Category: Tutorials

Task – implement custom grid display in PHPRunner or ASPRunner.NET applications on mobile screens. The idea is to use the same HTML and achieve our goal using CSS only.

CSS Grid layout is nothing new and excellent tutorials are available on the web for those who want to learn more. In this article we will only cover all the relevant details to PHPRunner and ASPRunner.NET.

In this article, we will be using our Forum template as an example of using CSS Grid Layout.

Desktop version

Here is where we start. Just a regular desktop grid with all database fields occupying their own cell.

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This is an example of work we did for one of our clients. This kind of approach will work with any AnyChart chart that PHPRunner and ASPRunner.NET do not support directly. Here is how you can approach this kind of task.

A Scatter chart is a graph that represents the relationship between two variables in a data set. Normally data is stored in the database as a set of (x,y) pairs. Here is the end result our client was looking for.

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When you build a public-facing application you need to make sure it looks sharp. In this article, we’ll show you a few ideas of how you can make PHPRunner and ASPRunner.NET projects look unique.

List page grid

Let’s start with the grid on the List page. As an example, we will be using a recently updated News template that comes with PHPRunner and ASPRunner.NET. We want to draw attention to the very first element, making it bigger than others.

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This tutorial shows how to retrieve a list of files from Google Drive through the Google Drive REST API and display those files in a PHPRunner or ASPRunner.NET application.

The example focuses on listing and viewing files. The same REST API can also be used for other Google Drive operations when the appropriate permissions are granted.

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Some web applications need to provide quick access to certain pages or documents. For instance, you can share a file via such a link or send a link to an invoice to be paid to your customer like the one on the screenshot below. Let’s see how you can implement this kind of link in your own project. The key is to create add a new text field to the table with invoices or documents that will store a long unique record identifier which will…Continue Reading “Providing access to web application via unique link” →

Airtable can be used as an external data source through its Web API. This tutorial shows how to connect a PHPRunner or ASPRunner.NET application to Airtable and work with records through REST endpoints.

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Updated August 2026.

Low-code tools can handle much of the repetitive work involved in building secure web applications, but deployment and configuration still matter. Applications created by PHPRunner and ASPRunner.NET include built-in protections against common web application vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, XSS, and CSRF. For an overview of the most common web application security risks, see the OWASP Top 10.

In this article, we focus on additional security measures that are not directly related to generated application code but are still important when deploying a public web application. Use this checklist as a starting point and adapt it to your hosting environment, data sensitivity, and security requirements.

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This tutorial covers a simple but common need. You have a page with a list of files and want your users to select and download multiple files at once. In this example, we will use the upload field that can store multiple files at once.

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Dialog API runs in JavaScript, but the values you want to display in a dropdown often come from a database. The solution is to retrieve those values on the server, pass them to JavaScript with setProxyValue(), and then use them as the lookup options in your dialog.

The process has three steps:

1. Query the database and build an array of lookup values.
2. Pass that array to JavaScript using setProxyValue().
3. Use the resulting proxy value as the Dialog API lookup options.

This approach works in both PHPRunner and ASPRunner.NET. The server-side code is different, but the Dialog API JavaScript is the same.

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