Setting the Start Page and Error Pages

Command:  Tools, Configure Start Page…

You can quickly put a few finishing touches on your application by setting its start page, error page, and related pages.

 

You can configure several special application pages, including the start page and error page.

The fields in this dialog are editable so you can add your own URL parameters or specify a completely different page such as http://www.ironspeed.com.  Note that Iron Speed Designer does not validate the page paths you select.  You can link to anything you want, including relative paths to other applications on your own server.

Page

Function

Start page

This page redirects the application user to your application.  This file can be modified to send an application user to a specific page within the application.

The initial default page is Default.aspx, which does not do any processing or redirecting and is not intended to be seen by the end user in this form.  You can modify the Default.aspx file directly, or you can change the default page URL to select a different page as the default.  We recommend selecting a Show Table page for simplicity.

Error page

This page is displayed if another page encounters certain application errors.

This page is displayed if the web server encounters HTTP errors.  (See …\<App>\Web.config for a list of errors which result in this page being displayed.)

This is a completely self-contained error page.  Each application’s Web.config file is set to return this page to a client if the client's HTTP request could not be served successfully.  This is to avoid the 'yellow screen' if an application doesn’t build or compile properly, or a non-existent page is requested, etc.

Forbidden page

The forbidden page is displayed when an application user tries to access a page they are not authorized to view because they do not have the correct access privileges.  If the user types in the URL directly after signing in, the user will be redirected to Forbidden_Page.aspx if they are not allowed to access the page.

Sign in page

These files implement the Sign In page.

Sign out page

These files implement the Signed Out Confirmation page.