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Is there a way to skip the menu.aspx page???

1/28/2010 2:17:46 PM
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jameswest99 author

Is there a way to skip the menu.aspx page and go directly to the listing page?? On the listing page there are tabs where I can get to all the other pages so I am confused as to why when I enter my user name and password I am presented with the menu.aspx page? I want the user to be able to go directly to the first listing page. If this doesn't make sense please let me know a nd I will try to explain it in another way. Thanks so much for any help.

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jameswest99 author 2/2/2010

Can anybody help me with this issue?? This posting has been out here for a week now and it can't be a very difficult question. Does anybody actually answer questions in here??? Help!!!! If a basic question like this is stumping everybody who reads this, I won't even consider actually purchasing this product. Come on peeps!!

4414 2/5/2010

I use an event redirect on the menu page like "Response.Redirect "RecordsRequest_list.asp?a=return". Otherwise I give my users a link directly to the page that I want them to enter at. If they need to login first it will still redirect them to the correct page.
Hope that helps.

4414 2/5/2010

P.S. I have been using the product for years (2005?), and while it has come a long way, I always felt I was getting my money's worth for it. I have shopped a lot of competition and have not found a better, easier to use solution. The deployment time for getting users access to data in a database is unparalleled in my book. I have created some very custom applications that are used in a emergency services agency, and I have used it to create every kind of application from dispatcher break tracking, to vehicle movement mapping as well as displaying (and annotating) dispatch and medial records and reports.

Sergey Kornilov admin 2/5/2010

James,
I recommend to download the latest build (4589) at http://www.xlinesoft.com/download
Then use AfterSuccessfulLogin event and the following code:

Page.Response.Redirect("mypage_list.aspx");
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jameswest99 author 2/22/2010



P.S. I have been using the product for years (2005?), and while it has come a long way, I always felt I was getting my money's worth for it. I have shopped a lot of competition and have not found a better, easier to use solution. The deployment time for getting users access to data in a database is unparalleled in my book. I have created some very custom applications that are used in a emergency services agency, and I have used it to create every kind of application from dispatcher break tracking, to vehicle movement mapping as well as displaying (and annotating) dispatch and medial records and reports.


Thanks very much for replying to my question. I have been playing with and testing some test projects and i have been able to generate some simple applications pretty quickly using this product. I am concerned about being able to really get into the code and customize the app. I tried to open a generated project in visual studio 2005 as a "web site" and there were a lot of error messages. How can a developer open a "project" in visual studio and actually run the app? If I purchase this product and then develop an application for a client, the client will always will want various customizations and functionality changes that a lot of times are pretty involved.
For example, I created a test database with the following tables... company master, company contacts, company visits, company capital investments, company unions, etc. and linked them all together using the various foreign key values and created the app. If a client wanted to send out an email pressing one button to every company that had a valid email address with a custom "cover letter" and then various data from each table included in the email, could this be done easily or even at all within the confines of this product???? If not, how?
I am also testing Iron Speed and it will allow you to open a generated project in Visual Studio and manipulate/customize the app but it is very pricey and a lot more code with an elaborate DAL and various classes, etc.
Can anybody give me any insight into whether this product is a good "basic" list, edit, delete type app generator or can one really do easy enhancements/customization to the code. I looked at the code in the "output" folder and it did not look very maintainable.... It seemed to use a "subsonic" and "smarty" dll and I don't have a clue about how to manipulate them?? Help and thanks!
James

Sergey Kornilov admin 2/23/2010

Partially answered in another thread.
You should be able to open output directory as a website in Visual Studio 2005 or higher. What kind of errors do you get?