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Tutorial: Address Book

This sample application shows you how to use Remote Data Service to build a simple, data-aware Web application — an online corporate address book. This tutorial is useful for Visual Basic®, Scripting Edition (VBScript) and ActiveX™ programmers who want to learn how to use data-aware ActiveX controls with Remote Data Service, and for more experienced application developers who want to build data-centric Web applications.

This tutorial assumes you know how to use basic HTML layout tags and program with ActiveX controls.

The Address Book tutorial lessons will guide you through:

Introduction to Address Book

The Address Book sample application is an online address book that you can use to publish a directory over an intranet. The address book is designed so that a user can enter a search string in one or more fields to request information about employees. To show you the basic features of Remote Data Service, the sample application is intentionally kept small, with a minimum number of objects and search fields.

The application front end consists of the following parts:


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