In a Web Application, we often need to grant different groups of users access to different resources. For example, in a Web Application used for Enterprise Resource Planning, the head of Human Resources will have access to all the employees’ sensitive data (such as person details, salary, etc.), whi...
The Stored Procedure is an Operation that allows calling a procedure stored in a database.
To use this Component correctly, the procedure must be previously created in your database.
Discover how to use the Stored Procedure reading this article.
The Parameter Collector Operation permits one to collect a set of parameters from multiple sources and to redistribute them to multiple targets. In this way, the operation reduces the model complexity by deleting some data flows, improving its reading and creating a neater model.
In WebRatio it's possible to generate PDF, Excel or RTF reports. This article discusses a particular usage of the WebRatio generated reports. The goal is to create a report in order to use it as attachment for a newsletter (or to store it in the database). Suppose you want to send an email to all th...
The Jump Operation permits to jump forward and backward within the application without modeling an explicit navigation flow. A forward jump redirects the user to the specified Parameter Collector Operation. A backward jump redirects the user to the last visited Jump Operation and follows that operat...
The Connect Operation is an operation used to enable the association between instances of two entities (the source entity and the target entity), connected by a specific relationship role.
This article guides you to the usage of the Connect showing also a working example.
A job is a sequence of operations that has to be executed asynchronously by the application. It's possible to schedule a job at a specific time or interval, which means that jobs can be automatically triggered (scheduled when the application starts). It's also possible to schedule a job at runtime: ...
The Domain Model Utility Component is available starting from the WebRatio 5.1 version.
It's a hybrid unit, which means that it can be placed in every View (Site View, Module Definitions View, Service View).
It permits to retrieve information about entities and relationship of the Domain Model....
The Mail Operation permits users to send personalized emails to each destination address. The email body can be dynamically computed, replacing placeholders in the defined templates with the real content. The email body can also contains images.
This article explains how you can use images static a...
The Query Component is available starting from the WebRatio 5.1 version. It's a Utility Component that permits to execute a custom edited query using the HQL(Hibernate Query Language) or SQL query language. Moreover it can dynamically compose an HQL query depending on the incoming Domain Model ident...
The Disconnect Operation is an operation used to delete the association between instances of two entities (the source entity and the target entity), connected by a predefined relationship role.
This article guides you to the usage of the Disconnect showing also a working example.
When you are working on a new Web application, you will need to implement a set of common features. In the previous lessons you learned how to model these features in IFML, concentrating on the user interaction.
These features cover how to publish and maintain information, as well as the login ...
When you are working on a Web application you have to consider both the user interaction and the application behavior executed when the user triggers an action. The application behavior can be any kind of business logic you may need to express.
WebRatio Platform provides you with a set of componen...
The Math is an Utility Component designed to parse and evaluate mathematical expressions. A mathematical expression is composed by variables and operators and can be either statically defined at modeling time or dynamically provided through an input parameter at run-time. The Math replaces the varia...
The UnsupportedClassVersionError can occurr in a Web Project that uses custom components, such as custom validation rules, servlets or listeners.
All these components are developed using a different project (e.g. a Java project) in which you have to compile the Java classes and create a jar file...