Creating Applications

Defining the Application

After creating a connection, follow the Setup Application(s) hyperlink in the side panel or the Applications button

in the toolbar. You will then see the Application Creation screen.

Basic

• • Name (Required Field) - The title or name for the application.

  • Description - A brief description of the application.

  • Connection (Required Field) - An alias for the system on which the application is located. This must be

    • one of the connections already created. All connections, unless otherwise specified, will use this connection.

  • Sign On Type (Required Field) - The type of security that your application will require.

  • Initial Operation - The initial operation that the application runs when a user first executes this application.

  • Sign On Operation - The user created Authentication Operation, if any, the application will run when a user

    • signs on to this application.

Display

• • Properties - Parameters to customize the look and some of the features of WOW. Specifying different

    • Property Groups allows for custom JSP’s and many other possibilities. The default Property Group, Layout

    • Display, allows for a custom header, footer, body, and template. Only users familiar with JSP programming

    • should attempt to use these fields.

  • Theme (Required Field) - This will change the look and feel of the WOW application. This includes backgrounds,

    • links, buttons and general appearance of the application. WOW comes pre-installed with several themes.

  • Company Name - The text entered in this field will be displayed in the left hand side of the WOW header.

Advanced

• • Subclass -[PRO] The class name of the application’s main servlet. Unless the application uses custom programming,

    • this field should be left blank and the default WOW servlet will be used. To use a subclass named MySubClass in the

  • com.mypkg package, specify: com.mypkg.MySubClss.

  • JSP File - [PRO] The name of the application’s main JSP. Unless the application uses custom programming, this field

    • should be left blank and the default WOW JSP will be used. To use a JSP named myJsp in the

    • "…\webapps\wow65\user\planetj\jsp" folder, specify the following: /user/planetj/jsp/myJsp.jsp.

  • Optional Sign-On (Required Field) - For future support. If this option is selected, an optional sign-on box will

    • appear in the upper left hand side of the TOC.

  • Auto Run Status - Enabling Auto Run allows you to automate the distribution of data via email

    • (for Auto-run Email operations) and to automatically log incoming email.

Alerts

• • [EE 7.0] See section Activating Alerts for an Application below for details.

Internal

• • ID (Required Field) - The ID of the application. This ID can be used for a reference to the specific application.

    • This field is set automatically by WOW.

Notes

• Notes - An empty text field for any notes that are needed for Developers. This field will never be seen by end-users, only people with access to the Application inside the WOW Builder.

After filling in the values for each field, click the Insert Application button to create the application. This will bring you

back to the main screen where you can begin creating operations for your customized WOW application.