Apple WebObjects 3.5 - Manual (Page 5)

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Table of Contents
Contents iii
Preface 7
About WebObjects 9
About This Book 9
Where to Go From Here 10
Creating a Simple WebObjects Application 11
Creating a WebObjects Application Project 14
Choosing the Programming Language 16
Examining Your Project 17
Launching WebObjects Builder 18
Creating the Page’s Content 20
Entering Static Text 21
Using the Inspector 22
Creating Form-Based Dynamic HTML Elements 23
Resizing the Form Elements 25
Binding Elements 27
Creating Variables 27
Binding the Input Elements 29
Implementing an Action Method 30
Creating the Application’s Output 32
Building and Running Your Application 35
Enhancing Your Application 37
Duplicating Your Project 39
Creating a Custom Guest Class 41
Binding the Class’s Instance Variables to the Form Elements 42
Creating a Table to Display the Output 43
Adding Dynamic Elements to Table Cells 45
Binding the Dynamic Elements in the Table 45
Creating the Guest Object 46
Keeping Track of Multiple Guests 47
Creating a Guest List 48
Adding Guests to the Guest List 50
Adding a Second Component 51
Using a Repetition 53
Adding the Finishing Touches 56
Clearing the Guest List 56
Adding a Dynamic Hyperlink 57
Creating a WebObjects
Database Application 59
The Movies Application 62
Enterprise Objects and Relationships 63
Designing the Main Page 65
Starting the WebObjects Application Wizard 65
Specifying a Model File 66
Choosing an Adaptor 67
Choosing What to Include in Your Model 68
Choosing the Tables to Include 71
Specifying Primary Keys 71
Specifying Referential Integrity Rules 72
Choosing an Entity 74
Choosing a Layout 75
Choosing Attributes to Display 76
Choosing an Attribute to Display as a Hyperlink 77
Choosing Attributes to Query On 77
Running Movies 78
Examining Your Project 79
Examining the Variables 80
Examining the Bindings 81
Refining Main.wo 85
Specifying a Sort Order 86
Specifying Default Values for New Enterprise Objects 87
Setting a Date Format 88
Setting a Number Format 89
Optional Exercise 90