Getting Started With WebFOCUS App Studio

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This documentation introduces and describes WebFOCUS App Studio, a Windows-based GUI development environment for creating WebFOCUS applications. App Studio provides innovative features and functions that simplify development, thereby allowing you to concentrate on interface design, business logic, and data manipulation. Features include data visualization, color exception reporting, intelligent drilldowns, and the ability to generate HTML pages without writing code.

Note: The WebFOCUS toolset generates the rich FOCUS fourth generation language. While this language is very extensive, the WebFOCUS toolset only supports a subset of the language and only specific syntax constructs. While the user can manually modify the content of these WebFOCUS procedures/files, there is no guarantee that the user will be able to open the modified procedure in the tool.

How This Manual Is Organized

This manual includes the following chapters:

Chapter/Appendix

Contents

1

Introducing WebFOCUS App Studio

Introduces WebFOCUS App Studio.

2

Navigating the App Studio Interface

Identifies the main components of the App Studio interface.

3

Customizing App Studio

Provides information about the customization and user preferences you can set in App Studio.

4

WebFOCUS Environments in App Studio

Provides information about WebFOCUS environments in App Studio.

5

App Studio Data Access and Descriptions

Provides information for configuring data adapters, remote servers, and synonyms in App Studio.

6

Tutorial: Creating an HTML Page in App Studio

Provides step by step instructions on how to create an HTML page, with a multi-component procedure, chart, HTML controls, and styling.

Documentation Conventions

The following table describes the documentation conventions that are used in this manual.

Convention

Description

THIS TYPEFACE

or

this typeface

Denotes syntax that you must enter exactly as shown.

this typeface

Represents a placeholder (or variable) in syntax for a value that you or the system must supply.

underscore

Indicates a default setting.

this typeface

Represents a placeholder (or variable), a cross-reference, or an important term. It may also indicate a button, menu item, or dialog box option that you can click or select.

Key + Key

Indicates keys that you must press simultaneously.

{  }

Indicates two or three choices. Type one of them, not the braces.

[  ]

Indicates a group of optional parameters. None are required, but you may select one of them. Type only the parameter in the brackets, not the brackets.

|

Separates mutually exclusive choices in syntax. Type one of them, not the symbol.

...

Indicates that you can enter a parameter multiple times. Type only the parameter, not the ellipsis (...).

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.
.

Indicates that there are (or could be) intervening or additional commands.

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