		
                  ASPDataForm Wizard 1.3 INSTALLATION NOTES
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                  ASP Database Form Generator
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                  Copyright © Malcolm Hardy 2000
                  All rights reserved.
                  Release date September 2000. 
		  Updated 29th May 2001.	
		  


Disclaimer
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Users of ASPDataForm Wizard must accept this disclaimer of warranty: 
"ASPDataForm Wizard is supplied as is.  The author disclaims all warranties, expressed 
or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability
and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages,
direct or consequential, which may result from the use of ASPDataForm Wizard."


Introduction
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ASPDataForm Wizard can be used to quickly generate databound ASP web forms.
The form is laid out as a two column table in order to preserve field and
label spacing regardless of the client browser used to view the page. 
It supports databound dropdown lists, display only fields and ADO paged
record scrolling. It does not make use of any cookies or use any session 
variables to maintain state through page transitions. It conserves resources
by using disconnected ADO recordsets which are closed as soon as the data 
is retrieved. There are no additional Design Time Controls or COM components 
used. The generated structured ASP code can be edited with a normal text editor
as well as any of the other popular ASP development tools such as Interdev, 
Drumbeat,  Dreamweaver or UltraDev.

The unregistered version of this program may be distributed freely and 
a minimal cost may be charged to cover disk duplication costs only.
The registered version must not be distributed under any circumstances.

Please Note this program is Shareware. It is not Freeware. You are permitted
to try the program for a maximum of 30 days after which you must send a
registration fee to the author if you continue to use this product. 

Registered users will receive a registered package which contains
no limitations when generating a databound ASP page plus enables the
generation of read only ASP lists. Registered users are also entitled to unlimited free upgrades from the author's
web site for the life of the product.


Registration can be made as follows;

Credit Card Payments
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Credit Card
$US 30 (All countries) 

Internet Orders Only

http://www.digibuy.com/cgi-bin/order.html?443370+96634598149
 
All Digibuy's orders are automatically processed at the web site and
the registered version of the software is available immediately for download. 
DigiBuy also provide the facility to pay by Fax, Phone or Mail. 
Please read the instructions in the file readme.txt in the registered 
package before installation.

OR 

1. Mail order in Australia. Cheque or Money order only(Australia only) $A 33.
(Includes GST plus postage and packing) Recommended for Australian residents.

Malcolm Hardy
6 Tibooburra St
Engadine 
NSW 2233
Australia

Phone (AH) 61 2 9548 2982

or malhardy@ozemail.com.au   	
or http://www.winfoil.com/aspdataform

2. International Mail order. International money order or Bank Cheque $A 33 (New Zealand)
 $A 40 (All other countries) only. Address as shown above.

System Requirements
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This software requires either Windows 95, 98 or NT.
It also requires the Microsoft Active X Data Objects Version 2.0 Library (or later) 
and was built using Visual Basic Version 6 Service Pack 3. The appropriate ODBC 
drivers are also required to connect to the database of your choice.  
To test the generated ASP pages you wil also require either Microsoft Internet
 Information Server (4  or 5) or the Microsoft Personal Web Server.

The Micrsoft Active X Data Objects Library can be downloaded from;
http://www.microsoft.com/Data/mdac2.htm

The Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Runtime can be downloaded from;
http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/dll/simvb6-5.zip

   
Installation
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1. Run SETUP.EXE on Disk 1 either by double clicking on the file
whilst in FILE MANAGER, or by using the RUN command from the FILE menu
in PROGRAM MANAGER or from the Start Run on the Taskbar in 
Windows 95, 98  or NT4.
   
eg; A:\SETUP


Bug Fix & Enhancement History
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6/02/2001
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Version 1.3
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Fixed bad generated TD tag.

Enhanced variable naming to better cater for numeric data
types. Previously was assigning the prefix dbl to all numeric
variables.

Renamed Main procedure to Mainproc so that the generated ASP
code is succesfully converted to a VB Com component when using
ASP2DLL.

Renamed FormatDateTime ASP function to FormatDBDateTime as 
FormatDateTime is a reserved function name.

Added a check for non-updateable fields. User may override
the Wizard so that the generated SQL will update all fields.
For some database providers the Wizard may set fields to be
non updateable.

Added Title property for ASP page generation.

SQL text box is now multi line and can handle much bigger
sql statements.

Added auto retrieve property so then when page is
accessed it retrieves data immediately.

Fixed missing close of connection objects in Save and Delete
ASP functions.

Fixed missing </TD> tags in generated table.

ASP Delete function now displays SQL in error message
if delete fails.

Template File Name is now displayed on title bar.

New property added - allow dates in where clause.

Now supports timestamp updates in SQLAnywhere.

The Wizard is now a single EXE file.

27/9/2000
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Version 1.2
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Modified ASP generation code to better cater for
autoincrement type fields in Access.

Added new "list" style for generating readonly lists for the registered version.
Added hyperlink column property for this style.

Fixed up button naming. 

Fixed up button caption properties.

Added row font properties.

Fixed problem where properties were being lost
when going backwards and forwards in the wizard.

Added ASP code to display the SQL used in the save 
function to aid in debugging any errors.


9/9/2000
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Version 1.1
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Fixed SQL Server Date update function.

Fixed dropdown list property setting in the column properties screen.

Fixed generation of the update SQL when datetime or timestamp columns
are selected.

Modified all color properties in the table properties screen to allow
colors to be entered from the keyboard instead of selecting colors
from a color dialogue box.

Fixed problem which was causing an error box to be displayed when
a where clause was included in the select sql.

Fixed label modification in the column properties screen.

Fixed header alignment modification in the table properties screen.

Changed page counter to record counter.

Modified table properties screen so that the style property only
has "Form - single record" type. 

Fixed the startup of the unregistered version of the Wizard so that
the startup screen does not hang.


Trademarks
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       VISUAL BASIC, ACCESS and WINDOWS are trademarks of
       the Microsoft Corporation.

	

