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Creating Large PDF Documents with Lasso PDF Tags
This article explains how to address a problem with the PDF tags when trying to create PDF files larger than 20MB. It is due to Java running out of memory, and the solution is to have Lasso allocate more memory to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
Created: 2009-02-27 06:09:25, Modified: 2010-03-10 09:01:15

[TotW] JSON-RPC and Other JSON Enhancements
The tip of the week for September 28, 2007 introduces support in Lasso for the lightweight JSON-RPC protocol including a [JSON_RPCCall] tag and built-in support for calling JSON-RPC tags through the RPC.LassoApp. The tip also includes several enhancements
Created: 2007-09-28 12:00:00, Modified: 2010-03-09 09:09:04

Multiple Lasso 9 Sites
Simple tool for creating multiple Lasso 9 sites.
Created: 2010-02-25 09:48:07, Modified: 2010-02-25 11:40:51

Lasso Release Dates
Lasso release dates by version.
Created: 2008-06-11 14:42:15, Modified: 2010-02-23 22:38:28

Lasso 8 and 9 Side by Side on Same Server
This article provides one option for configuring Lasso 8.x and Lasso 9 to run side-by-side on the same server, in separate virtual hosts, with fastcgi enabled in Lasso 9.
Created: 2010-02-13 16:28:23, Modified: 2010-02-19 14:37:01

Google Analytics Charts with lasso
Parse and display Google Analytics data using the Analytics Data API, Lasso and a Flash plugin
Created: 2010-02-17 04:26:06, Modified: 2010-02-17 04:58:50

Running Lasso 8 and 9 Side by Side
Created: 2010-02-13 16:42:02, Modified: 2010-02-15 10:46:54

Syntax compatibility between 8.5 and 9
Best practices to write Lasso 8.5 code that will work in Lasso 9
Created: 2010-02-12 07:54:29, Modified: 2010-02-13 05:41:02

[TotW] Containers
This Lasso 9 tip discusses how containers in Lasso 9 provide backward compatibility with code from earlier versions of Lasso, but also provide new capabilities which make writing code easier.
Created: 2010-02-08 12:50:49, Modified: 2010-02-08 13:04:58

[TotW] Defining Tags
This Lasso 9 tip discusses how custom tags are defined in Lasso 9 and what advantages this has over earlier versions of Lasso.
Created: 2010-02-08 12:53:54, Modified: 2010-02-08 13:04:19

[TotW] Query Expressions
This Lasso 9 discusses how query expressions provide SQL-like capabilities within Lasso and a powerful alternative to traditional iterates and loops.
Created: 2010-02-08 12:55:26, Modified: 2010-02-08 13:03:42

Setting up Lasso 9 beta with Subversion on OS X
A short guide compiled by Richard Taubo
Created: 2009-10-26 18:17:26, Modified: 2010-01-24 17:02:01

Virtual URLs without define_atbegin
The following is an alternative to using define_atbegin in a LassoStartup folder for virtual URLs on Apache 2.2.
Created: 2010-01-23 06:02:23, Modified: 2010-01-23 06:06:34

[TotW] RSS Data Source Examples and Update
The tip of the week for January 4, 2008 includes an update to the RSS data source and examples of how the RSS data source can be used on your Web site. The tip includes a custom data source which allows RSS feeds to be treated as a data source. The items
Created: 2008-01-04 12:00:00, Modified: 2010-01-20 16:10:20

Lasso 9 On Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Guide
Direction to get Lasso 9 up and running on Ubuntu Server Edition 9.10
Created: 2009-11-22 13:40:59, Modified: 2009-11-22 14:20:26

Lasso Object Oriented Programming Primer
A primer before Lasso 9 on the understanding of object-oriented programming. Something to describe how this integrates with Lasso and how to understand the functionality of such an approach.
Created: 2009-11-18 00:15:13, Modified: 2009-11-18 05:11:53

Command Line via Lasso
The text to support the talk at the LDC in Amsterdam
Created: 2009-10-01 08:00:58, Modified: 2009-11-16 11:05:26

Authorize CIM starting code
a starting point for setting up CIM
Created: 2009-11-07 20:30:04, Modified: 2009-11-07 21:03:36

Lasso Community Resources
A list of websites which provide tips, code and information for Lasso Developers. Most of these websites are made by Lasso developers for Lasso developers.
Created: 2008-02-16 22:27:45, Modified: 2009-10-28 04:17:27

[TotW] Inline Parameters
The tip of the week for May 30, 2008 discusses how an inline processes its parameters and how an array of common parameters can be used to make your code easier to maintain.
Created: 2008-05-30 11:11:01, Modified: 2009-10-21 12:32:40

Why Lasso?
Lasso is an excellent language for web programming. Here the community discusses why
Created: 2009-10-16 08:43:04, Modified: 2009-10-16 13:24:16

Knop Framework
Overview of what Knop is
Created: 2009-10-12 04:43:08, Modified: 2009-10-12 07:25:06

Introduction to Inlines
This is a summary of a presentation held at the LDC in Amsterdam 2009. It's a quick tour on what you can, can't, should and shouldn't do with inlines and Lasso.
Created: 2009-09-30 16:39:17, Modified: 2009-10-12 06:06:26

Knop Code Examples
A few simple examples of Knop code
Created: 2009-10-12 05:18:27, Modified: 2009-10-12 06:04:15

Sandbox
The sandbox is a general purpose page which can be used to try out Wiki syntax. The contents of this page can be changed for testing purposes by anyone.
Created: 2008-02-14 11:53:47, Modified: 2009-07-05 15:53:16

Monitoring Lasso with monit
Setting up Lasso and monit (a system monitoring tool) on OS X
Created: 2009-05-27 00:48:53, Modified: 2009-05-27 02:27:57

Debugging Multiple Page Loads
Common reasons why a page from the user might be loaded more than once.
Created: 2009-05-15 08:41:49, Modified: 2009-05-15 09:06:58

LDAP Authentication OSX
This article explains LDAP authentication against an OSX 10.4 LDAP server - expanding on the docs.
Created: 2009-05-14 10:37:26, Modified: 2009-05-14 10:53:48

[TotW] LassoTech Wiki Site
The tip of the week for Feburary 15, 2008 describes a Lasso Wiki format which can be used to allow site visitor to author content on a Web site without also allowing general HTML and all the potential problems that can represent.
Created: 2008-02-15 12:00:00, Modified: 2009-04-18 05:17:24

[TotW] Post-Processing Database Results Using Arrays and Matchers
Tip of the week for April 21, 2006 discusses how Lasso can be used to post-process database results using array tools. The tip shows how a custom matcher can be used to filter elements from one array into a new array.
Created: 2008-08-08 18:41:43, Modified: 2009-03-04 07:36:59

Ajax Upload with Lasso and JQuery
create a preview of an uploaded file without reloading
Created: 2008-05-09 12:21:01, Modified: 2009-02-27 12:03:39

Spawning asyncronous threads
Spawn an asynchronous thread complete with the current page vars.
Created: 2008-12-30 23:05:31, Modified: 2008-12-30 23:14:19

[TotW] Defining and Calling SOAP Procedures
The tip of the week for September 21, 2007 shows how Lasso's built-in SOAP[br /] functionality can be used to define SOAP procedures which other SOAP clients can call and how to define local tags which serve as proxies for remote SOAP procedure calls.
Created: 2007-09-21 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-12-23 14:30:07

CentOS 4.x - LASSO FAST INSTALL
Shows how to quickly install Lasso on CentOS.
Created: 2008-07-07 11:33:03, Modified: 2008-12-11 16:27:05

MAMP and Lasso 8.x
Created: 2008-12-02 12:23:03, Modified: 2008-12-02 12:23:03

LDC2008 Session Videos - Thursday
This page includes embedded videos for the Lasso Developer Conference 2008 sessions for Thursday, September 18. Includes the Keynote, Introduction to Lasso 9, Sponsor Presentation by Chris Wik of Anu Internet Services, Knop Framework, LassoFuseBox, and All Your Base Are Belong to Us! security presentation.
Created: 2008-10-27 20:58:06, Modified: 2008-11-11 19:16:41

LDC2008 Session Videos - Friday
This page includes embedded videos for the Lasso Developer Conference 2008 sessions for Friday, September 19. Includes Lasso 9 for Beginners, L-Migrator, Creating Dynamic PDFs using Lasso, Server Side Techniques for Client Side Optimizations, and Lasso 9 Data Types.
Created: 2008-10-25 10:23:40, Modified: 2008-11-07 21:53:11

LDC2008 Session Videos - Saturday
This page includes embedded videos for the Lasso Developer Conference 2008 sessions for Saturday, September 20. Includes Lasso 9 Backward Compatibility, Future Proof Web Design, and PageBlocks Framework.
Created: 2008-10-26 21:06:24, Modified: 2008-11-07 20:12:08

[TotW] Lasso Developer Conference and Summit Materials
The tip of the week for Feburary 29, 2008 provides downloads of the materials from Lasso Developer Conference 2008 and the complete Lasso Summit materials from 2001 to 2007. LassoSoft would like to thank Jim Van Heule for making the Lasso Summit materials available to the entire Lasso community.
Created: 2008-02-29 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-10-15 17:12:24

Converting Mac Fonts to Unix
Created: 2008-09-11 19:44:32, Modified: 2008-09-11 19:47:55

CMYK Colour Matching with ImageMagick
Created: 2008-09-11 19:36:56, Modified: 2008-09-11 19:38:11

Testing Web Applications Locally
Created: 2008-09-11 19:26:07, Modified: 2008-09-11 19:33:33

Ecommerce
This page collects information about creating Ecommerce applications using Lasso. It includes requirements, points to solutions you can buy or adapt, and pointers to resources for building your own solution.
Created: 2008-02-06 19:18:04, Modified: 2008-09-08 18:43:39

Textmate Lasso Language Module (to enable Code Folding)
Created: 2008-08-30 08:38:34, Modified: 2008-09-02 17:07:42

Syntax Speed Tips for LP8.5
Tips for choosing the syntax that will execute the fastest.
Created: 2008-02-21 11:13:11, Modified: 2008-08-30 06:45:25

[TotW] Speeding up Email Sending with Asynchronous Tags
The tip of the week for August 15, 2008 includes a set of tags that can speed of email sending within Lasso by using asynchronous tags. An -Async option is added to the [Email_Send] and [Email_Batch] ... [/Email_Batch] tags.
Created: 2008-08-15 11:16:41, Modified: 2008-08-15 11:47:40

[TotW] Storing and Recalling Inline Database Results
Tip of the week for May 5, 2006 discusses how database results which are stored in an array can be fed back into an inline so all the familiar [Records] ... [/Records] and [Field] tags work on them.
Created: 2008-08-11 17:30:43, Modified: 2008-08-11 17:52:26

[TotW] Parameters, Defaults, Variables, and Sessions
The tip of the week for May 16, 2008 discusses a strategy for dealing with input values for a page including how to establish defaults, fetch values from sessions, override values with form or URL parameters, and validate inputs.
Created: 2008-05-16 16:40:53, Modified: 2008-08-07 23:03:14

Fedora Core 4 Install Guide
Created: 2008-07-07 11:27:24, Modified: 2008-07-07 11:28:27

Beginner's Guide to MySQL Replication
Created: 2008-02-07 08:27:57, Modified: 2008-07-02 11:51:26

[TotW] Destination-Based Sales Tax
The tip of the week for June 20, 2008 discusses the transition to destination-based sales tax in Washington (and other states) and some strategies you can use to calculate sales tax based on zip code.
Created: 2008-06-20 12:54:31, Modified: 2008-06-20 12:59:20

[TotW] Basics - Custom Tags
The tip of the week for May 9, 2008 discusses how to create and call custom tags in Lasso 8.5. Custom tags are Lasso's version of functions or procedures.
Created: 2008-05-09 14:29:56, Modified: 2008-06-05 06:21:11

Website thumbnails with WebThumb
quick'n'dirty method to get website thumbnails
Created: 2008-05-28 11:36:14, Modified: 2008-05-28 11:37:15

How to display lasso files via Leopard's Quick Look feature
Quick Look is a feature in MacOSX 10.5 which allows you to select a file in the Finder and display it's contents without opening the datafile. The Lasso file extension is not included, but may be added. This article explains how.
Created: 2008-05-12 19:11:59, Modified: 2008-05-17 04:46:04

ChartFX XML Template Codes
Additional XML template codes not provided by the Java Designer.
Created: 2008-05-13 10:06:25, Modified: 2008-05-13 10:44:04

File Permissions
How to configure file permissions for Lasso, including file uploads.
Created: 2008-05-06 11:41:52, Modified: 2008-05-06 11:41:52

CMYK Colour Matching with ImageMagick
Created: 2008-04-28 12:57:55, Modified: 2008-04-28 13:01:44

[TotW] Lasso Wiki Source Code
The tip of the week for April 4, 2008 includes the source for the Lasso Wiki, the basis for the LassoTech Web site, so you can use it in your own sites. The code can be used to deploy a stand-alone Wiki site or to add a Wiki sub-folder to an existing site.
Created: 2008-04-04 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-04-25 15:04:09

[TotW] Optimizing Regular Expressions
The tip of the week for April 25, 2008 includes some information about how to optimize code using regular expressions by using the [RegExp] type rather than individual string tags.
Created: 2008-04-25 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-04-25 15:00:47

[TotW] Capture and Display Page Elements
The tip of the week for March 7, 2008 shows how to capture portions of a page and display them in a different order. Specifically, a number of HTML elements can be re-displayed in random order.
Created: 2008-03-07 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-04-16 13:24:44

Control Filemaker Server via Lasso
Explains how you can control a Filemaker Server via the Lasso [OS_Process] tag
Created: 2008-04-14 17:33:24, Modified: 2008-04-14 17:49:04

Adding Unlimited Rows
Using jQuery and JavaScript to add unlimited rows to a form, and Lasso to process the submission.
Created: 2008-04-13 06:32:56, Modified: 2008-04-13 07:20:45

Lasso Powered Javascript Widgets
This article describes how to create a Javascript widget using Lasso. It allows people to place a single line of Javascript on their website and the html contents of your widget will appear on their web page.
Created: 2008-04-12 01:01:21, Modified: 2008-04-12 01:48:50

Unicode-aware
Lasso actively converts the character sets of various input and output.
Created: 2008-03-30 09:32:10, Modified: 2008-04-09 10:54:50

Holidays
Code for calculating U.S. holidays using Lasso's date tags.
Created: 2008-04-08 20:10:57, Modified: 2008-04-08 20:12:18

Displaying Video with Lasso and FFmpeg
Created: 2008-02-18 19:08:23, Modified: 2008-04-03 05:53:28

Byte-Order-Mark (BOM)
The use of Byte-Order-Mark (BOM) within Lasso.
Created: 2008-03-30 09:48:25, Modified: 2008-03-30 09:49:41

Character Sets of Lasso Files
Explains how Lasso interprets the character set of a Lasso file.
Created: 2008-03-30 08:57:59, Modified: 2008-03-30 09:39:38

File Tags
This page contains information regarding the usage of file tags in Lasso Professional.
Created: 2008-03-28 17:28:19, Modified: 2008-03-28 17:51:27

Action_Param Scope
Why doesn't [action_param] always return the value passed in a form or URL?
Created: 2008-03-27 08:25:00, Modified: 2008-03-27 09:51:55

Linux 64-Bit Lasso Apache Connector
How To Article to Compile Lasso's Apache Connector to 64Bit Linux
Created: 2008-03-25 12:08:53, Modified: 2008-03-25 12:10:07

[TotW] Tag Sets and Namespaces
The tip of the week for March 21, 2008 explains how Lasso's tag namespaces can be used to more easily call sets of custom tags which you have defined. For example, this allows you to use a different set of custom tags for several sites that otherwise share the same code.
Created: 2008-03-21 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-03-21 19:13:38

Troubleshooting SQLite
This article contains some troubleshooting steps you can take if you are getting errors from Lasso's embedded SQLite database.
Created: 2008-03-21 19:09:18, Modified: 2008-03-21 19:10:38

[TotW] Images - Rounded Corners and Transparency
The tip of the week for March 14, 2008 shows how to use Lasso's image tags to create images with rounded corners and how to add transparency to a PNG file.
Created: 2008-03-14 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-03-15 10:54:29

Secure Coding Standards
This article was originally drafted by Greg Willits April 27, 2005 under the title 'FWPro Secure Coding Standards' and was pulled from the pageblocks(tm) website at http://pageblocks.org/refc/refc_security
Created: 2008-02-20 12:48:06, Modified: 2008-03-11 13:03:23

Lasso Summit 2006 Videos
This page includes videos from the Lasso Summit 2006.
Created: 2008-03-07 14:19:27, Modified: 2008-03-07 14:33:38

Installing MySQL on Mac OS X
Great step-by-step article on 'rolling your own' installation of MySQL 5 for Mac OS X.
Created: 2008-03-05 12:21:18, Modified: 2008-03-05 12:22:22

Displaying records - sideways
Displaying a number of records / images in horizontal direction.
Created: 2008-02-19 00:02:07, Modified: 2008-02-27 12:43:53

New User Tips
This article is intended to give developers who are new to Lasso, pointers on technique and tips to ease the learning curve. This is a collaborative document.
Created: 2008-02-18 23:09:52, Modified: 2008-02-27 09:48:48

Best Practices
This page is a summary of best practices for coding Lasso sites. The page contains tips about how to code your site so that you can catch errors easily and create the most efficient code possible.
Created: 2008-02-18 22:51:38, Modified: 2008-02-24 16:37:16

[TotW] iPhone Compatibility Tips
The tip of the week for Feburary 22, 2008 describes how you can use CSS rules and simple HTML changes to make your Web site more compatible with the Web browser in the iPhone and iPod Touch. Topics include what image formats and file formats are supported, controlling site magnification, how to create links to iPhone's built-in applications, and creating a custom Web Clip icon.
Created: 2008-02-22 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-22 14:09:45

Arrays Explained
This article explains arrays in easy-to-understand language.
Created: 2008-02-06 17:06:48, Modified: 2008-02-21 12:41:27

Syntax tips
This page will list tips about writing in LassoScript syntax and Classic "Brackets" syntax.
Created: 2008-02-21 09:37:14, Modified: 2008-02-21 09:47:55

SQL Rows by Page Number
Retrieve all rows for a givenpage number using LIMIT within a -sql inline.
Created: 2008-02-18 13:21:10, Modified: 2008-02-19 12:58:11

[TotW] An introduction to using JQuery with Lasso
The tip of the week for August 24, 2007 introduces JQuery and shows how a simple newsticker plugin can be used with Lasso. The tip shows how Lasso can be used to automatically add the required JQuery elements to the head of the document.
Created: 2007-08-24 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-19 00:10:44

[TotW] Keyed Hashing for Message Authentication (HMAC)
The tip of the week for July 20, 2007 explains how the [Encrypt_HMAC] tag can be used to created HMAC codes for use in e-commerce and secure communications. HMAC codes help ensure the integrity and authenticity of messages during server to server communic
Created: 2007-07-20 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-18 21:54:44

WYSIWYG editor for LassoWiki
WYSIWYG editor for LassoWiki. Available as a plugin for FCKEditor.
Created: 2008-02-18 13:35:28, Modified: 2008-02-18 13:56:56

[TotW] Using Arrays to Simplify Code
The tip of the week for November 30, 2007 presents several techniques which use arrays to help simplify your Lasso code. An array is used to help format several fields from a database. An array is used to help simplify a conditional. And, an array is used
Created: 2007-11-30 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 23:28:29

[TotW] Create an iPhone Site Using Lasso and the iUI Library
The tip of the week for September 14, 2007 discusses how to create a site formatted for the Apple iPhone and IPod Touch using Lasso and the iUI interface library by Joe Hewitt.
Created: 2007-09-14 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 13:43:59

[TotW] Customizing an Existing Site for iPhone
The tip of the week for November 9, 2007 uses LassoSoft's ListSearch Web site as a case study to create a customized Web site specifically for iPhone users which provides access to the most recent messages that have been posted on the LassoSoft mailing li
Created: 2007-11-09 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 13:07:20

[TotW] Inline Helpers - Debugging Slow MySQL Solutions
The tip of the week for November 2, 2007 contains some techniques for finding slow MySQL queries. The tip includes an Inline Helper tag which make debugging MySQL queries easier by allowing you to tag queries in the long query log and process list.
Created: 2007-11-02 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 13:04:29

[TotW] Code Simplifying Tips - Conditional Expressions
The tip of the week for October 19, 2007 contains several tips using the conditional ?| operator to simplify Lasso code for better speed and readability.
Created: 2007-10-19 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:54:22

[TotW] Basics - Variables - Storing Temporary Values
The tip of the week for October 12, 2007 explains how variables in Lasso can be used to store temporary values. Topics include creating variables, outputting variables, modifying variables in-place, and some variables tools.
Created: 2007-10-12 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:52:42

[TotW] Date Comparisons and Calculations Using Math Symbols and Durations
The tip of the week for October 5, 2007 explains how the [Date] and [Duration] data types in Lasso can be used to perform date comparisons and date calculations using the familiar built-in symbols for math and string operations.
Created: 2007-10-05 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:50:50

[TotW] Lasso 8.5 AppleScript and Automator Support
The tip of the week for September 7, 2007 discusses how Lasso 8.5 can call AppleScript commands and Automator workflows on Mac OS X systems. AppleScript allows you to interact with other running applications, restart the server, and more.
Created: 2007-09-07 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:23:52

[TotW] Regular Expression Challenge - Discussion and Winners
The tip of the week for August 17, 2007 announces the winners of the second Lasso Programming Challenge. Congratulations to Bil Corry and Johan Sölve. The tip includes a description of the challenge, a downloadable archive of answers to the challenge, doc
Created: 2007-08-17 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:17:51

[TotW] Lasso Connector for FileMaker Server 9 Preview (Updated)
The tip of the week for July 27, 2007 previews a new data source connector for FileMaker Server 9. The new connector provides better support for FileMaker queries including new field-level and logical operators. (Updated with details about FileMaker 9 sup
Created: 2007-07-27 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-15 12:08:11

[TotW] Parentheses Syntax
The tip of the week for December 7, 2007 discusses Parentheses syntax in Lasso. Parentheses syntax was introduced in Lasso 8 as an alternative to Lasso's traditional Colon syntax. The tip includes an overview of parentheses syntax, some justifications for
Created: 2007-12-07 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-14 19:39:54

[TotW] IPv6 - The New Internet Protocol
The tip of the week for December 21, 2007 includes background information on IPv6, the new version of the Internet Protocol. The network infrastructure necessary to support IPv6 is being rolled out now. Recent OS releases including Windows Vista and Mac
Created: 2007-12-21 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-14 19:37:52

[TotW] RSS Data Source and Parser
The tip of the week for December 14, 2007 includes a custom data source which allows RSS feeds to be treated as a data source. The items in the feed can be displayed using normal [Inline] ... [/Inline] and [Field] tags. Also includes an [RSS_Parser] data
Created: 2007-12-14 12:00:00, Modified: 2008-02-14 19:37:29

Great solutions to common problems - Lasso Cook Book
This section houses many solutions to different talks/problems.
Created: 2008-02-14 12:17:02, Modified: 2008-02-14 12:17:02

LassoTech Formatting Examples
This article demonstrates some of the formatting options of the Lasso Wiki. It would be an appropriate place to add examples of other formatting options.
Created: 2008-02-06 16:17:07, Modified: 2008-02-14 12:11:39

Lasso 8.5 64-Bit Connector for Apache 2.0
Created: 2008-02-13 11:50:37, Modified: 2008-02-13 11:55:22

Encoding with Lasso 8 and MySQL 4
Created: 2008-02-07 16:53:42, Modified: 2008-02-12 11:59:54

Lasso Developer Conference
Created: 2008-02-06 20:00:26, Modified: 2008-02-06 20:04:57

Created: 2008-02-06 19:53:55, Modified: 2008-02-06 19:58:26