Generating Web Sites with Mathcad |
Mathcad is known for the ease with which equations, text, and images can be combined in a single page. For authors and publishers, these documents can form the basis of a formatted, mathematics-based Web site for online distribution. Mathcad worksheets can be exported as HTML, with a variety of options for displaying equations and graphs. Worksheets are then viewable by anyone with a standard web browser (Netscape 4.7 or greater, or IE 5.0 or greater).
In addition to the Save As options in Mathcad, you can also use XSLT transforms to convert native XMCD documents into HTML, PDF, or any other XML-compliant format. A sample transform is shipped with Mathcad on the installation CD. This transform can be modified to accomplish many of the same results as the HTML template feature.
| Special Features of Mathcad Generated Web Sites |
Mathcad makes it easy to publish mathematics online, formerly an arduous task involving the creation of many images and complicated markup by hand. When you use Mathcad to generate HTML pages, the following features apply:
The following sections discuss the steps to create your own Mathcad-based Web sites.
| Other Web Site Options |
If you have a copy of the Mathcad Calculation Server on your IIS Web Server, you can run Mathcad worksheets live online for anyone who has a browser, allowing them to recalculate by changing any variables defined as Web Controls.