Data Access User Manual

This manual consists of a table of contents, preface, 12 chapters, 4 appendixes and a glossary.

Views Views Common Framework

• Introducing Views contains a brief introduction of the product.

• Views Basics describes the basic objects in Views that are necessary to build an application with Views. The second part of this chapter is an overview of Views and the main objects that are available in the API.

• Tables describes one of the most important objects in Views, the table object (IliTable class and its subclasses).

• Data Sources and Gadgets describes the data source object (IliDataSource and its subclasses) and data source aware gadgets.

• Handling Values in Views contains information on how values are handled in Views, without having to take into account their actual type until run time. This feature is implemented by the IliValue class.

• Hints and Tips for Using Views contains some examples of the types of situations that you may encounter when using Views (and Views Studio), and provides you with some useful tips on how to handle them.

Views and SQL

• SQL Tables contains more detailed information on one of the most important table subclasses in Views, IliSQLTable. This is the class used to connect with a relational database management system.

• SQL Data Sources tells you how to define parameters in an SQL table and provides hints on using the SQL data source.

• Connecting to a Database contains information on how Views objects are used to implement a connection to a database.

Views Views Gadgets

• Views Studio Views Gadgets introduces the Views gadgets found on the Palettes panel.

• Data Source Gadgets Reference describes the two data source creation gadgets: IliSQLDataSource and IliMemoryDataSource.

• Display Gadgets Reference describes the display gadgets listed in the Views menu in the Palettes Panel.

• Utility Classes provides information on a few of the useful additional classes in Views, IliString, IliDate, IliFormat, and IliInputMask.

• Format Syntax, describes the syntax used to specify the data format.

• Mask Syntax, describes the syntax used to specify the mask format.

• Error Messages, describes the error messages.