Time Trakker Sample Configuration

This sample is a demonstration of using LINQ to SQL through a business layer. In this application all data access occurs through business components which derive from the wwBusinessObject base class.

This sample consists of 3 projects:

• TimeTrakkerWeb - The Web/UI front end project
  
• TimeTrakkerBusiness - application specific business objects
  
• Westwind.BusinessFramework - a simple business object wrapper for LINQ to SQL
  

Web Configuration
The sample is set up to run as a virtual under http://localhost/TimeTrakkerWeb/ rather than with the local Web server, due to an odd configuration issue that causes file paths not to be resolved properly by the Visual Studio Web Server. If you have to use Visual Studio Web Server note that styles and images won't load until you login (top right).

To configure IIS go into the Web Project properties and use the Create Virtual Directory option assuming you have IIS installed on your machine.

Database Setup
The sample is set up to run against the TimeTrakker database stored in the App_Data directory. By default the app points to SQL Express as a file resource. You can change the ConnectionString in web.config to a full SQL server instance by adjusting the name of one of the alternate entries.

User Setup and Sample Default Login
The sample uses a user table (Users) in the SQL database to validate users. The default user info is:

Username:
rstrahl@west-wind.com

Password:
ww

If you want to play around with the sample data you should log in with this account. To add a new user manually just add a new record to the Users table in the database - there's currently no UI to do this through code.