Building Windows Applications with HTML and CFML.

Building Windows Apps with HTML and CFML By Steve Nelson SecretAgents.com

Overview Sash Overview SashScript Overview Building a Sash Application

Browser versus Windows Browsers = Universal Windows = Flexibility & Control

Sash Weblications Integrate with the Windows Desktop Use HTML for the client interface Use SashScript to make them dynamic

Standard Windows Application Screen Saver Desktop Toolbar Desktop Bands Windows Explorer Bars Windows Find Internet Explorer Applications Shell Namespace Control Panel Components Property Sheets Sash “Locations”

Build SDI or MDI Applications Easily control menus Use HTML for presentation Standard Windows Application

Create intuitive screen savers Connect your screen saver to a ColdFusion server! Screen Saver

Just like the Start Menu Can be docked in distinctive territories Desktop Toolbar

Useful for applications that don\'t oblige a ton of screen land Desktop Bands

Interact with the Windows Explorer or IE Can be made unmistakable or shrouded Similar to the “Favorites” bar Windows Explorer Bars

Use the “Search” catch in the Start menu to open a Sash application Windows Find

Sash Weblication Manager Allows for simple introduce/unistall Automatic overhauls Adjust security settings for every Weblication

Sash WDE Sash Development Environment Project Based Manages both advancement and distributed

Setting up a Sash Project Sash is Project Based Similar to an undertaking in CF Studio Manages Actions and Files

Sash Actions Implement the conduct of a Weblication Weblications have one or more Actions Each Action is alloted a “Location”

Sash Location Where the Weblication runs Determines what code is accessible Examples: Desktop Toolbar, Explorer Extension, Screen Saver

Introduction to SashScript Superset of Javascript Hundreds of extra strategies, properties and occasions Called with the <script> Tag

<script language="sashscript"> var categorylist=new Sash.Core.Net.URLConnection(); categorylist.Url="http://www.secretagents.com/index.cfm”; categorylist.Execute(); </script> Connecting Sash to a CF server is genuinely basic. Interfacing with a CF Server

Displaying the Output Display the yield in HTML Or…. Download a WDDX parcel and work with the information in Sash!

The Disconnected App Sash permits you to manufacture refined applications, disengaged from the web See what you can assemble!

Other Resources http://sash.alphaworks.ibm.com/http://Learn.SecretAgents.com/

Questions? Steve Nelson m@secretagents.c