Step 7: Build Your Application

Iron Speed Designer builds a complete N-tier web-based application, including Presentation Layer, Data Access Layer, and Database Layer.  When you click Finish, Iron Speed Designer performs these actions:

• Creates new Web pages.  Any newly selected or recently configured pages are created and placed in your application’s project folder.

• Creates your application’s source code and SQL statements.

• Compiles and links your application using the .NET framework compilers.

• Creates a virtual directory for your application, if requested.  This instructs the Microsoft IIS web server to treat your files as an application and shows it where your application resides.

• Runs your application so you can see and interact with it.

If you are using the Microsoft IIS web server, there is an additional step of creating a virtual directory.  Iron Speed Designer will inform you if a virtual directory was not created for your application and one is needed.  You will need to create a virtual directory for your application manually using Microsoft IIS before running your application by following the procedure outlined in “Creating a Virtual Directory for Your Application”.  However, you will be able to continue building your application in Iron Speed Designer.