Generating Files

You will be choosing where to store your ASP or PHP pages locally!

Choose the drive and folder that you want to contain the Web pages you're generating and click Generate.

If you will be using Personal Web Server you will want to generate your files in the wwwroot folder where your Personal Web Server directory resides.

For example, c:\inetpub\wwwroot\yourprojectfoldername

You may choose to have your ASP pages stored in the same folder as your database file. Typically this is done with a Microsoft Access database file with a .mdb file extension. This allows you to use what we call a "DSN less" connection (you either don't have a DSN (Data Source Name) or you are choosing not to use one.

Generate PHP code instead of ASP code. Simply check this box for this option.

NOTE: This will only show up for the PHP version and for the FULL version

Note: If you are wishing to preview your Web pages locally (before uploading them to a server), you will need to install PWS (Personal Web Server), now known as PWM (Personal Web Manager). Personal Web Server will only work for ASP generated pages.

In this case, your generated files can be in a subfolder of your choice but the subfolder must be contained by the folder that the Personal Web Manager uses. Typically this folder is c:\inetpub\wwwroot on Windows NT / 2000 / XP systems and either c:\webshare\wwwroot or c:\inetpub\wwwroot on Windows 95, 98 and ME systems.

Again, if you are not using a DSN database connection, be sure your database is in the same folder as your generated Web pages!!

Now we've introduced the ability to generate pages with minimal styling to make it easier to get in and custom tailor the pages to fit the look of your website. Simply click on the "Generate Raw Data" checkbox to take advantage of this feature.

Below you will see an example to give you a better idea of a search results page using the raw data feature.

Click Next when you are satisfied with your selections for this page.

See "DSN" for more information on DSNs.