BDC
I demonstrated how to make an external content type programmatically during the SPC 405 - Business Connectivity Services Runtime and Object Model Deep Dive session at the 2009 Microsoft SharePoint Conference. Since the conference I have received a couple of dozen emails about the this topic. Most of the emails ask for the code samples and an explanation of the code, and at least half of the emails inquire about when and why you may need to create an external content type programmatically. Because this is obviously a hot topic I decided to write it up in a blog post.
Sample...
In part 1of this blog post series I showed you how to create a .NET Assembly Connector to read data from a flat file. This blog post shows you how to register an external content type associated with a .NET Assembly Connector with the SharePoint search search service so you can index and search the data coming from the external content type.
The Business Context
As I mentioned in part 1 of this blog post series, it’s commonplace to find critical business data stored inside flat files in large, mature organizations. In addition to being able to browse the data inside web...
The Business Context
In many large organizations business data is stored inside of flat files from mainframes or other legacy systems. These systems chug along just fine everyday and support many key elements of the business; they aren’t going away anytime soon. Traditionally, accessing flat file data, making it viewable in a web pages, and making it searchable requires an enormous amount of custom code.
The Solution
New functionality inside SharePoint 2010’s Business Connectivity Services (BCS) makes it extremely easy to connect to flat file data sources (or any other data source), display it in web pages, and make it searchable. This...
It was quite a week in Las Vegas at the Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2009! Wow, what a long way the product has come! I can remember several years ago speaking at SharePoint conferences and seeing only a few dozen people attending many of the sessions. That’s certainly not the case anymore. In fact, SharePoint has grown so much that now the conferences come complete with live bands and fireworks!
My wife and I embraced the 80’s spirit during the beach party Tuesday night at the Mandalay Bay. We were surprised to find only few handfuls of folks were taking the same...
New content was added to the www.mssharepointdeveloper.com web site last week! This content includes the SharePoint on the web modules and the much anticipated release of the AdventureWorks Travel Site installer!
Update: Download the installer here: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/spotw/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=2702
The new SharePoint On The Web modules cover the following topics:
Getting Started with SharePoint Development on the Web
Site Structure and Branding
Custom Field Types and Mode
FBA Authentication
Web Interoperability
SharePoint Search
Content Deployment
Minimal Publishing Site Definition
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