Getting Started

The following document is a brief introduction to IntraWeb, and some common questions. For more information please see our FAQ, online tutorials and also the documentation.

What level of expertise is required before starting to work with IntraWeb?

No previous experience with HTML or building weblication is needed for starting working with IntraWeb. 

How does IntraWeb work?

After installation, a new tab called IntraWeb appears into the New Items dialog box. It contains wizards for building different types of IntraWeb applications: ISAPI's, DSO modules and standalone applications (applications that embed an web server). The IntraWeb applications work much like any normal executable application, with the exception that the user interface is a web browser instead of a window. This is possible because controls added from the IntraWeb pages of the component palette are rendered into HTML served to the browser window at runtime. The toolbox contains eight new tabs:

IW Standard - contains standard controls from the HTML 4.0 reference like hyperlinks, comboboxes, listboxes, etc. It is similar to the Standard Tab in Delphi.
IW Data - contains data aware controls.
IW ClientSide - contains controls that do not interact with the server at runtime. That is, they use JavaScript on the client-side.
IW Standard 3.2 - contains the same type of controls as IW Standard, but at runtime, they are rendered into HTML 3.2, for PDA devices.
IW Data 3.2 - same as IW Data page, but respecting the HTML 3.2 standard.
IW WAP - contains controls that must be used when building WAP applications for mobile phones.
IW Data WAP  - contains data aware controls for WAP applications.
IW Controls - miscellaneous controls, such as HTML editors and Template Processors.

Demos and more

IntraWeb comes with a series of demos, in order to make the learning  process easier. The demos are included in the distribution and some of them can be viewed online.

The demo section of the web site contains:

• Demo source code
• Demos binaries
• Links to online demos