Web Publisher Feature List
Gather Information from Many Sources
Type into askSam's WYSIWYG word processor or import information in a variety of formats.
Integrated WYSIWYG Word Processor Includes...
� Special mode for entering structured data
� Insert Graphics and OLE Objects
� Support for Styles
� Can use all features of HTML (versions 1, 2, 3, and 4)
� Set Hypertext Links in your askSam files without Typing URL's.
� Drag & Drop Editing
� Spell Checker
� Network version allows multiple users to work in a database.
Import Filters for...
� Text (ASCII)
� askSam Dos Text Files
� askSam 4 Files
� HTML
� Eudora
� Microsoft Word
� WordPerfect
� Microsoft Access
� Microsoft DBase/ FoxPro
� Microsoft Excel
� Microsoft Outlook 2000
� Paradox
� ODBC Import
� RTF files (Microsoft's Rich Text Format)
� Comma Delimited Data (CSV files)
� Tab Delimited Data
� Fixed Position Data
Powerful Searches
Find any word or phrase � anywhere in your database. No need to concern yourself with fields, indexes, or field lengths. Nothing could be simpler.
Searches ...
� Full-text searches for any word or phrase
� Wildcard searches with * and ?
� Boolean searches (AND, OR, and NOT)
� Parenthesis in Boolean search logic
� Proximity searches (in paragraph, sentence, line, or within a specific # of words)
� Numeric searches (>, <, >=, <=, <>)
� Date searches (date ranges and date comparison)
� Fuzzy searches
� Search through multiple askSam databases
Save Information from an HTML Form into a Database
Save information from any HTML form into a full-text searchable askSam database. This is a great way to take advantage of the interactive nature of a web site. Collect feedback, job applications, credit applications, product registration information, and more.
Customize your Web Site
The askSam Web Publisher gives you control over your web site. You can customize the look and feel of your site.
� All search forms are fully customizable HTML documents.
� Define a background image for all documents in a database.
� Define foreground and background colors for all documents in a database.
� Headers: define default HTML text to automatically appear at the top of all documents.
� Footers: define default HTML text to appear at the bottom of all documents.
� Help texts are customizable.
Additional Features
� Web Sites developed in askSam can be easily transported to another server.
� Use any existing askSam database - there�s no need to create a new database.
System Requirements
The Web Publisher is designed to be quick and efficient. It requires a minimal amount of resources (disk space and memory). It is also capable of running on all popular NT and Windows 95 Web Servers.
To Create Your Documents and Databases, you will need a copy of askSam or askSam Professional. To run askSam you require ...
� 4 MB of RAM
� 12 MB of free disk space .
� Windows 9x, Windows ME, Windows 2000, or Windows NT with SP6 installed
To Publish Databases on the Internet, the Web Publisher requires a server with ...
� a Windows 9x or ME machine with
� 16 MB of RAM 32Mbs recommended
� 5 MB of free disk space
� a Windows 9x or 2000 32bit Web Server.
or
� a Windows NT 4 SP6 (Service Pack 6) machine with
� 32 MB of RAM,
� 5 MB of free disk space
� a Windows NT 32bit Web Server
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