Recently I was able to use m-Power’s new industry standard Bootstrap templates for a customer project. The goal of the project was to modernize their online shopping portal and make the site mobile friendly. These objectives served as a perfect fit for the new Bootstrap themed templates. While building the project, I found myself repeatedly … Continue reading Fun with Bootstrap
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MSSQL Installation Guide
Microsoft SQL Server customers will need to perform a few additional steps after installing m-Power in order to connect to your SQL database. This post will walk you through the needed steps to finish the installation. First, you will need a JDBC driver file to connect to the database. Additionally, a few SQL Server configuration … Continue reading MSSQL Installation Guide
Configuring and Using the Full Text Search Template
The Full Text Search application allows end users to quickly filter across all columns within a given web application. Additionally, to help with the performance of these applications, all data queried is first loaded onto the m-Power server via the SOLR engine. This process is called indexing and is required. You can try a live … Continue reading Configuring and Using the Full Text Search Template
An Alternative to Custom Imports — The JSON Lookup Retrieval
The lookup feature is a commonly used aspect of m-Power where developers wish to pull external applications into an existing application. Many times developers need to only pull in a specific value from an external application. They will use a custom import to accomplish this. However, if this value needs to be on all rows … Continue reading An Alternative to Custom Imports — The JSON Lookup Retrieval
Handling iSeries password expiration in m-Power App
In the event you are authenticating your m-Power applications against an iSeries profiles, you may come across the scenario where your user’s profile is about to expire. The feature described in this document will allow the user to update their iSeries password through a web application. To implement: Place mrcChangePswd.html in the appropriate Data Dictionary … Continue reading Handling iSeries password expiration in m-Power App