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If you take a look at Xlinesoft Marketplace you will find that many functions like login/register/rate are implemented in popup windows. This approach greatly improves usability, users do not need to leave the page they are on in order to logon. This article shows how to add such functionality to your PHPRunner or ASPRunner application.
We are glad to announce a first public preview of ASPRunner.NET 6.0. This is a not a stable release, feel free to use it for evaluation purposes. We expect final version to be available in a few weeks. ASPRunner.NET 6.0 is built on the top of MVC3 framework. Download links: http://asprunner.com/files/asprunnernet60-trial-setup.exe http://asprunner.com/files/asprunnernet60-trial-setup.zip Here is the list of features that are not implemented yet in this preview. All features below will be available in the final version. Right now SQL Server and MySQL databases are supported….Continue Reading “ASPRunner.NET 6.0 preview”
Custom Edit controls let you replace a standard field input with a specialized control while keeping it integrated with PHPRunner Add and Edit pages.
This article explains the underlying plugin structure using ColorPicker and SignaturePad as practical examples. It covers the PHP and JavaScript parts of a control, adding CSS and other assets, passing settings, validation and installing the finished plugin in PHPRunner.
Looking for a faster way to create a new control? You can also use the PHPRunner custom Edit controls skill with ChatGPT to generate the PHP, JavaScript, CSS and supporting files for a new control. See Building a World Cup Prediction Challenge in PHPRunner, especially the section about creating custom Edit controls with ChatGPT.
We plan to release a beta version of new PHPRunner and ASPRunnerPro in August-September 2012. Here are some of new features you can expect in this update.
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In this article we will be focusing on debugging and troubleshooting the JavaScript errors. We will look at few examples to illustrate the methods used. For this purpose we will be using developers tools that come with Chrome browser. If you use Firefox – download and install the Firebug. Firebug is an extension to Mozilla Firefox web browser which allows us to monitor and debug the JavaScript in any web page. var ctrlPrice = Runner.getControl(pageid, ‘Price’); var ctrlQuantity = Runner.getControl(pageid, ‘Quantity’); var ctrlTotals = Runner.getControl(pageid,…Continue Reading “How to troubleshoot Javascript errors”
In this tutorial we’ll find out how to troubleshoot chart errors in our applications. PHPRunner and ASPRunnerPro applications use Flash-based charting component that receives data in XML format. If any error happens while generating XML input you will see the following message instead of chart: XML Parser failure: The element type must be terminated by the matching end-tag. Lets go a bit deeper. Right anywhere on the page (except on chart itself) and choose ‘View source’. In HTML source search for the first occurrence of…Continue Reading “Troubleshooting charts in PHPRunner and ASPRunnerPro applications”
Lets says you have a database of cars. You have added a button to the List page that should update selected cars statuses as ‘Sold’. Your code looks good and passes syntax check still doesn’t work when you run your application. The worst of all – it doesn’t produce any visible errors. In this article I’ll show you how to catch errors like this one. We are going to need either Chrome or Firefox with Firebug addon installed. Our screenshots are taken in Chrome. Open…Continue Reading “Troubleshooting custom buttons in PHPRunner and ASPRunnerPro applications”
This is the second video in educational series that shows how you can create a simple project, connect to your database, build it and view in browser. Here is the outline: connection to local or remote MySQL database previewing your application using built-in web server XAMPP installation previewing your application using XAMPP’s web server (Apache) uploading your application to the remote web server transferring your MySQL database to remote web server running your application on remote web server Watch it on Youtube (make sure you…Continue Reading “Video: connection to remote MySQL, XAMPP installation, FTP upload”
We are starting a series of educational videos on how to use PHPRunner and ASPRunner. The videos will be complementing our existing tutorials yet covering a larger number of topics in greater depth with many more examples. The topics will be grouped by difficulty levels (Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced) giving you the most comprehensive and structured way to learn about PHPrunner and ASPRunner. This first video in these series covers dropdown boxes. This is a fairly long video (23 minutes). Feel free to skip certain sections. Here…Continue Reading “Dropdowns video tutorial”
In this article, we’ll show you how to add a password strength meter to ASPRunnerPro/PHPRunner registration page. This meter is a handy way to show users how weak or strong their password is. This code requires ASPRunnerPro 7.x or PHPRunner 6.x in order to work properly. Download article code.
For this purpose we are going to use jQuery password strength plugin developed by Olivier Oechsle. Make sure to check plugin page if you are interested in internal workings or fancy to improve it.
