Chapter 1: Internet Overview
Brief History of the Internet and the Web
How Does the Internet Work?
How Does The Web Work?
Markup Languages
HTML
XML
Web Browsers
Difference between IE and Navigator
Historic Browsers
Other Browsers
Web Servers
Apache
Microsoft Internet Information Server
Statistics of Servers Installations
Operating Systems
UNIX
Windows NT/Windows 2000 Server
Deployment
Getting a server on the
Web
Ports
DNS
and Name Resolution
Proxy server
Virtual Private Networks
Summary
Chapter 2: FastNet Internet
Components
Overview
Email and Delphi
ShellAPI
SMTP, Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol
MAPI, Mail Application Programming Interface
TOleServer
FTP, File Transfer Protocol
Summary
Chapter 3: ActiveForm
Overview
Creating an ActiveForm
Testing an ActiveForm
Debugging ActiveForm
Controlling the Browser
Controlling the ActiveForm Properties
Keystrokes
TWebBrowser
Migrating Existing Application To ActiveForm
Summary
Chapter 4: ActiveForm Deployment
& Security
Deployment
Use CAB File Compression
Include File Version Number
Auto Increment Release
Number
Registering an ActiveX/ActiveForm control
Troubleshooting
Browser Vendor
Security Settings in Internet Explorer
Missing DLL or CAB file
Incorrect Version
Code
Signing
Authenticode
Summary
Chapter 5: Web Server Extensions: CGI
Overview
Simple CGI Response
TWebModule
TWebActions
TWebResponse
HTML Request and Response
Dynamic HTML with Data
Request Query Parameters
PERL vs. Delphi
Summary
Chapter 6: Request and Response
Headers
Overview
TWebRequest
TWebResponse
Summary
Chapter 7: ISAPI
Overview
ISAPI vs. CGI
ISAPI
ISAPI Filters
GetFilterVersion
HttpFilterProc
Installing ISAPI Filters on IIS
Summary
Chapter 8: State and Persistence
Overview
Sessions
Cookies
TCookie
Persistent
Cookies
Session Cookies
URL Re-Writing
Drawbacks
Hidden
Fields
Drawbacks
Summary
Chapter 9: Security - Client Authentication
Client Authentication
Anonymous User
Basic Authentication
Integrated Windows Authentication
Client Certificates
ISAPI Security Filters
Summary |
Chapter 10: Resource Pooling- ISAPI
Cached Threads
Thread Initialization
OnCreate
OnDestroy
BeforeDispatch
AfterDispatch
Database Connections
Resource Sharing
TCriticalSection
Summary
Chapter 11: Debugging CGI and
ISAPI Applications
Converting CGI to ISAPI
Conditionally defining CGI and ISAPI
WebModule Sharing Between CGI & ISAPI
Debugging ISAPI Applications
Setting up IIS to debug
ISAPI
Configuring
Delphi to Debug ISAPI Extensions
Summary
Chapter 12: WebBroker Components
Overview
TDataSetTableProducer
TPageProducer
TDataSetPageProducer
TQueryTableProducer
TWebDispatcher
Summary
Chapter 13: Formatting WebBroker
Response
Response
Editor
Formatting
Columns
Formatting the Table
Cascading Style Sheets
Summary
Chapter 14: MIDAS
Overview
MIDAS Server and Client
Server Application
Client Application
Making
the Jump From 2-Tier To 3-Tier
Success!
What did we gain?
Business
Rules Extension
Server Side Implementation
Client Side Implementation
Summary
Chapter 15: InternetExpress
Overview
XMLBroker
MidasPageProducer
Java Script
A
Simple HTML Form
Setting Up
The Construction
The Final Product
Master/Detail
form
Reconciliation Form
Summary
Chapter 16: Active Server Pages
(ASP)
Overview
ASP Wizard
Request and Response
Datamodules
Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS)
Summary
Chapter 17: Security - SSL
Creating Server Certificates
Obtaining a valid Server Certificate
Installing Server Certificates
Configuring SSL
Summary
Appendix A - Basic HTML Reference
HTML Elements
Common Header Element
Common Body Elements
Entities
HTML Forms Interface
Miscellaneous
Additional Information
Appendix B: Code Signing
Software Publisher Digital
IDsSM for Microsoft AuthenticodeTMTechnology
Appendix
C: Server Certificates
Building the Infrastructure for Secure Electronic Commerce |
