                 Database Web Explorer v1.04

Introduction
----------------------------------------------------------

Database Web Explorer is an universal Web-based database 
manager intended to work with DBMS in Internet/Intranet 
networks. Database Web Explorer uses usual Web-browser as 
a client-application. Database Web Explorer does not 
required installation on the client-side any additional 
ActiveX-components and others plugins. It was developed 
with ASP technology and used ODBC access to database.

Database Web Explorer allows you:

 - Connect to any DBMS via ODBC (tested with InterBase, 
   MS SQL Server, Access, Oracle)
 - View names of tables, fields, indexes and stored 
   procedures in database
 - View definitions of fields and indexes of tables in 
   database 
 - View data in tables in database
 - Export data in tables to MS Excel and as SQL-script
 - Add, edit and delete record in tables in database
 - Execute SQL-queries to database
 - Export results of queries to MS Excel

Requirements
----------------------------------------------------------

Server

 - Operational system Microsoft Windows 2000/XP 
 - Internet Information Server 5.0 or above
 - Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5 or above
 - Microsoft Excel 2000 or above. Optional, just to 
   export queries results

Client

 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or above
 - Microsoft Excel 2000 or above. Optional, just to 
   export queries results

What's new in version 1.04
----------------------------------------------------------
- An error fixed in the "Edit" operation , which occurs if  
  start this operation, and then at once to make "Commit".
- Fixed error resulting to the message "Record changed by 
  another user" at operations "Edit" and "Delete" with 
  records of the database table containing fields type 
  "Date" or "DateTime".
- Added operation of exporting data of tables as 
  SQL-script "Export as SQL-script".
- Added opportunity of viewing the definitions of indexes 
  in tables.
- Now the window of browser is shared into 2 frames. 
  Results of queries are displayed in window "Database 
  Information".
- Changed the kind of tree of objects of database. 
  Added are system tables, indexes of tables. Views 
  now are located in separate branch.
- Changed menu of operations with records. Buttons of 
  operations "Add" and "Commit" now are located near to 
  row with fields of input at the top of the table, and 
  the buttons of operations "Edit" and "Delete" near to 
  each record of the table.

Installation and configuration
----------------------------------------------------------

Uninstall previous version of Database Web Explorer from 
your machine.

Unpack archive dwe104.zip in any of directories on your 
hard disk, start a file setup.exe and follow instructions 
of the wizard of installation. 
           
After finishing of the setup program create virtual 
directory for Database Web Explorer on the Web-server. 
For this purpose do the following actions: 

 1. Press button "Start". Choose "Settings"->"Control 
    panel". Further go in "Administrative Tools" and 
    start "Internet Services Manager". At the left in a 
    tree find "Default Web Site". Press inscriptions the 
    right button of the mouse and choose "New"->"Virtual 
    directory". 
 2. Pass on the wizard and fill in the necessary 
    information. Set name of the virtual directory, 
    specify a path to HTML-files of Database Web Explorer. 
    They are in subdirectory "html" in the directory to 
    installation Database Web Explorer (by default 
    "C:\DBWebExplorer\html"). Select and set access 
    permissions "read" and "run scripts". 

Further start Internet Explorer and try connect to 
Database Web Explorer. For this purpose enter the 
following address: 

http://<server_name>/<alias_name>, where 

<server_name> - name of the Web-server where it is 
installation Database Web Explorer,

<alias_name> - name of the created virtual directory 
on the Web-server 

After that you should see the window of browser shared 
into three parts with the invitation to connection to 
database. In the list "Data Sources" should be displayed 
all system ODBC data sources present on the server.

If connection was not possible, check up all you made 
correctly. 

On client in Internet Explorer should be enabled cookies 
and scripts.

If you used previous version of Database Web Explorer, and 
it was bought and registered, and you have file 
dwe_reg.reg with the information of registration, start 
this file and accept information to registry Windows.

Technical support
----------------------------------------------------------
If you require technical support, please send complete 
details about the problem you are having to 
support@monocerossoft.com. Include the version of 
Database Web Explorer, any error messages, version of 
Internet Information Server and operational system, type 
and version of DBMS, version of ODBC driver you are using 
and description of actions which will result to problem.

Users who finds any interesting bugs can get 
FREE registration key for Database Web Explorer.

Changes history
----------------------------------------------------------
version 1.04
------------
- Fixed error in operation "Edit", which occurs if to 
  start this operation, and then at once to make "Commit".
- Fixed error resulting to the message "Record changed by 
  another user" at operations "Edit" and "Delete" with 
  records of the database table containing fields type 
  "Date" or "DateTime".
- Added operation of exporting data of tables as 
  SQL-script "Export as SQL-script".
- Added opportunity of viewing the definitions of indexes 
  in tables.
- Now the window of browser is shared into 2 frames. 
  Results of queries are displayed in window "Database 
  Information".
- Changed the kind of tree of objects of database. 
  Added are system tables, indexes of tables. Views 
  now are located in separate branch.
- Changed menu of operations with records. Buttons of 
  operations "Add" and "Commit" now are located near to 
  row with fields of input at the top of the table, and 
  the buttons of operations "Edit" and "Delete" near to 
  each record of the table.

version 1.03
------------
- Added icons in operations menu.
- Names of tables, fields and stored procedures now
  are displayed as a tree.
- Total count of records in the table is displayed while 
  viewing data in the table 
- Filter and sorting of records in the table are added

version 1.02
------------
First public release.

MonocerosSoft (c) 2002-2003. All rights reserved.
http://www.monocerossoft.com