Introduction to Omnis Studio and eMims

This guide is a general introduction to the Omnis Studio development environment, and how it differs from previous versions of Omnis, and other development tools, such as Visual Basic. It also introduces the online claims handling system eMims, written in Omnis Studio as an interface to the Master Insurance Management System.

Contents

• Moving to Omnis Studio
• Reasons
• Features
• Studio vs. "Classic"
• Studio vs. VB


• Studio Techniques
• Objects
• Notation
• Lists


• Programming with SQL
• Why use SQL?
• Connecting to SQL Data Sources
• Omnis SQL
• Sending SQL & Getting Results
• Using SQL Classes
• Using Bind Variables
• Replacing the CRB


• Web Applications
• Why is the Web so Important?
• Alternative Web Development Techniques
• Types of Omnis Web Application
• The Omnis Web Application Server
• The Omnis Web Client


• The eMims Claims Handling System
• Background to eMims Development
• Installing eMims
• Interfacing MIMS and eMims
• Security in eMims
• Using eMims


• eMims System Documentation
• Overview
• Key Classes


• Omnis Web Programming
• WebClient vs. HTML


• Further Reading
• More Information

Document prepared 8 AUG 2000 by Tim Stewart