Hi,
i am trying to run the datasetclient demo, but not having any luck connecting.

i see Database.BaseURL:='customdatasets';

running the ewbsrvr on port 8088

can anyone give a step by step guide.... please

Riaz,

<< i am trying to run the datasetclient demo, but not having any luck
connecting.

i see Database.BaseURL:='customdatasets';

running the ewbsrvr on port 8088

can anyone give a step by step guide.... please >>

Note: You can't use custom dataset modules with the internal IDE web server,
only with the external EWB Web Server (this will be changing in the future).

The other problem is that the biolife.xml file is missing in the
installations.  I've posted it to the Binaries newsgroup:

http://www.elevatesoft.com/forums?action=view&category=ewb&id=ewb_binaries&page=1&msg=24#24

As to your question:  if you install the example applications using the IDE:

http://www.elevatesoft.com/manual?action=viewtopic&id=ewb1&topic=Example_Applications

then everything that you need to run the datasetclient example (the
front-end application to the custom dataset module, datasetmodule) will be
installed, including a web server definition called "Custom DataSet".

For the back-end, just copy the datasetmodule project files to a directory
of your choosing, and then open/compile them using Delphi XE or higher.  The
biolife.xml file should be located in a subdirectory called "data" directly
underneath the directory where the datasetmodule project resides, but you
can also change this in the project in the SetupDataSet method.

After you compile the datasetmodule project, start the EWB Web Server from
the Programs menu.  Once it is started, modify the configuration to change
the port to 8080 under the Connections tab using the instructions in this
link:

http://www.elevatesoft.com/manual?action=viewtopic&id=ewb1&topic=Configuring_Server

Then you should register the datasetmodule as a module using the Modules tab
(same Configuration dialog).

Once you have registered the module, then select it as the Custom Datasets
Module on the Content tab (same Configuration dialog).  In addition, make
sure that the Content Folder setting is set to where you want to deploy your
applications, such as the datasetclient example application that uses the
datasetmodule module.  The content folder can be anywhere, and doesn't have
to have any relationship to the module location or the biolife XML data.  In
fact, you should never have that type of data reside within, or under, the
content folder.  The only thing that should be in the content folder is .js,
..html, .css, and image files.

After you have done the above, click on Ok to close the Configuration dialog
and then start the EWB Web Server again.

Back in the EWB IDE, go into the Project/Options dialog for the
datasetclient application and select the Deployment tab.  Leave the
deployment method as "Copy", and enter the destination path for deployment.
This path should match the Content Folder setting defined for the EWB Web
Server above.  Click on Ok to close the Project Options dialog.

Now, if you select Project/Compile from the main menu, and then
Project/Deploy from the main menu, the datasetclient project should be
compiled and then copied to the content folder for the EWB Web Server.

Just make sure that before you run the datasetclient example, you select the
"Custom DataSet" web server using the web server combo box on the main
toolbar.

You should then be able to hit the F9 key to run the datasetclient example
in the IDE and see the data being loaded using the dataset module via the
EWB Web Server.

If you have any other questions, please let me know.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com