How IntraWeb Works

Last Updated: 9/29/2008

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Introducing IntraWeb
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How IntraWeb Works
Limitations of Evaluation Version
Technical Support
Licensing
Credits, Acknowledgements
Requirements
Supported Browsers
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What's New

Overview

IntraWeb works much like a normal executable application, with the exception that the user interface is a web browser instead of a window. After placing the application on a web server, a user can run an instance of the application by using a URL to start a session. The user's information will be tracked by the instance of the application in use, thus preventing data loss or accidental intermingling with another user's data. For each user, new session information is created and tracked automatically and is transparent to the developer. The overhead is low (see scaling) and the capacity of an IntraWeb application is similar to that of other web solutions such as ISAPI, CGI, or ASP.

IntraWeb is designed to build any sort of web-based application, whether it is a simple data entry form, a poll, or a complex application where clients have to be "logged in" for an extended period of time.

IntraWeb allows you to create your applications in a true RAD manner by dragging and dropping components on an IW form, defining events and setting properties in a way that is similar to popular RAD environments like Delphi or Microsoft Visual Studio.NET (see Building A Demo Step By Step).

No HTML, CGI or JavaScript skills are required, all coding can be done with making use of Delphi or any other language you use on the .Net platform. Additionally, JavaScript may be used to implement custom client-side features (see Overview, Areas of Implementation).