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Tutorials

Our videos aim to show you how to easily add features to your application. In most cases considerable functionality can be added in just a few clicks and keystrokes.

The videos are divided into two sections...

Basic Features

The videos in this section develop a very simple forecasting application based on two tables containing companies and related departments. The MySQL script to create this environment can be found here.

ID	Description	More Info	Video
1-01	Generating A First Cut Application
1-02	Demonstrating First Cut Application Functionality And Data Integrity
1-03	First Cut Application Layers Tour
1-04	Add A Data Freeform Sharing Data With A Data Grid
1-05	Add A Data Grid Displaying Rows Associated With The Current Row Of A Data Table
1-06	Add A Page To Display Rows Constrained By The Current Row Of A Data Table In An Existing Page
1-07	Add A Lookup To Display The Allowed Values For A Foreign Key Field On A Page Then Copy Back The Chosen Value
1-08	Use Validation Messages To Correct Invalid XML
1-09	Define Allowed Values For An Entity Property In The Model
1-10	Add A Drop Down Select List To A Displayed Field
1-11	Change An Entity Property In The Model To Be Boolean And Displayed As A Checkbox
1-12	Format Displayed Fields
1-13	Divide A Data Freeform Into Tabs
1-14	Divide A Data Grid Into Tabs
1-15	Add Additional Criteria Fields To A Data Table
1-16	Add A Criteria Field To A Data Table That Uses A Lookup To Set Its Values
1-17	Add Existence Fields To A Data Table
1-18	Demonstrate Use Of Criteria And Existence Fields
1-19	Add Additional Prior Fields To A Data Table
1-20	Add Joined Fields To A Data Table
1-21	Add Dynamically Calculated Fields To A Data Table
1-22	Add Summary Fields To A Data Table
1-23	Understanding And Using Labels
1-24	Adding Javascript To A Page
1-25	Adding An Embedded Component
1-26	Tracing the Mapping Of A Web Page to the Controller's Page Model
1-27	Globally Changing Names

Java Business Logic

The videos in this section demonstrate how Java Business Objects are defined, generated and then used to develop business logic. They add business logic to the application developed in the videos above.

ID	Description	More Info	Video
2-01	Add Business Logic To Act On An Entity Using Generated Entity Type Business Objects
2-02	Demonstrate The Route An Event Fired On The Browser Takes Through The XML Design
2-03	Add Business Logic To The Controller Layer Using Generated Business Objects
2-04	Add Business Logic That Acts On Sets Of Entities Using Generated Model Entity Set Business Objects	TBC
2-05	Add Business Logic To Act On A Set Of Entities Dictated By The View Using Generated Model Access Business Objects	TBC
2-06	Add A Controller Refresh Rule	TBC
2-07	Tracing Program Flow Through The Runtime	TBC
2-08	Globally Changing Business Object Names	TBC

Advanced Features

The videos in this section demonstrate some of the more advanced functionality that can be added to your application.

Advanced Java Business Logic

The videos of this section show some of the advanced features available for defining business logic.