Developing Reporting Applications

To develop self-service reporting applications for the web, you need software components that manage the flow from the time you begin to develop your project to the time a user launches a report request in a web browser and sees the results returned to the browser. A project is a WebFOCUS® application being developed on the local TIBCO WebFOCUS® Reporting Server. After building and testing a project, you can publish it as a web application.

How This Manual Is Organized

This manual includes the following chapters:

Three-Tier Application LogicPublishing an ApplicationTIBCO WebFOCUS ComponentsSection 508 Accessibility
Chapter/Appendix Contents

1

Managing Applications

Describes how to work with Application Files, how to control the APP environment, and how to use APP methods to simplify the process of moving a user application from one platform to another.

2

Coding a User Interface

Describes how to code a user interface with HTML and JavaScript.

3

Enhancing a User Interface

Describes coding capabilities that extend the functionality and usability of an interface, including the display of reports in popular formats and the display of multiple reports on a single launch page.

4

Managing Flow of Control in an Application

Describes how to control the processing of a procedure with Dialogue Manager.

5

Testing and Debugging a Procedure

Describes how to diagnose problems encountered when running a procedure.

6

Accessing a FOCUS Data Source

Describes how to assign a logical name to a FOCUS data source.

7

Customizing Your Environment

Describes how to control your WebFOCUS Environment with the SET command.

8

Defining and Allocating TIBCO WebFOCUS Files

Provides file allocation requirements for WebFOCUS operating systems, and describes how to assign a logical name to a file or device.

9

Euro Currency Support

Describes how to create and use a currency data source to convert to and from the new euro currency.