CodeCharge Studio 2

The application Builder is a super neato tool that lets you get up and running with just a few clicks.

There are nine quick steps to using the application builder. You must of course first have a database ready. Specify your server path and url.

Create a database connection.

Choose a connection type.

Provide server name, username, password and database. In some cases you don't have to supply a username and password. It just depends on the database you are connecting to.

After you provide all that information click on test connection.

There is also an Advanced tab that allows you to set other things like connection timeout and access permissions.

In the All tab you can see and edit the initialization properties.

The next two dialogs are for experienced users.

In step 3 you can enable auto-incremented keys, single keyword search fields, popup date picker and whether you want the site published once Builder finishes creating all the code.

Set up authentication for users to password protect pages that you are building. You can change any pages that you want protected or not protected in the Properties for that page once Builder is done.

Choose which tables you want included in the Project.

Here is where you set up permissions or access levels for users.

Below is the modified dialog.

If you click on the links on the left in the above dialog, (for the following screenshot the All link), the following dialog will open. You can choose whether to include all the pages in a menu that is automatically added to the pages as well as setting whether you want all the search, grid and record items on one page.

If you click on one of the other links you can set up search parameters.

You can set grid parameters...layout, sorting, navigation, fields to fit in the grid, the order they are shown in and also the name of the page. All of this can be easily edited after the Builder is finished if you don't like the setup.

Choose which field you want used as the link for getting the records.

Decide what fields you want shown in records.

See a preview in the IDE of what the page will look like.

Choose how you want the page displayed. Do you want vertical or horizontal menus? Do you want headers and footers? This program is very powerful and oh so versatile! I just love it!

Pick a theme for your project. There are many to choose from.

Review the decisions you have made and finish it if you like it.

If you chose the option to publish after Builder was finished the following dialog will open.

You will be prompted to create the server path if it does not exist.

Wallah, there you are. It's all done. Below shows all the work that CodeCharge Studio has done in a matter of minutes. It would take days to do all this work by hand!

(click on the image above for a larger view)

If you click on your connection in the menu tree on the left, it's properties will show up in the property pane on the right. This makes it really simple to make changes if they are necessary.

Below shows the Project Explorer in Pages view.

Below shows our project in the Project Explorer in files view.

In the editor in Design view is represented below for all the pages created by Application Builder.

Now, there is another totally cool feature that I almost forgot about. It's called Diagram. If you right click on Diagram in the Project Explorer it will bring up a list of all your files. You can then highlight them and add them to the diagram view. This is really great for seeing just exactly what is happening in your project.

That should give you a basic idea of how easily an application can be created using the Application Builder.

Next we'll move on to the  Grid Builder.

Review Navigation

 Review Home | Blank Project | Application Builder | Grid Builder | Record Builder
 Editable Grid Builder | Grid and Record Builder | Search Builder | Directory Builder
 Pop Up Date Picker Builder | Authentication Builder | Forms and HTML Tools | Menus
 FrontPage Add-In and Conclusion

Perpetual License
499.95 (US) per user

This is the Standard License that gives you the right to own and run the software forever, similarly to buying a packaged software in a store.  Minor software upgrades/updates/patches will be offered free of charge for unlimited time.  However, major software upgrades may be offered in the future at an additional cost, for example an upgrade from version 2.0 to version 3.0 may be priced at $150 (exact pricing to be determined at the time of the release). You can protect yourself from additional upgrade fees by subscribing to the Annual Maintenance Plan, or by purchasing a non-perpetual license (subscription) instead. Non-Perpetual License
279.95 (US) per year per user

This is License Rental that gives you the opportunity to cost-effectively "subscribe" to, or rent, licenses of CodeCharge Studio software on an annual basis.  You  benefit by having the right to always use the latest version of the product at no additional charge.  For tax-saving purposes, you can also report such software expenditure as a business expense rather than depreciating capital investment.

Personal Edition:

Pricing and Availability
CodeCharge Studio Personal Edition is now available for the Windows platforms at $ 139.95 (non-perpetual annual license), $ 199.95 (perpetual license), and is available directly from YesSoftware or any authorized reseller. Please visit the YesSoftware Web site at www.codecharge.com/studio for more information, to download a free 20-day trial version of CodeCharge Studio Personal Edition, or for a list of authorized resellers.   

 

System Requirements

Development Environment Requirements

CodeCharge Studio is available for computers running the following operating systems and environments:

• Intel Pentium Processor or equivalent
• 64 MB available RAM
• 30 MB available disk space
• 256-color monitor capable of 800 x 600 resolution
• Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000 or XP
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher
• Databases Supported

  CodeCharge Studio can connect to virtually any ODBC compliant database using the appropriate drivers installed on the computer where CodeCharge Studio is present. Supported databases include:

  • Microsoft SQL
  • Oracle
  • MySQL
  • Microsoft Access
  • All other databases with an appropriate ODBC driver

  The generated code does not require ODBC connectivity and connects to the database using the method appropriate for the particular environment, for example ADO for ASP, JDBC for Java, PHPLib for PHP, or DBI for PERL.

• Server Requirements

  Generated code runs on all operating systems with installed application servers capable of executing the following programming languages:

  • ASP 3.0 (runs on IIS and PWS servers with VBScript 5.5)
  • ASP.NET (C#) 1.0
  • ASP.NET (VB) 1.0
  • ColdFusion 4.0.1
  • PHP 4.0
  • J2EE 1.2
  • PERL 5

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