m-Power Manual

Parent/Child Applications Creating applications that support Parent/Child architecture (also known as Header/Detail) is a common task for m-Power developers. This feature aims to greatly simplify the development/customization effort of creating these types of applications. A few examples of Parent/Child applications include: -Order Entry, where Billing/Shipping is stored in the parent, and order lines are in […]

What is a Maintainer and when should I use them?   A Maintainer is an application that gives end users direct access to data. Unlike Retrievals and Reports that provide read-only views of data, Maintenance applications give direct write access to authorized end users to provide Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) type applications. Some […]

Email Integration Template   Jump to: Template Specific Notes Application Properties Video Web Parameters The Email Integration template is an easy to use web application that allows users to easily import unread emails from a specific address to their database. While this template can be launched from the browser, it has no HTML layer and […]

Grid Add Maintenance Template   Jump to: Features Jump to Template Specific Notes Runtime Walkthrough Template In-Action Application Properties Web Parameters As it sounds, this template allows adding multiple records on a grid at the same time. This template makes it a simple to create powerful, user-friendly interfaces for adding data. Features that Apply to […]

Display and Maintain Rows Maintenance Template   Jump to: Features Template Notes Runtime Walkthrough Template In-Action Application Properties Web Parameters The Display & Maintain Rows maintenance template is a full-featured web application that allows users to both view their data, as well as modify it one record at a time. The general use for this […]

Reorder Maintenance Template   Jump to: Features Jump to Template Specific Instructions Template Notes Runtime Walkthrough Template In-Action Application Properties Web Parameters The Re-order maintainer is a template used specifically for re-sequencing sequential table data. The template uses intuitive drag and drop functionality making it easy to re-order your records. Features that Apply to All […]

Grid Update Maintenance Template   Jump to: Features Template Notes Runtime Walkthrough Template In-Action Application Properties Web Parameters As it sounds, this template allows maintenance directly on a grid of records with the ability to edit and/or delete multiple records at once. This template makes it simple to create powerful, user-friendly interfaces for maintaining data. […]

Redirecting from a Maintainer Occasionally you may want to redirect to another page after a user has performed an action within a Maintenance application (such as Update, Delete, or Add). One of the most common uses of the redirect is after a user fills out a form. Once they have completed and press the "Accept" […]

Using Prompt Maintainers within a Retrieval   The purpose of this document is to explain the process needed to have a user interface in which end-users enter a value on a Prompt page, then are redirected to a retrieval. The retrieval shows them the appropriate information based on the data entered from the Prompt. To […]

Upload Files to Server   One feature of Maintainers is to allow the uploading of files from your client machine to the server. This feature is unique in the fact that it will also add a record to the database, as well as upload the specific file to the server. To begin, create a maintenance […]