TigerLogic's FlashCONNECT connectivity product allows developers to take existing character-based applications to the Web. Applications continue to execute feature-rich, time-proven business rules developed using Pick/BASIC on the database server, while FlashCONNECT establishes the required links to the Web server.
FlashCONNECT conforms to HTML standards and works with any industry standard Web page development tool to create the graphical look and feel of the application. FlashCONNECT-enabled applications can use templates designed in any HTML page design program. Pick/BASIC programmers can quickly enable programs to use HTML and HTML extensions using a simple Application Programming Interface (API) to build a Web interface to D3 or mvBase application code.
The FlashCONNECT API facilitates easy integration of Pick/BASIC applications with Web pages via a common gateway interface (CGI) or ISAPI interface, providing seamless integration across D3 and mvBase database servers. Users can connect any mix of D3 database servers to single or multiple Web servers, which serve up database content in real time.
FlashCONNECT supports "persistence", a requirement of transaction-oriented systems, but one that is not inherent to the Web. Transactions across multiple Web pages are supported through the use of variables, common variables and record locks.
