Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4: Training from the Source

Macromedia UltraDev is a powerful Web-building tool--if you know how to get the most out of it. Don’t waste your valuable time: Go straight to the source and learn UltraDev from the experts, with Macromedia Dreamweaver UltraDev 4: Training from the Source. Based on the phenomenally successful Dreamweaver, UltraDev gives you the tools to build dynamic, data-driven Web pages, with everything from simple forms to sophisticated database applications and inventory systems. Dreamweaver UltraDev 4: Training from the Source is the only book to take you step-by-step through lessons and projects developed by Macromedia’s own authorized training centers. The accompanying CD comes complete with all the files you need to work through every step in the book, just as the trainers at Macromedia would.

Table of Contents:
Introduction. Lesson 1. UltraDev 4 Basics. Customizing UltraDev's Launcher. Setting Up Your Windows Application Server. Setting Up Database Drivers and Assigning a DSN. Lesson 2. Configuring Your Web Site. Defining Your Web Site. Transferring Local Files to the Remote Site. Lesson 3. Setting Up Database Connectivity. Defining a Database Connection for ASP. Defining a Database Connection for JSP. Defining a Database Connection for ColdFusion. Adding a Recordset to a Page. Adding a Cross-Referenced Recordset to a Page. Lesson 4. Adding Dynamic Data. Making Text Dynamic. Making Images Dynamic. Adding a Live Object. Using the Live Data View. Making Form Objects Dynamic. Binding Menus and Lists to Data. Binding Check Boxes to Data. Binding Radio Buttons to Data. Binding Other HTML Attributes. Lesson 5. Building Multirecord Result Pages. Copying a Recordset from Page to Page. Repeating Regions of a Page. Adding Navigation Buttons. Adding a Navigation Status Display. Linking a Results List to a Details Page. Lesson 6. Building Insert Pages. Creating a New Recordset. Creating an Inset Page with a Live Object. Adding a Hidden Field. Using the Inset Page. Using and Inspecting Text Input Fields. Using Radio Buttons. Using Menus. Inserting the New Record. Checking the Form with Validation Behaviors. Linking to the Insert Page. Lesson 7. Building Update Pages. Creating an Update Page. Building an Update Page with a Live Object. Adding an Update Link. Creating an Update Page Field by Field. Completing the Input Fields. Applying the Update Server Behavior. Lesson 8. Creating Searches with SQL Variables. Building a Simple Search Page. Defining SQL Variables. Adding a Second Search Criterion. Implementing a Two-Dimensional Search. Allowing Wild Cards in Searches. Adding Static Options to Searches. Lesson 9. Displaying Server Objects. Using a Request Object to Retrieve Data. Defining Request Variables as Data Sources. Displaying Symbol Alternatives for Static Options. Lesson 10. Setting Passwords and Security. Creating Logins for Existing Users. Restricting Logins by Access Level. Restricting Logins by Passwords. Personalizing Pages for Users. Checking New User Names Against Existing Names. Lesson 11. Building Server Behaviors. Displaying Session Variables. Building a Simple Date/Time Server Behavior. Building a Server Behavior to Write Cookies. Using the writecookies Behavior to Store a Name and Password. Downloading Extensions. Installing an Extension. Appendix A: Keyboard Shortcuts. Appendix B: Connecting Macintoshes to a Windows Server.

About the Author :
A longtime reporter and editor, Nolan Hester has worked on everything from mainframe newspaper systems to that first breakthrough laptop for reporters in the field: Tandy's "Trash-80." For a while, he had a KayPro but it was stolen, perhaps by someone who mistook its blue metal case for a Ward's sewing machine. Its replacement: a Fat Mac with a massive 512K of RAM and a copy of Word 1.05. There's been no looking back since--for any of us. A former development and acquisitions editor at Peachpit Press, he also managed the launch of its award-winning Web site. He now works as a freelance writer, editor and Web consultant.