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- GDIdb V2.2.1 ODBC Datasource Publishing Software for Windows95/NT4
- ******************************************************************
-
- Thank you for trying out our Software, we hope it fulfills your
- requirements. Examples are included to help you evaluate
- GDIdb- please see below.
-
- Program Purpose:
- GDIdb is designed to facilitate the building of a database-driven
- web site using a dial-up or ISDN Internet connection.
-
- Installation:
- To install GDIdb, unzip the download into a temporary folder
- and double-click on the setup.exe icon. After installation
- you may delete the contents of the temporary folder.
-
- Program Status:
- This software is time-limited (30 Days) Shareware,
- and may be freely distributed.
-
- Problems:
- Please send e-mail to gdidb@gd-ind.com if you find any bugs or
- other problems with this software, or check the support section
- of the software homepage on http://www.gd-ind.com/gdidb/
-
-
- If you have a complex application for this software, but don't
- have the time/inclination to create the necessary script, please
- contact us. Our core business is web site design!
-
-
-
- EXAMPLE1 (Running an example script)
- ************************************
- A Microsoft Access database file has been placed in the program
- installation directory. (if you chose the default, the path will be
- C:\Program Files\GDIdb\workweb.mdb)
- This database is a basic version of the system an Employment
- agency might use to store their list of job vacancies.
- If you have Microsoft access on your system, you can load the
- database and add or delete database entries before
- running the example.
-
-
- To convert the Database to a web site
-
- 1. Select Open/Run Script from the GDIdb Actions menu.
- 2. Select workweb.scp in the file open dialog which appears.
- 3. Click the Open button, and GDIdb will convert the database
- contents to HTML.
- 4. You can view the web site generated by clicking the
- HTML button on the GDIdb toolbar, or by loading
- the file "index.html" (found in a sub-directory of the
- GDIdb program directory called html) with your web browser.
-
-
-
- EXAMPLE2 (Creating your own script)
- ***********************************
- A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet file has been placed in the program
- installation directory. (if you chose the default, the path will be
- C:\Program Files\GDIdb\foodstore.xls)
- This database is a simple list of products such as might be
- used by a shop to hold their stock level information.
- If you have Microsoft Excel on your system, you can view/edit
- the spreadsheet contents before running the example.
-
-
- To create a script
-
- Run Script Wizard (from GDIdb Edit menu)
- (1) Accept the default script & HTML filenames
- (2) Click single HTML page on "web site structure"
- (3) Select Database/Spreadsheet file under Data source type
- (4) Click the browse button (...) after the spreadsheet file
- edit box. Double-click the file "foodstore.xls" in the dialog which
- opens up. Leave login and password edit boxes blank.
- (5) Accept the single datasource table that appears under
- the following dialog.
- (6) In the next dialog, move all table fields into the listbox
- on the right.
- (7) In the data format dialog, check "format as table"
- (8) On the final dialog, click finish.
-
-
- To run the script
-
- 1. Select Open/Run Script from the GDIdb Actions menu.
- 2. Select script.scp in the file open dialog which appears.
- 3. Click the Open button, and GDIdb will convert the spreadsheet
- contents to HTML.
- 4. You can view the web site generated by clicking the
- HTML button on the taskbar, or by loading
- the file "index.html" (found in a sub-directory of the
- GDIdb program directory called html) with your web browser.
-
- Note: An example built on this script is included with GDIdb.
- Run the script "foodstore.scp" located in the program directory
- to see how the basic script can be enhanced by the addition of
- HTML formatting and extra GDIdb script functions. Add HTML to
- your own script file by selecting edit script file from the
- GDIdb edit menu, and double-clicking "script.scp" in the dialog
- which appears.
-
-
-
-
-
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- EXAMPLE3 (Creating a complex script)
- ************************************
-
- To create a script similar to EXAMPLE1, run Script Wizard
- (from GDIdb Edit menu) and make the following selections:
-
-
- To create a script
-
- Run Script Wizard (from GDIdb Edit menu)
- (1) Accept the default script & HTML filenames
- (2) Click Advanced relational structure on "web site structure"
- (3) Select Database/Spreadsheet file under Data source type
- (4) Click the browse button (...) after the spreadsheet file
- edit box. Double-click the file "workweb.mdb" in the dialog which
- opens up. Leave login and password edit boxes blank.
- (5) Select the "Categories" table in the next dialog
- (6) Select the "Jobcategory" field in the next dialog
- (7) Select the "JobcatKey" field in the next dialog
- (8) Select the "Jobs" table in the next dialog
- (9) Select the "JCatKey" field in the next dialog
- (9) Select the "JobTitle" field in the next dialog
- (10) In the next dialog, move Jobno and JobDesc table
- fields into the listbox on the right.
- (11) In the data format dialog, leave "format as table"
- unchecked.
- (12) On the final dialog, click finish.
-
-
- To run the script, select Open/Run Script from the
- GDIdb Actions menu, and double-click on "script.scp"
-
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- GDIdb RELEASE INFO
-
- KNOWN ISSUES:
- *************
- If a Publish, Auto-Publish or FTP upload operation
- fails because the user failed to select "establish
- dial-up internet connection" under settings/publish
- actions, the program will have to be shut down and
- restarted before FTP uploads to the web server will
- function correctly. (does not apply if IP address
- rather than domain name of web server is entered
- in settings)
-
-
-
-
- GDIdb V2.2.1 (10/1/98)
- **********************
- Minor bug fix to Script Parser.
-
- Compatibility issues with previous versions:
- ===========================================
- None.
-
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-
-
- GDIdb V2.2 (7/1/98)
- *******************
- User-defined local HTML directory
- path added.
- Option to delete old HTML from local
- directory added.
- &writedata and &html functions now support
- operation with sub-directories.
- &defsub function improved.
- Time & Date user vars extended.
- Memory leak in Script Wizard fixed.
- Script wizard scripts given extra features.
- Minor bug fix to Script parser.
- HTML file list dialog placed under Edit
- menu.
-
- Compatibility issues with previous versions:
- ===========================================
- None.
-
-
-
-
- GDIdb V2.1 (27/12/97)
- *********************
- Scripter performance increased. (Large HTML
- files are now generated many times faster.)
- Process priority dialog added.
- 13 new script functions.
- View FTP file list dialog improved.
- Extra demo scripts added.
- Scripter memory leak fixed.
- Memory leak in display window fixed.
- Bug in &else function fixed.
-
- Compatibility issues with previous versions:
- ===========================================
- None.
-
-
-
-
- GDIdb V2.01 Beta (15/12/97)
- ***************************
- Minor bug fixes.
-
- Compatibility issues with previous versions:
- ===========================================
- None.
-
-
-
-
- GDIdb V2 Beta (5/12/97)
- ***********************
- Trial period reset.
- Interface re-designed, with many new operational
- features- All common menu commands now also on
- toolbar, output "report" window added, showing
- publishing progress. Upload file list viewer added,
- improved system log with entry filtered display,
- error status flag added to status bar, "what's this?"
- windows help implemented. Use of FTP proxy now
- possible, option to delete old files from web server
- included, script language greatly extended,12 new
- data manipulation functions including text string
- comparison and test, 2 new file handling functions,
- all major execution control statements now
- supported, array variables supported.
-
- Bug in Script wizard preventing use of FoxPro,
- Visual FoxPro and dBase database files removed.
-
- Compatibility issues with previous versions:
- ===========================================
- None.
-
-
-
-
- GDIdb V1.4.1 (21/10/97)
- ***********************
- Inter-Thread communications improved.
- Amendments to help files.
- ScriptWiz dialog order changed.
- Bug fixed where empty records returned the text
- string "FetchNextRow function succeeded."
- Bug fixed where opening curly brace character
- immediately after closing bracket of function
- argument not recognized correctly.
-
- Compatibility issues with previous versions:
- ===========================================
- None.
-
-
-
-
- GDIdb V1.4 Beta (11/10/97)
- **************************
- Trial period reset.
- Script interpreter tuned. (now 6 times faster)
- Script parser error checking improved.
- Scripter expression evaluator improved,
- Boolean AND,OR, >=,<=,!= operators added, Boolean
- operator precedence changed, evaluation order changed
- in line with convention, (left to right) expression
- error checking improved.
- &assign function enhanced.
- Dialup settings dialog improved.
- Syntax of &inc, &dec, &defvar and &assign
- functions changed. (Now more intuitive)
- &getdata function added
- Support for getdata function added to scriptwiz,
- bug in table handling in scriptwiz "advanced relational
- structure" fixed.
- Output HTML and script list files tidied up by
- stripping extraneous whitespace.
- Extra debug info put in script list file.
- gdijobs and gdifoodstore ODBC DSN's no longer
- created by install.
-
- Compatibility issues with previous versions:
- ===========================================
- Variable names referenced in &inc, &dec, &defvar
- and &assign function arguments must be enclosed
- with ? characters instead of inverted commas.
- Arithmetic/Boolean expressions now evaluated
- left to right, precedence of Boolean operators
- changed. Boolean equality test operator changed
- to double equals char. ( == )
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- GDIdb V1.3 Beta (1/10/97)
- *************************
- Trial period reset.
- Database file or ODBC DSN operation added.
- "Publish Actions" dialog added.
- Information status bar added.
- Registration dialog removed from GDIdb menu
- and put on Help/About Dialog.
- scriptwiz.exe V1.0.2 Beta added to install.
- scriptwiz help and error handling improved.
- GDIdb help improved.
- Error tracing in scripter list file improved.
-
- Compatibility issues with previous versions:
- ===========================================
- Syntax of &datasource function changed.
- Replace &datasource("gdijobs") with
- &datasource("DSN=gdijobs") in current script
- files.
-
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-
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- GDIdb V1.2 Beta (16/9/97)
- *************************
- Support for Script Wizard utility added.
- scriptwiz.exe V1.0.1 Alpha added to install.
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- GDIdb V1.1.1 Beta (10/9/97)
- ***************************
-
- Fixed bug where \} or \{ not handled correctly in conditional blocks
- or subroutines.
-
- Improved handling of errors in variable use.
-
- Script language help improved.
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- GDIdb V1.1 Beta (25/8/97)
- *************************
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