Setup Websydian Express Development Environment
Install Websydian 6.0
Install Websydian 6.0 as Websydian 6.0 contains the Plex library models required when developing for Websydian Express.
If you do not have the installation program for Websydian 6.0 please contact Websydian Support (support@websydian.com).
Setup group model
In many situations, the host group model will already exist. If this is the case continue to Add library group models.
Create host group model
Use the Admin user to log in to the null group model delivered with Plex (placed in the folder "model" in the Plex installation folder). Create a new group model using the menu item "Model->New Group Model".
Add library group models
In the host group model, add the library WSYAPI (placed in the WebsydianExpressDeveloper folder), by using the menu item Configuration->Libraries and pressing "Add" - select the group model WSYAPI that was delivered with the Websydian installation.
You will be prompted for a number of libraries used by the WSYAPI model. These libraries are either Plex libraries or Websydian libraries. For the Plex libraries select the libraries delivered with the Plex version you use. For the Websydian libraries use the libraries delivered with the Websydian installation. The libraries you must use when developing Websydian Express applications are placed in the Websydian Express Developer folder in your Websydian installation folder.
Websydian Express development can only be done using Plex 5.5 SP1. A set of upgraded Websydian library models has been placed in the WebsydianExpressDeveloper folder.
You must use these libraries for Websydian Express development.
Add any of your own libraries you need for developing your application.
Create the necessary users, levels, versions etc (see more in the Plex help).
Select configuration of application
Before creating the local model it is important to know which configuration you want to use for the application. The configuration is decided based on the platform you want to use for the web application (PageGenerators, EventHandlers etc) and the platform you want to use for your database (and server functions).
Select the configuration you are going to use to get the information about the rest of the preparations needed.
iSeries/iSeries
Both the database and the web application is deployed on an iSeries platform.
WinC/iSeries
The database is deployed on an iSeries platform while the web application is executed on a Windows platform.
WinC/WinC
The database is deployed on a Windows platform (ODBC) and the web application is executed on a Windows platform.