web-applications

Creating .NET 3.0 sub-applications within .NET 1.1 applications in IIS/ASP.Net

I am basically trying to do the same thing as this question, create a new application within a folder so it could be accessed as follows. * http://www.domain.com/ < Main App * http://www.domain.com/newapp < New App The problem is that newapp is reading the web.config from the Main App, which is causing errors because it doesn't have ...

Could an ontology suitably replace an RDBMS for a web app?

I'm considering storing the content of a web app in an RDF or OWL ontology instead of an RDBMS. However, when I research ontologies they seem to always exist in the context of publicly accessible data stores serving as the backbone of the semantic web. I've never heard of them being used as the content engine behind a web app. Is it re...

What is the main-stream Java alternative to ASP.NET / PHP

I've heard something and seen some examples of web application built using ASP.NET / PHP and I'm wondering what would be the equivalent way of doing similar things in Java world. Looking on the Wikipedia I have found a lot of frameworks and I'm kind of confused which one is the best. ...

Specifying a homepage for a dynamic web project

I'm working on a dynamic web project in eclipse ee, and i couldn't figure out where to specify the homepage, i.e. the page which is displayed first when I deploy the project to the server. Thanks in advance ...

General Web Programming/designing Question: ?

hi, I have been in web programming for 2 years (Self taught - a biology researcher by profession). I designed a small wiki with needed functionalities and a scientific RTE - ofcourse lot is expected. I used mootools framework and AJAX extensively. I was always curious when ever I saw the query strings passed from URL. Long encrypted qu...

Can VS launch FireFox in a new window when hitting F5?

I am using FireFox as my default browser. I am using the setting "Open new windows in a new tab instead", since this is what I prefer when just browsing the web. However, this means that when I hit F5 in VS to start debugging, the web app is opened in a new tab in the active FireFox instance, alongside any other tabs I have opened alread...

AJAX Web Application Design

I'm working on a personal project to build a small web app that is built using AJAX requests and talks to a RESTful API rather than traditional HTML pages and form submissions. Are there any online articles or tutorials or any books that people could recommend that cover design patterns for this kind of thing? ...

Need to convert dgn to pdf

Need to convert MicroStation(dgn) files to pdf file using command line execution Thanks in Advance ...

Keeping track of file dependencies across multiple files in a medium-size project

Hello, My PHP code is split between many files, and often I find myself using code like this this: require_once( "$preIP/functions.php" ); The problem is that I have to keep using this a lot, and sometimes these statements are becoming redundant. What kind of system do yo use/would recommend for keeping track of all the inter-depen...

ASP.NET MVC solution to a forms application?

Hello, We're building a survey system and utilising ASP.NET MVC and wondered if anyone can offer suggestions on the architecture. Here's the problem we're trying to solve. Essentially an agency sends out several surveys every year. They're very structured and not like SurveyMonkey style of surveys - they're actually applications of fee...

Web Application using OSGi and GWT

Which is a good architecture for a Web Application using OSGI and GWT as UI? The aim is to use bundles to make bundles of web interface sections. If I add new bundle it will add new features (a menu for example) on the user interface, which cooperate with existing ones. ...

From Developer to Web Developer to Web Designer

Is it possible for a fairly experienced Java Developer to transition to being a Web Developer and then to Web Designer. I guess what I'm asking is - assume you have (Java) developer of above average aptitute - is it possible for that developer to acquire web development skills that will enable him/her to develop small business websites w...

Jetty 6 to Jetty 7 upgrade: what happened to system property "jetty.lib"? (-Djetty.lib=my/lib/dir)

Looks like Jetty team wanted to do some spring cleaning between versions 6 and 7, and it looks as if one useful system property, "jetty.lib" either does not exist, does not work, or just has changed in an unspecified way so as to make my jetty 6 set up work easily with Jetty 7. I tried searching through Jetty 7 docs, but about the only ...

Setting on server to download a file instead of displaying it

Hi, My server for some reason displays .AIR file inside the browser, but I want to have it downloaded. How can I do this? ...

How should my main web application (A) securely retrieve data from my content storage web application (B)?

I have two web applications (A) and (B). (A) is my primary web application. (B) is purely for content storage, such as file uploads by users of (A). What's best way to securely retrieve data from (B) into (A) but in a way that does not expose the data in (B) to potential discovery by third-parties over the public internet or nosy us...

What should "Solution Architecture" document describe ?

We're going to build a Solution which includes acquiring data through mobile phones(J2ME) and laptops(browser based data acquisition), uploading the same data to back-end servers(built with J2EE) and then analyzing the same data including generating various types of reports. This solution will include a CMS for building the website and v...

Ideas Needed for a Base Code System

I've developed a PHP web application that is currently in need of a strategic restructuring. Currently when we setup new clients we give them the entire code base on a subdomain of our main domain and create a new table for them in the database. This results in each client having the entire codebase, meaning when we make bug changes, f...

Installer for web application

We have developed a web application which is to be deployed by nontechnical person. Therefor I want to create an installer for it. Installer has functions of installing JVM, Apache Tomcat, and the web application war file depending on whether they are installed or not. Is there any installation suit which I can use to achieve this? ...

Restricting Directory access from web application context

i have a web application which stores users file in directory which is under webroot directory.. Suppose web application is under 'fileupload' and all files are getting stored in 'xyz' folder under 'fileupload' so now if user points to url say like www.xyzpqr.com/fileupload/xyz/abc.doc, he gets that file. How do i restirct this from...

Collecting high-volume video viewing data

I want to add tracking to our Flash-based media player so that we can provide analytics that show what sections of videos are being watched (at the moment, we just register a view when a video starts playing) For example, if a viewer watches the first 30 seconds of a video and then clicks away to something else, we want the data to refl...