My Two Bits : MOSS Integration

SharePoint tools

Kailash — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:13:38 GMT

I found this amazing directory with tools for SharePoint. Some of these tools are quite useful and free!

Great list for an integrator or SharePoint customer. These tools should help you increase your ROI by delivering even more value to your people.

http://www.sharepointreviews.com/

Impressive Community Webparts for SharePoint

Kailash — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:03:22 GMT

I was looking for something around discussions on codeplex. Did not find that, but I was totally blown away by these two webparts – Kudos to the guys who made ‘em. They make life so easy!

So they are

ChartParts – build out a list, fill it up with data and hey presto, now you can have a chart based on it!

More here:

http://chartpart.codeplex.com/

And the second, which is even more exciting is really leveraging SharePoint as a “database” – yeah SharePoint is not a database and not a substitute for one, but this tool really made me glad. Finally something awesome!

http://slam.codeplex.com/

You guys rock!

InfoPath fronting SharePoint

Kailash — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:25:23 GMT

So SharePoint was the front-end view for quite a few apps, but now, here's one step further. Why not build your application logic using InfoPath. So I recently read two articles about it and putting them together, you may see more solutions. Here goes:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc194406.aspx

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc162745.aspx

The techniques and CAML used may be useful to your future implementations.

More on Java & .NET

Kailash — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:33:55 GMT

You may recall my previous email regarding this topic. In response to my blog post, here's something I found. Please check out this website and let's get working on bridging SharePoint and Java!

http://www.jnbridge.com/

Where do you need Java and .NET interoperability?

	Web Services	JNBridgePro
Performance	Low	High
Security	Low	High
Reliability	Low	High
Programmatic Control	Low	High
Granularity	Coarse	Fine
Coupling	Loose	Tight
Communications	Infrequent	Frequent
State	Stateless	Stateful

JNBridgePro

Simplifies Java .NET interoperability by flawlessly connecting anything Java to anything Microsoft .NET. Your Java and .NET components can run in the same process or across a network. JNBridgePro's high-performance bridging architecture removes the complexities of cross-platform interop, so you can generate solutions in hours rather than months.

Useful Browser Compatibility & ActiveX Post!

Kailash — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:29:20 GMT

http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2007/03/26/searching-the-visible-moss-2007-code-for-activex-references.aspx

AJAX and MOSS

Kailash — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:19:34 GMT

I've heard a few of you ask about AJAX in MOSS 2007. Yeah, OOB MOSS doesn't support the ASP.NET AJAX framework, so here's an interesting bit of reading for you – thanks to Jose, whose post, I picked it from:

AJAX is not a specific technology but a set of technologies, mostly related to using client-side javascript to asynchronously do post backs and partial page refreshes. If you are using AJAX, you can leverage some of the other technologies mentioned here to interact with SharePoint. There is no out-of-the-box web part to host AJAX code, but there's already many discussions detailing how to support this scenario and leverage it inside a web part.

Reference: Information about ASP.NET-based AJAX: http://ajax.asp.net
Reference: Building a web part that uses AJAX: http://www.capdes.com/2007/02/microsoft_office_sharepoint_se.html
Reference: Building a web part that uses AJAX: http://sharethispoint.com/archive/2007/02/28/Using-a-SPGridView-inside-an-ASP.net-Ajax-UpdatePanel.aspx

Source: http://blogs.technet.com/josebda/archive/2007/04/05/integrating-sharepoint-with-other-portals-and-web-applications.aspx