Dear Phil,

It is great that there is somebody like you!

I will test it tomorrow


Best regards

Jrg

"Phil Ide" <phil@idep.org.uk> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Joerg,
>
> > Some times I don't know if I should insert a tag (HTML)
> > into the DLL or into the HTML file.
> >
> > In principle I do not like any HTML code in my DLL.
> >
> > In my opinion Design is for a HTML editor like Dreamweaver
> > and dynamic is for WAA.
> >
> > I hope some of you could understand me!!?
> >
> > So what is the best way to serperate design form dynamic?
> >
> > Could anyone try to explane what is a good concept
> > to do this?
>
> How about a mix of both worlds?
>
> Use Frontpage or Dreamweaver or whatever to create a template page.  Then
> in your DLL you generate only the code necessary to display the dynamic
> elements, and inject this code into your template html document.  All you
> have to do then is return the document to the client.
>
> The easiest way to do all this is using HAL - the HTML Application
Library.
> This uses HRF to do all the above and makes coding HTML in your DLL much
> easier.  If you don't have the professional subscription, send me an email
> and I'll send you a replacement library for HRF.
>
> Here is an example of HTML code written in Xbase++ using HAL:
>
>     you can copy & paste JScript, VBScript, PerlScript etc.
>     straight into your Xbase++ code!
>    SCRIPTTEXT
>       function jalert(o){
>          alert(o.name);
>       }
>       function ok(){
>          if(document.orderform.NAME.value == ""){
>             alert("You must enter a name!");
>             return false;
>          }
>          return true;
>       }
>    ENDTEXT
>    SCRIPT WRITE
>
>     we don't need to add the WAA_PACKAGE variable,
>     HAL does this automagically!
>    FORM START name=orderform, onSubmit='return ok();'
>       HIDE WAA_FORM=SubmitOrderForm
>
>       TABLE
>          ROW
>             CELL ? '~Name'
>             CELL INPUT name=NAME, value=(DATA->NAME), size=15,;
>                        maxlength=10, onBlur='jalert(this)', acessKey=N
>
>          ROW
>            CELL ? '~Gender'
>            CELL PICKLIST name=GENDER, accessKey=G
>                    OPTION 'Male' value=Male
>                    OPTION 'Female' value=Female
>                 PICKLIST END
>          ROW
>             CELL
>             CELL SUBMIT value=Continue, onClick='jalert(this)',;
>                          name=SBUTTON
>        TABLE CLOSE
>    FORM END
>
> You can grab HAL from my site.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Phil Ide
>
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