Integrating Web Pages into Existing Applications

You can easily integrate applications built with Iron Speed Designer with your existing applications and web pages. Because of the state-less nature of web programming, your existing application and an Iron Speed Designer application can operate as separate, independent applications, even though one may call into another via the URL mechanism inherent in all web applications.

Referencing existing web pages from an application built with Iron Speed Designer

An existing web application typically contains HTML, ASP, and JSP pages. You can reference or “call” these existing pages from within your Iron Speed Designer application by adding URLs to these pages within your Iron Speed Designer application. A simple URL might be:

<a href=”http://www.ironspeed.com/product_list.aspx”>See our fabulous products!</a>

A more complex reference might include parameters in the URL, e.g.:

<a href=”http://www.ironspeed.com/product_list.aspx?ID=Enterprise”>Enterprise Edition</a>

Place URLs to existing applications in the appropriate cell via the Layout Editor in Layout Editor. Iron Speed Designer passes through to the ASPX page any content you add, so these URLs will be present in the final ASPX pages.

Referencing pages built with Iron Speed Designer within an existing application

Your existing applications can reference, or “call”, the ASPX pages created by Iron Speed Designer by adding URLs to your existing application pages. A simple URL might be:

<a href=”http://www.ironspeed.com/ShowProductsTable.aspx”>See our fabulous products!</a>

A more complex reference might include parameters in the URL, e.g.:

<a href=”http://www.ironspeed.com/ShowProducts.aspx?ID=Enterprise”>Enterprise Edition</a>