1.  General information 

E FixIT is a JavaBeans component package which is used in creating server applications that connect to an 

M server running VA FileMan database environment. The applications are built with Java and use 

JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology as a link ( a glue ) between HTML and the server application; 

applications are JavaBeans that act as a bridge between the HTML front end and database. 

The document is meant to be used in conjunction with 

FixIT Developer's Guide

, which can be 

downloaded from the same place as this document and e FixIT. 

E FixIT provides a way to create front ends similar to earlier Delphi/Web FixIT tools. It's not meant to 

replace them, but rather provide a third alternative: 

Delphi FixIT is best for creating PC executable programs ( thick clients ) that connect to a 

FileMan database files. 

Web FixIT is for creating Java applets that ase based on a thin client/server interaction. Applets 

are applications that are first downloaded to the client browser and then executed in a Java Virtual 

Machine within the browser. 

E FixIT applications provide the thinnest client solution: The entire application processing remove 

from the client. The application resides by a www server. 

The e FixIT package is based on Web FixIT which in turn has been developed on the basis of Delphi 

FixIT. As the application building contains much the same as in Web/Delphi FixIT, a development tool 

such as JBuilder is very useful. 

There is a demonstration e FixIT application available at 

http://kettinki.uku.fi/edemo/demo.jsp

. The 

application demonstrates most of e FixIT package's abilities: 

User validation 

Session handling 

Queries

 (finding a pointer value for a field or navigating between records of a file) 

FileMan reports 

Subfiles 

(logical and hierarchical)

Various FileMan field types and corresponding HTML elements 

Two dimensional grid containing database records 

Extracting XML parsed information from a FileMan database 

Chapter 2

 contains information about the structure of the e FixIT architecture. 

Chapter 3

 describes the software needs of the e FixIT package. 

Chapters 4

 describes the steps needed to use the e FixIT package with JBuilder. 

Chapter 5 

includes a diagram about an e FixIT application's structure.

In 

chapters 6 to 7

 there is a detailed example of building an e FixIT application with a form wizard tool. 

Chapter 8

 contains information about distributing e FixIT applications. 

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