Month: May 2007

AJAX with SharePoint 2007

Guys,
 
If you are interested in using AJAX based controls with partial updating and postback features with SharePoint 2007, then you find the information at http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/blogs/mike/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=3 very useful. Please have a look and let me know with your comments.
 
 

BDC for a WCF Service Contract returning Data Set

If you are interested in have a service contract returning DataSet within a Service contract object, you can use the following BDC as the starting point. For further assistance, I will be glad to assist you:
 

<Entities>

<Entity Name="RootCategory">

<Identifiers>

<Identifier Name="CategoryName" TypeName="System.String" />

</Identifiers>

<Methods>

<Method Name="GetRootCategories">

<Parameters>

<Parameter Direction="Return" Name="GetRootCategoriesResult">

<TypeDescriptor TypeName="PACatalogs.ServiceDataSetContract, PACatalogs" Name="GetRootCategoriesResult">

<TypeDescriptors>

<TypeDescriptor TypeName="System.Data.DataSet, System.Data, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" Name="Value">

<TypeDescriptors>

<TypeDescriptor TypeName="System.Data.DataTableCollection, System.Data, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" Name="Tables" IsCollection="true">

<TypeDescriptors>

<TypeDescriptor TypeName="System.Data.DataTable, System.Data, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" Name="Categories">

<TypeDescriptors>

<TypeDescriptor TypeName="System.Data.DataRowCollection, System.Data, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" Name="Rows" IsCollection="true">

<TypeDescriptors>

<TypeDescriptor TypeName="System.Data.DataRow, System.Data, Version=2.0.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" Name="Categories">

<TypeDescriptors>

<TypeDescriptor TypeName="System.String" IdentifierName="CategoryName" Name="CategoryName" >

<LocalizedDisplayNames>

<LocalizedDisplayName LCID="1033">Name</LocalizedDisplayName>

</LocalizedDisplayNames>

</TypeDescriptor>

</TypeDescriptors>

</TypeDescriptor>

</TypeDescriptors>

</TypeDescriptor>

</TypeDescriptors>

</TypeDescriptor>

</TypeDescriptors>

</TypeDescriptor>

</TypeDescriptors>

</TypeDescriptor>

</TypeDescriptors>

</TypeDescriptor>

</Parameter>

</Parameters>

<MethodInstances>

<MethodInstance Type="Finder" ReturnParameterName="GetRootCategoriesResult" ReturnTypeDescriptorName="GetRootCategoriesResult" ReturnTypeDescriptorLevel="0" Name="CategoryFinderInstance" />

<MethodInstance Type="SpecificFinder" ReturnParameterName="GetRootCategoriesResult" ReturnTypeDescriptorName="GetRootCategoriesResult" ReturnTypeDescriptorLevel="0" Name="CategorySpecificFinderInstance" />

</MethodInstances>

</Method>

</Methods>

</Entity>

CRM BDCs made available for SharePoint 2007

 
Wow, Microsoft is really taking for SharePoint towards the presentation layer for your back office applications. U cant imagine the strength of ur BDC. Just imagine MOSS to be the presentation layer of all of your back office application.
 
If you have exposed your middle layer on service bus, you are right there to expose your data on Internet using BDCs. With the help of BDCs you can integrate even your WCF services which are using basicHttpBinding. If you need any assistance, I will be glad to assist you.
 
In addition to this, Microsoft has released the complete integration of MS Dynamics CRM 3.0 with SharePoint 2007 through BDC file. You can find that file from

http://www.sharepointblogs.com/ssa/

Also, you can find the BDC for Siebel (another great achivement of Microsoft for MOSS) from

http://www.microsoft-oracle.com/assets/pdf/Integrating%20Siebel%20CRM%20with%20SharePoint%20Server.pdf

 

Remember me for providing you such information:)

 

Application Templates and Master pages for MOSS available for free

 
MOSS people will be happy to know that MicroSoft has released 20 application templates for WSS free of cost which can be downloaded from :
 
 
Apart from this, some demo master pages have also been made available for public which can be downloaded from