In JavaScript for the Business Developer, author Mike Faust builds the case for integrating JavaScript into business applications and then shows the application programmer how JavaScript can help them create dynamic business applications with Web browser interfaces. Developing compelling, user-friendly interfaces is one of the best arguments for using JavaScript when building business applications. Often, an application functions well and offers bulletproof reliability, but it has an awkwa...

This book takes an in-depth look at the ASP concept and maximizing its capabilities. It offers step-by-step instructions for creating entire applications using ASP and reveals correlations between the development process on the iSeries and the same process within an ASP. Because HTML and ASP work hand-in-hand, this book provides an introduction to HTML before fully exploring the ASP concept. Users learn how data access is achieved within an ASP, how to convert an iSeries application into a...

Stored procedures and built-in functions can greatly expand the power and usefulness of SQL, but surprisingly these highly useful tools remain untapped by many programmers. For programmers who are new to the subject or those who want to expand on what they already know, this book provides a terrific introduction to the creation and use of built-in functions and stored procedures under OS/400 and i5/OS. But what are they? Built-in functions are a part of practically every programming langua...

This book reveals how to give a new face to iSeries and AS/400 applications by offering a suite of techniques to use with green-screen programs: Query Manager/400, advanced display DDS functions, user-defined ILE functions, and Advanced Function Printing. Tools are provided that give PC client applications and interfaces more function and usability with ADO, OLE DB, and FTP. Possibilities are explored for using iSeries or AS/400 to develop web pages, implement e-mail, and use ActiveX Data ...