Xbasic

Web Application

Description

Functions for working with web applications, web application security, web components, and the Alpha Anywhere Classic Application Server.

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Description
Web Application Functions

Alpha Anywhere provides the following functions for working with web applications.

Web Application Security Functions

Alpha Anywhere provides the following functions for working with web application security.

Web Application Server Functions

Alpha Anywhere provides the following functions for controlling the Web Application Server.

Web Application Component Functions

Alpha Anywhere provides the following functions for working with components in web applications.

a5_check_throttle_file Function

Used by developers in Runtime applications

a5_get_webfile Function

Bring up a file selection dialog designed for Web Project files

a5_getapplicationdatafolder Function

Return the application data folder where settings should be stored

a5_getinstallationapplicationdatafolder Function

Gets a path to store installation-specific application data

a5_loadapplicationdata Function

Load application data from a source

a5_run_async_xbasic Function

Executes Xbasic code in an Ajax Callback without waiting for the code to finish running before sending a response to the client.

a5_webprojectfile Function

Takes a short web project name and returns real filename. e.g. dialog1 or default|dialog1

a5_webprojectget Function

Gets the default web project name

a5_webprojectpath Function

Returns the path of a WebProject.

a5_webprojectslist Function

Gets a list of the Web Projects for the specified Database

a5_websharedresourcepath Function

Returns the path of Shared Resources for web projects.

a5_wf_style_builder Function

Edit an A5 Webform style

a5_wf_style_names Function

Get a list of styles. If type=1 then a5 standard, if type=2 then all styles.

a5_wfse Function

Generic webform style component editor.

A5_xb_runGenericComponent Function

Generates the HTML and Javascript for a UX, PageLayout or Custom component.

A5_xb_runGridComponent Function

Generates the HTML and Javascript for a Grid component.

a5AjaxChunkedResponseWrite Function

Used in an Ajax callback that sends back chunked responses. Sends a message to the client.

a5w_analyzeWebAccessLogs Function

Get a list of requests per minute from web access logs. Show as chart or list. Can be run on desktop or web.

a5w_getExtendedUserInfo Function

Reads data from the Extended User Information table.

a5w_saveToExtendedUserInfo Function

Saves data to the extended user information table.

a5wcb_createframelayoutarray Function

A web application function.

a5wcb_extendedUserInfoTableFields Function

Gets a list of fields in the Extended User Information Table.

a5wcb_friendlyname_decode Function

Transforms a Web Project friendly name to a file name

a5wcb_friendlyname_encode Function

Transforms a Web Project filename to a friendly name

a5wcb_getextauthproviders Function

Get a list of supported providers defined in Name Resources for the current project

a5wcb_getprojectfmname Function

Returns the Web Project that a given filename is in

a5wcb_linkfilterbuildercs Function

Create a filter for SQL based Grid component

a5wcb_prompthighordertext Function

Prompt for a text value. High order characters are uni-code encoded.

a5wcb_promptstatictext Function

The a5wcb_promptstatictext Function

a5wcb_removejavascriptcomments Function

Remove comments from a Javascript function

a5wcb_removejavascriptevents Function

Remove javascript attributes and hrefs from html to prepare it for display in the local preview window

a5wcb_replace_comp_style Function

Replace the style used by one or more selected components. If a list of components is supplied, 'runsilent' can be set to True. The component selection dialog will not appear if 'runsilent' is True. If a style is not specified, the current default style is used. A dialog will always show the progress of the operation.

a5wcb_tabtemplateajax Function

Generates a template for an HTML tab container. Returns .html and .js properties. tabList is a crlf delimited list of tab labels.

a5wcb_ux_register_userdefined_control Function

Used in a5wcb_ux_addinControls() to register any user defined controls (e.g. a5wcb_uxdefineControl_formView())

compile_Xbasic_function_library Function

Used in a web application to compile an Xbasic Function Library so that functions defined in the library can be called. You can pass in an optional searchPath for the Function Library.

currentgridfilter Function

Pseduo-function used to apply the filter for a Grid Component to a Report.

currentgridorder Function

Pseduo-function used to apply the order for a Grid Component to a Report.

currentlistfilter Function

Pseduo-function used to apply the server-side filter for a List control in a UX Component to a Report.

currentlistorder Function

Pseduo-function used to apply the server-side order for a List control in a UX Component to a Report.

loadClass Function

Loads a class definition from an .a5xbclass file.

require Function

Used in a web application to load an Xbasic Module so that functions defined in the module can be called. You can pass in an optional searchPath. By default, the searchPath includes [webroot]\Xbasic_modules