Updated: January 19, 2005
	Changes made to Beyond the Book to reflect the newest Creator release (Reef Shark - Update 6). 
Minor changes were made to some of the example Projects 
(using styleClass to change look of output text components used as page headings).

Updated: November 18, 2004

Updated: August 18, 2004

Initial posting: June 27, 2004

This is a readme file for the companion download for Java Studio Creator Field Guide.

Our book is off to the printer and the Creator develpment team is finalizing the product for its first release. We delayed our chapters as long as possible to be current with this release while still making the print schedules to have books available for JavaOne.

We will use this website to publish any discrepancies between our book and the product, as well as publish tidbits entitled "Beyond the Book," updates on Creator features and new examples.

PLEASE VISIT THIS SITE FOR UPDATES ON USING CREATOR AND THE FIELD GUIDE.
ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE PROJECTS OR THE CODE SNIPPETS WILL BE POSTED HERE.

The download consist of a zip file. Once you expand it, the Field Guide text references particular files and projects and explains exactly how to use the files.
The download is arranged as follows:

FieldGuide/Examples/Projects - all example projects, named as follows:

    Login1 - Explore in Chapter 2, build from scratch in Chapter 4
    Echo - Chapter 2
    Navigate1 - Chatper 4
    Navigate2 - Chapter 4
    Login1 - Chapter 4
    Login2 - Chapter 5
    Payment1 - Chatper 5
    Google1 - Chapter 6
    Google2 - Chapter 6
    Google3 - Chapter 6
    Google4 - Chapter 6
    Music1 - Chapter 7
    Music2 - Chapter 7
    MusicUpdate - Chapter 7
    MusicInsert - Chapter 7
    MusicDelete - Chapter 7
    Login3 - Chapter 8
    Color1 - Chapter 8
    Payment1 - Chapter 9 (Debugging)
    
    DataTable1 - Beyond the Book
    DataTable2 - Beyond the Book
    Google3Alt - Beyond the Book
    Google4Alt - Beyond the Book

    SimpleWebApp  - Beyond the Book 2
    SimpleWebApp2 - Beyond the Book 2
    SimpleWebApp3 - Beyond the Book 2
    StyleApp1 (Page Fragments & Style Sheets) - Beyond the Book 2

In the chapters, you build the above projects using resources and code snippets from the following directories:

	FieldGuide/Examples/Navigation - Chapter 4 files
	FieldGuide/Examples/JavaBeans - Chapter 5 files
	FieldGuide/Examples/WebServices - Chapter 6 files
	FieldGuide/Examples/Database - Chapter 7 files
	FieldGuide/Examples/Custom - Chatpter 8 files
        FieldGuide/Examples/Beyond - Beyond the Book files
        FieldGuide/Examples/Beyond2 - Beyond the Book2 files

Some of our projects add a Library Reference (JAR file). 
You will find it here:

	FieldGuide/Examples/asg.jar


Under the Database directory, we have included a sample database that we use
for our database examples.

If you have feedback to help improve the book, please email us at

     training@asgteach.com 

and put "Creator Field Guide" in the subject.

Thank you for your interest.

Gail Anderson
Paul Anderson