Course: IBM Forms Server 4.0 - JavaScript API Course Materials 

This course provides students with an introduction to IBM Forms Server JavaScript API. It introduces students to creating basic applications that integrate IBM Forms with other HTML pages or even other XFDL or XForms forms. The JavaScript API offers the standard IBM Forms FormNodeP Library functionality, such as set/get access to a form and an Event Library. Furthermore, version 4.0 introduces JavaScript API support for integrating IBM Forms with Mashups and Business Spaces.

The course materials provided below include:

• Instructors' Presentation
• Exercise files
• Solution files

Duration

This course takes approximately 4 hours to deliver.

Audience

This course is targeted to Web Application Developers.

Prerequisites

To ensure your success, we recommend you have the following equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience:

• Proficiency with Windows XP/7.
• Proficiency with JavaScript, XML, and XFDL.

Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Use the JavaScript API to programmatically manipulate IBM Forms.
  
• Use the JavaScript API with IBM Forms Viewer
• Use the JavaScript API with Webform Server
• Set and get values from a form
• Insert and extract XForms instances from a form
• Verify Signatures

Materials needed

JavaScript API presentation, exercises, and exercise solutions