Business Data Catalogs per Drag & Drop: BDC-Tool (+ neues MOSS SDK) nun verfügbar

Der Business Data Catalog (BDC) Definition Editor (kurz "BDC-Tool") ist nun verfügbar im der letzten (August 2007) Version des downloadbaren MOSS 2007 SDKs, das gerade auf http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6d94e307-67d9-41ac-b2d6-0074d6286fa9&displaylang=en veröffentlicht wurde.

Highlights:

• Tool supports databases (SQL, Oracle, OLEDB, and ODBC) and web services
• Drag and drop design surface for selecting DB tables or web methods
• Metadata is automatically extracted from databases by dragging and dropping tables
• Web Services require a few additional steps to completely configure the connection
• Users can import and export Application Definition XML files
• Users are able to test method instances incrementally from within the tool
• The tool is not required to run on a web front-end
• Associations are created automatically when foreign keys are selected; they can also be created easily for web services by adding an Association method instance

Sonstige Bestandteile des SDK:

• New tools and samples
• Compiled HTML Help files (updated with new content since RTMCode samples
• Enterprise Content Management Starter Kit
• White Papers
• Visual Studio Project Templates for SharePoint Server 2007 workflow

Leo Faltus

P.S.: Interessant auch die auf der obengenannten Seite erwähnten "Verwandten Links":

• Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SDK (MSDN Library)
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 SDK (MSDN Library)
• Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Developer Portal
• Windows SharePoint Services Developer Center

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