FrontRail

Dynamic Web Database Admin Tool

FrontRail is a Web Database Aministration Tool built with OpenLaszlo Rich Internet Application (RIA) client technology and Ruby On Rails middleware. It provides a Flash based multi-window interface for data entry, search and display. On startup the client running within a browser self-configures to work with any Rail’s hosted database (with the necessary FrontRail plugins installed). Rails config files may be used to specify customization and deployment options.

FrontRail uses the Genacode RemoteObjects protocol which provides an RPC communication mechanism between the OpenLaszlo and Rails environments. With RemoteObjects, OpenLaszlo clients can run in SOLO mode which allows direct communication between the Flash program and the Rails web server.

The main features of FrontRail include:

• The client GUI provides the necessary create, read, update and delete (CRUD) functions.
• Flexible forms based object finder methods are provided.
• Search result lists are sortable numerically or alphabetically.
• Multiple forms or lists can be open simultaeously for different data classes allowing easy cross reference.
• The GUI being OpenLaszlo based, provides a rich and smooth user experience more akin to a desktop application than a typical browser based application.
• FrontRail middleware runs under Ruby On Rails which provides the Active Record database interface.

FrontRail Demo

The FrontRail Demo allows users to interact with a live database. Please try it out.

If you would like more information about FrontRail please contact us and let us know of your interest and needs.