This step will give you options to change some of the look-and-feel of your webpages, as well as setting
some default options for various processes.
GENERAL TAB
Page Navigation - Selecting the "Simple - IE and Netscape" will give your pages a side navigation bar,
handy for getting back and forth to your various pages.
Image Uploader - Select 'DB2ASP Image Uploader if you can handle having a COM object in your code.
Otherwise you can select 'COM Free - 100% ASP'. If you are going to be uploading your pages to an
ISP, they may not allow COM objects. If in doubt, definitely use the 'COM Free' option.
Remember, you must upload all your images with DB2ASP. Any images already embedded or linked to
within DB2ASP will not display correctly in your DB2ASP-created pages.
Detect Image Fields Automatically - This will tell DB2ASP to automatically see if any of your fields are set
with image settings. These fields will automatically be given upload links on your output pages.
However, this function will not overwrite any manual settings you have previously made, so you should
be able to check this box with confidence.
JScript Page Execution Timer - Check this to add a function that will accurately show
how long it took to retrieve and display records from your database. This is
mostly used for benchmarking or debugging purposes.
JavaScript Form Validation - Check this to add a client-side javascript function that
will do basic form validation. The function will check for required fields and
validate email addresses (the field must have "email" in its name).
Cookies - .
DATA FORMATTING TAB
Automatically Format Hyperlink Fields - Checking this box will instruct DB2ASP to scan your fields for
hyperlinks or hyperlink formatting, specified in the original database file. However, if you have specified
a different format, this function will not overwrite it.
Automatically Date And Currency Hyperlink Fields - Very similar to the above, this checked box signifies
that DB2ASP will automatically format any dates and currency amounts it finds in your data. Once again,
any previous format settings will not be overwritten by this.
ADVANCED TAB
Include Files - These files are required for the side navigation links, if you are using IE/Netscape Page
Navigation.
MapPath - This makes an easier connection to your MS Access database when using an ISP. Remember,
you must keep your database file (.mdb) in the root web folder along with the created ASP pages.
Login - Click this drop-down menu if you want users of your pages to be confronted with a login window
when first accessing your pages. Note the 'Login Groups' checkbox that will setup both user- and admin-
level logins, if you wish to offer varying levels of access to your data.
Caching - .
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