eCommerce_Pages_xxxx.exe vs. custom-developed web pages
The E-Commerce pages are released in a file named eCommerce_Pages_xxxx.exe. xxxx refers to the version number of the pages. The contents of this file are documented in the Salesware E-Commerce Reference. In addition, along with each release of the pages, Siriusware Inc. produces a document that describes how to updating your existing pages. You could install the new set of default pages but you would lose all of your custom changes. This document describes in detail how you update your custom pages with the changes required to implement the enhancements and bug fixes in the latest release of the pages.
You can also create your own pages from scratch. However, in order to create your own web pages, you need significant Internet application development experience. Often clients need to work directly with Siriusware Inc. developers on a contract basis. Although you can develop your application in any Internet development environment, Siriusware’s chosen platform is ASP.NET and that is what Siriusware Inc. offers the most assistance with. Clearly, creating your own web application would be a significantly larger time and resource investment. You also need a detailed understanding of how ww.dll works. For a detailed description of how ww.dll works, see the ww.dll API Reference.