We proudly provide you the release of the Visual DataFlex AJAX Library 1.0! The AJAX Library provides you the tools to build sophisticated Web 2.0 (rich internet applications) style web applications. It consists out of a number of parts:

Examples Workspaces (Order Entry and Contacts)

• Forms
• Forms with Tab’s
• Lists
• Header/Detail style
• Security
• Multiple Grids
• List/Popup based Forms

Templates

• Web Service Interface
• Session Manager
• Form Based Web Page
• List Based Web Page

Server Side Library

• Web Service Interface
• Web Business Objects
• Session Manager

Client Side Library

• JavaScript Libraries
• User Interface Controls: Menu, Tabpage, List, Grid, Calendar, etc.
• Automatic Client Side validations based on Data Dictionary Settings
• Automatic type checking. For example: No alphanumeric characters allowed for integer fields, force Capslock, etc.

Download/Installation
After you registered for this library you will get an e-mail with the download instructions for the library. The downloaded program is a setup program that guides you through the installation process.

Samples
There are two Visual DataFlex AJAX examples in the beta available. They are:

• Order Entry: The Order Entry example application build using the AJAX framework. New modern, attractive interface, many of the AJAX framework features implemented. For editing of records the user needs to login inside the application, else the user can only view records
• Contact Manager: The Contact Manager example application using the AJAX framwork. Users need to login to view or edit/delete records. The panel shows the usage of dblist for viewing records or dbgrid for editing records. A constraint-on-the-fly radiogroup to only view certain records is present.

Both examples are also online available.

Support
If you have any questions or want to report bugs about this Alpha release, then please visit our newsgroups and go to the newsgroup called Libraries.AJAX.
More information about how to use the newsgroups can be found here.

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