership roles are used to control who is allowed to read/write field values.

 

Actions

Learn to secure availability of actions in data views of ASP.NET AJAX applications created with Web Site Factory and Code OnTime Generator. Standard ASP.NET Membership roles are used to control who is allowed to execute actions.

 

Actions

  

Learn to configure the client-side action state machine to create complex AJAX-enabled user interface workflow sequences without writing a single line of code.

 

Part 1

We will implement a Navigate action that brings the user to a dedicated Customer Information page.

 

Part 2

We will implement custom Save and Cancel actions that return the user to the previous page.

 

Application Development

 
Learn how to enable batch/mass editing in ASP.NET AJAX applications. Batch editing will allow your end-users to modify multiple records at the same time.
 
Learn to create input field validators based on regular expressions to detect errors in user input and/or to provide automatic formatting of input values in AJAX applications created with Web Site Factory and Code OnTime Generator for ASP.NET/AJAX.
  

Data-Enabled Modal Popups

Learn to create a data-enabled modal popup that can be invoked by end-user on an arbitrary data record in a Web Site Factory web application. 

 

Multi Field Lookups

Learn to configure a multi field lookup to copy several fields from the lookup view into the details record. The same technique also works when a user creates a child record of a selected master. read

  

Business Rules

 

Learn to create server-side calculations in ASP.NET AJAX applications triggered in response to the changes made to the fields presented in a web browser. We will create a business rule method to calculate order shipping information for a selected customer in a Web Site Factory project.
 
Learn to attach server-side business rules to AJAX-enabled user interface of Web Site Factory applications. Implement business rules to execute custom SQL statements or stored procedures in response to user actions
 
Learn to define declarative code formulas to introduce just-in-time calculations in ASP.NET AJAX applications without writing a business rule to support the server-side calculations. The code generator will automatically produce a business rule to incorporate your formula. read
  

User Interface

 

Custom Form Templates

Learn to create custom form templates to create the exact layout of data fields in form categories that meets your business requirements with Code OnTime Designer. The templates are based on HTML. Simple data field placeholders are automatically substituted in the client web browser.

 

Custom Search Bar With Auto-Complete

Learn to create custom search bars in Web Site Factory and Web Site Builder projects. The search bars are typically displayed above the grid views. Use any standard and commercial ASP.NET controls to capture the search parameters. We will show you how to implement a predictive input in your search fields without writing any code.

 

Learn how to extend the navigation system of your application with links to external web sites and how to force the external link to be displayed in the new window.
 
Learn to customize page footer and header in ASP.NET / AJAX applications created with Web Site Factory project.
 
Learn how to enable aggregates in applications created with Web Site Factory code generation project and Code OnTime Designer. Aggregates deliver business intelligence and work with adaptive filtering.
 
Learn to assign default values to fields displayed in views of new records in ASP.NET AJAX web applications.  
 
Learn to create shared programmatic filters to control data access in Web Site Factory applications. We will explain creation of code filters and provide C# and VB.NET examples.

 

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