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Text All the code to be parsed by the Caravan Business Server engine has to be enclosed within <CARAVAN> and </CARAVAN> tags within the web page (<HTML> <BODY> text and Caravan Code</BODY> </HTML>). Case of Caravan is not important. Caravan, CARAVAN and caravan have the same meaning for the Caravan Business Server. In all our examples, we use <CARAVAN> and </CARAVAN>tags.
Note
We assume you know your HTML basics and you will include the Caravan script in web pages with the correct HTML syntax.
Sample Let us start with a simple example: "Hello world" <br>
<HTML>
<BODY>
<CARAVAN>
VAR display
display(val)="Hello World"
display(val);"<br>"
</CARAVAN>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Single line of code
<CARAVAN>time now;"Current Month is";now (month)</CARAVAN>

Multiple lines of code
<CARAVAN>
time now
"Today's date is <br>"
now(date);" /";now(month);" /";now(year);"<br>"
"The time is <br>"
now(hour);":"; now(minute);"<br>"
</CARAVAN>
Quick Reference Are you worried that you will make some silly mistakes and mess up your code? Not to worry. Caravan Business Server carries out a syntax check when you save the web page. The syntax check parses the code and identifies incorrect keywords, omitted punctuation, and missing Caravan tags.
Tip
* Name your files (web pages) systematically so that they are easy to remember. Web pages that have scheduling in them can have a pre-fix of sch. Example: schcustbal.html for files that are scheduled to be executed to display the customer balance.
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