CodeCharge Studio provides the fastest way to build your applications with support for virtually all databases, web servers and web technologies. Key features
- Application Builder
- Web Reporting, Report Form and Web Report Builder
- Web Calendar Builder and Calendar Form
- Ajax features
- Web Gallery Builder
- Menu Builder
- Form and Component Builders
- CSS Styles and Style Builder
- Visual Query Builder
- Security Management and Role-Based Access Control
- Internationalization and Localization of Web Applications
- File Upload
- Rich Text (WYSIWYG) Editing through FCKeditor component support
- Multiple Database Connections
- Application Templates (Solutions)
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Integrated editors:
- Visual page designer: to design pages graphically.
- HTML editor: to edit your HTML & JavaScript with colour syntax coding.
- Code editor: with auto-indent and colour syntax coding.
- Page preview: for local viewing of templates.
- Live data viewer: for instantaneous viewing of pages with live data locally or on your server.
Project navigation:
- Project Explorer: provides a comprehensive view of all project pages, code, included files and media assets.
- Code Explorer: lists each object on the page and provides instant access to related code.
Precision controls:
Property inspector provides precise control over the properties of every page and page element:
- Format: to set format and styles.
- Data: to control data sources and security.
- Events: to program events and insert custom actions.
- Drag-and-drop objects: Drag-and-drop objects allow you to visually create pages in the Designer that include:
HTML Elements:
for all HTML tags and objects.
- Controls: to add data-aware labels, links and navigation.
- Components: to add sophisticated data-driven groups of integrated controls such as grids.
Integration with HTML editors:
CodeCharge Studio includes special integration features to work seamlessly with your favourite HTML editors.
- Microsoft FrontPage Add-In: The first product to extend FrontPage functionality into a full-featured, integrated development environment, CodeCharge Studio allows developers to generate professional quality code in all popular server-side programming languages and offers a professional code editor to extend and fine-tune generated code.
- Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe GoLive and other HTML editors-Use virtually any program as your HTML editor in CodeCharge Studio. Set that program as your primary HTML editor CodeCharge will seamless use the program for HTML editing.
Language, Server and Database Support
- Languages: Supports ASP.NET/C#, ASP/VBScript, JSP, Java Servlets, ColdFusion 4.0, PHP 4.0 and Perl 5.0.
- Application servers: Supports industry-standard servers including Microsoft IIS, Macromedia ColdFusion, IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, and Netscape Enterprise Server.
- Site publisher: publishes the project to the sever with a single click.
- Databases: Data Source wizard-speeds connectivity to virtually any database including: Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, and Microsoft Access. Supports access to multiple databases simultaneously. Visual query builder creates SQL queries without coding.
Productivity Features Powerful wizards CodeCharge Studio's sophisticated component and application wizards automate the most common application interactions with a simple point-and-click interface:
- Power Wizard: creates a multi-page application supporting user queries and administrator updates based on your database structure.
- Component Wizards: generate sophisticated search, grid, login/logout, and record update components and pages automatically.
- Code generation: CodeCharge Studio generates your code on the fly using the CodeCharge code generation engine. The code is architected according to industry-wide best practices, easily extensible, and highly reliable. The engine automatically separates HTML pages from code logic, improving workflow and isolating changes to design, programming and deployment. Sites are faster to develop and easier to maintain because designers and programmers can focus on their respective responsibilities without affecting each other.
- Security management: CodeCharge Studio's integrated security management simplifies multi-level security. You define the privileges: Full, Read, Insert, Update or Delete-for each security group or user, and CodeCharge automatically includes the appropriate authentication code to link username and passwords to security level and privileges.
- Jumpstart solutions: CodeCharge Studio includes several pre-built fully functional applications so you can see real CodeCharge-generated solutions in action. Copy and paste the code into your application or study how the experts did it. And if you have questions, go to YesSoftware Forums, the CodeCharge developer community site to get answers and pointers. Or go to support.codecharge.com for the latest bulletins, product updates or to submit email support requests.
- Customizable themes: CodeCharge Studio includes over 35 customizable themes using CSS or HTML tags so you can generate professionally designed sites or support any corporate presentation standard.
Product Comparison
CodeCharge Studio vs. CodeCharge Studio Personal Edition
Product Features CodeCharge Studio CodeCharge Studio Personal Edition Number of pages Unlimited 100 Number of connections Unlimited 1 Supported Technologies All of the following: ASP (VBScript), .NET (C#), .NET (VB), PHP, ColdFusion, Perl, Java Servlets, JSP One of the following: ASP, ColdFusion, Java, Perl, PHP, .NET