[WEB4LIB] Active server pages for Re: GEN : WEB linking to catalog

[Jay Frantz]

Actually, I'd MUCH rather use Cold Fusion from Allaire (www.allaire.com).
It's  alot simpler to use than ASP ;)

Regards,

Jay H. Frantz,
Webmaster and Cold Fusioneer

On Mon, 10 May 1999, CD McLean wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> What about using active server pages for linking to the catalog
> databases?  My programmer husband is just getting into active x (correct
> term?) and has convinced me that what I need to do to help him learn
> about it is to take my filemaker pro database and catalog and link it
> via an asp page.
> 
> Has anyone done this?  Do you recommend any active server (or active x)
> books?  Currently I am having my web page link directly to the hard
> drive (intranet-based library web site and catalog) to a filemaker pro
> generate search web page.  While I can customize that page (I think), I
> like the idea of learning active x and designing an asp page.  Are there
> any libraries out there now who are running catalog searches via active
> x that I could look at and review?  Does anyone have experience with
> filemaker pro to know whether it is ODBC compliant (I will of course
> research this, but if you know off the top of your head, TIA!)?
> 
> Thanks so much.
> 
> cd
> 
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