1. RadPHP XE – Accessing Delphi for Windows Datasnap servers
José León Serna – Embarcadero Technologies

2. Overview
• Delphi for Windows Datasnap servers
• Publish functionality
• Can be consumed by clients

3. Developing the server
• Using the wizard
• Choosing the type of application
• Protocols
• Authentication
• Server methods
• Ports
• Ancestor

4. Server parts
• Published methods
• $METHODINFO ON
• Server Container
• Server
• Transports
• ServerClass

5. Developing the client
• Creating the application
• Executing the wizard
• Protocol
• Language
• Generate pure PHP code
• Connection information

6. Client parts
• ClientClassUnit
• ClientModuleUnit

7. Accessing the server
• Developing a basic interface
• Using the ClientModule
• Accessing the server method
• Getting the result
• Testing the application

8. Accessing the server from Javascript
• Use the wizard
• Add the scripts on the header
• Setup the connection information
• Create the server object
• Call the methods

9. Conclusions - Datasnap
• Easy reusing business rules
• Expanding current applications to the web
• Integration with different platforms

10. THANK YOU!!
• jose.leon@embarcadero.com
• http://www.joseleon.es
• http://twitter.com/qadram