WaveMaker Studio User's Guide

version 4.0

Overview

This guide helps you get the most out of WaveMaker Visual AJAX Studio™ (WaveMaker Studio). To learn how to create and run a simple project, it's a good idea to start with the WaveMaker Studio Tutorial.

This guide contains the following sections:

Running WaveMaker Studio

Building Pages

Getting Started
Page Designer Overview
Designing Pages In WaveMaker
Working with Widgets
LiveData
Tying Components to Data
About Pages and Layers

Common Widgets

Accordion Widget
Bevel Widget
Button Widget
Content Widget
DataGrid Widget
Editor Widget
Label Widget
Layers Widget
List Widget
LiveForm Widget
PageContainer Widget
Panel Widget
Picture Widget
Spacer Widget
Splitter Widget
Tabs Widget

Working with Databases

Database Access in WaveMaker Studio
Importing a Database
Exporting a Data Model
Re-Importing a Database
Data Objects in the Data Model

Working with Services and Operations

Calling Services
Web Services
JavaScript Services
Java Services

Security

User Authentication
Role Based Access Control (RBAC) [Commercial Version Only]

Deploying and Exporting Projects

Importing and Exporting Projects
Deploying (Generating a WAR file)
Tips on Tomcat Deployment

Customizing WaveMaker Applications with JavaScript

Customizing Widgets
Executing Service Variables in Your JavaScript Code
Setting Data Properties
Referencing Components at Runtime
Commonly Used Utilities
Debugging with Firebug