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Welcome to the CallHelix in Action Demos

Demo 1: Driving a Web Store

CallHelix is used to drive the Autograph Systems web store. This entire site is driven by MacOS based products. This search connects to a Helix database via CallHelix and AppleScript, serving the results back to you via WebStar.

Search for items at Autograph Systems…

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Search tips: Multiple words are supported in an "AND" manner (e.g. "Intel Apple" is the same as "Intel AND Apple"). You can also type 'natural language' search phrases (e.g. "INK CARTRIDGE FOR AN EPSON STYLUS 740"), but the fewer words you use, the faster it goes. You can also do "OR" & "NOT" searches (as in "PowerBook or MacBook or iBook" & "Mac mini not G4"). (For more information, jump to the actual Autograph Systems Web Store.)

Demo 2: Retrieve Data From a Relation

This script (included in the CallHelix package) can pull data from any view in a database. If you understand the concept of CGI input, you will see that all this CGI does is pass the relation and view names as search argument parameters. If you know the internals of a database, this simple script will get data from any view in it and display it in a easy to read table.

Show me the current records in…

Download the script that drives this demo

Live Demo: Helix Web Store

The Helix Web Store is driven by CallHelix. If you are checking out CallHelix, you are probably a Helix user. The Helix Web Store is the most ambitious project I have personally worked on integrating a Helix database with the web.

Demos added as events warrant