Active Server Pages Black Book: The Professional's Guide to Developing Dynamic, Interactive Web Sites with Microsoft ActiveX

Al Williams, Coriolis Group Books

ISBN:1576102475, Edition: , 1998-06-16

Price: $49.99

Table of Contents

Introduction

About the Authors

Chapter 1—The World Wide Why

Even Grandma Has A URL

Upward And Onward From Plain HTML

Where Do You Jump In?

Gratuitous Roswell Rumor

Chapter 2—HTML In Review

The Basic Structure

An HTML Document

Inside The Body (With Apologies To Asimov)

Images And Objects

Lists

Hyperlinks

Image Maps, Forms, And More

Practical Guide To—HTML

Creating An HTML File

The Parts Of An HTML Document

Inserting Special Characters

Controlling Spacing

Starting A New Paragraph

Formatting Text

Adding A Horizontal Line Or Rule

Inserting An Image

Scaling Graphics

Creating A Numbered List

Creating An Unnumbered List

Creating A Description List

Linking To Another Page

Defining An Anchor

Linking To An Anchor

Chapter 3—Advanced HTML

Using Arguments With Tags

Making Your Pages Prettier (Bargain Shopper Overview)

Improving Navigation, Ease Of Use, And Layout

Putting Your Page To Work

Client Pull

Frames

Style Sheets

Practical Guide To—Using Advanced HTML In Web Pages

Using Graphics For Bullets And Rule Lines

Changing Backgrounds And Colors

Good Places To Look For Web Graphics

Using Mailto To Receive Email

Using Meta For Search Engines

Using Client Pull

Using Image Maps

Using Forms

Using Tables For Page Layout

Creating Frame Sets

Using Style Sheets To Affect A Particular Element

Chapter 4—Using ActiveX Controls And Java Applets

Getting Started

Why Use Objects?

Security

Downloading

JARs, INFs, And CABs

Performance

Know HTML

Practical Guide To—Active X Controls and Java Applets

Inserting ActiveX Controls Into Your Web Pages

Finding Applets And ActiveX Controls

Chapter 5—Adding Client-Side VBScript

What Is VBScript?

Show Me The Code

Advantages Of Client-Side VBScript

Disadvantages Of Client-Side Scripting

The Nuts And Bolts Of VBScript

VBScript Comments

Data Types

Variables

Constants

Operators

Controlling The Flow

VBScript Procedures

VBScript Error Handling

Summary

Practical Guide To—VBScript

Using VBScript With HTML Forms

Using VBScript With ActiveX Controls

Debugging With The Microsoft Script Debugger

VBScript Quick Reference Specifications

Chapter 6—Adding Client-Side JavaScript

JavaScript, JScript, ECMAScript?

A Quick Example

Advantages Of Client-Side Scripting

Disadvantages Of Client-Side Scripting

Language Details

Variables

Data Types

JScript Objects

JScript Operators

Controlling Program Flow

Functions

Creating Objects

Summary

Practical Guide To—Client-Side Script

Using JScript With HTML Forms

Using JScript With ActiveX Controls

Using The prototype Property

JScript Quick Reference

Chapter 7—The Dynamic HTML Object Model

The Object Hierarchy

Summary

Practical Guide To—Dynamic HTML Object Model

The window Object

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The frames Collection

The document Object

The event Object

The history Object

The location Object

The navigator Object

The screen Object

Using The window Object

Using The document Object

Using The event Object

Using The location Object

Using The screen And navigator Objects

Chapter 8—Dynamic HTML

Dynamic Style

Positioning And Animation

Dynamic Content

Filters And Transitions

Data Binding

Scriptlets

Summary

Practical Guide to—Dynamic HTML

Using Dynamic Styles

Using The Transition Filter Control

Data Binding With The Tabular Data Control

Chapter 9—Server-Side Scripting

What Is An Active Server Page?

Advantages And Disadvantages

Script Delimiters

The <SCRIPT> Tag

Debugging Active Server Pages

Summary

Practical Guide To—Server-Side Scripting

Creating An Active Server Application With IIS

Creating An Active Server Application Using Personal Web Server

Writing An Active Server Page

Debugging Server-Side Script Using The Microsoft Script Debugger

Chapter 10—ActiveX Server Objects And Components

What Is A Web Application?

The Global.asa File

ActiveX Server Objects

ActiveX Components

Summary

Practical Guide To—Using ActiveX Server Objects And Components

Using Global.asa

Using The AdRotator Component

Using The Database Access Component

Using The Browser Capabilities Component

Using The Content Linking Component

Chapter 11—Microsoft Personalization System

The User Property Database Component

The Voting Component

The Send Mail Component

Summary

Practical Guide To—Using The Microsoft Personalization System

Using The User Property Database Component And The Send Mail Component

Using The Voting Component

Chapter 12—A Case Study

Converting To ASP

Simple Enhancements

Debugging

Hit Counting

Content Linking

More Advanced Techniques

Database Access

Voting

What If I Don’t Have Site Server?

Summary

Chapter 13—Your Own Server-Side Components

The Anatomy Of A Server-Side Component

Getting Started

Getting Started With VB5

Fleshing It Out

Trying It Out

Using C++ Or Java

Details

An Example

Summary

Practical Guide To—Server-Side Components

Designing A Component

Starting A Project

Starting Class Builder

Handling Multithreading

Accessing IIS Objects And Affecting HTML

Registration Of Components

Debugging Tips

Chapter 14—Your Own Client-Side Objects

Downsides

Using VB5

Writing A Java Applet

Networking With Java

Client Control Summary

Practical Guide To—Writing Client Controls

Available Tools

Planning A Control Or Applet

Summary Of Steps For Using VB5

Summary Of Steps For Using Visual J++

Chapter 15—Where To On The Web

Early Lessons

Instant Replay

Conclusions

Prognostications

Lists Of Links And Resources