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Hosting WCF in SharePoint 2010

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Introduction SharePoint 2007 provided the capability to add custom ASMX web services. Web Services could be deployed to the LAYOUTS folder, or could be deployed to the ISAPI folder and supported accessing site settings and list data under the SharePoint user context. Since SharePoint 2007 was built on the ASP.NET 2.0 model, it did not natively support web service enhancements that were introduced with Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) in .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5 or the additional WCF-based service frameworks like ADO.NET Data Services (now WCF Data Services). For those familiar with writing custom ASMX services for 2007, there were some pitfalls. Since SharePoint requires dynamic service endpoints (the ability to call the web service using any site-relative virtual path under the /_vti_bin/ folder), you had to hand-tool your WSDL files to dynamic service locations. This had to be done every time your changed your web-service signature. Not terribly complicated, but...

How to Display data from External Databases in Share point

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Easy way to Display data from External Databases in Share point without using Business Data Catalog. Here I am showing you how to display a data from external database in Share point using SharePoint designer 1. As usual you have to open the site in share point designer and open the page where you want to display the data. Please make sure you have checked out the files first. 2. Click Insert ASP.NET Controls and select More ASP.Net Controls. 3. As shown below select Grid view form Data Group and Drag that to your share point page. 4. You will get a screen like below. 5. From Choose Data Source Select New Data Source. 6. Give name for the data source. See full details:  http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/Roji.Joy/2811/

SharePoint feature to extend SharePoint site with AJAX 3.5 and Telerik Rad Controls

Introduction When I started to play with Telerik Rad controls under SharePoint, I realized, that the massive changes should be made manually to web application's web.config file. Therefore the DeploymentFeature application was created. It presents the SharePoint feature, which applies all needed changes to the web application's web.config file. Moreover it installs needed dlls to the GAC. In general this application can add any modifications to the web.config, by reading them from an external XML file, which has structure similar to web.config . Moreover, since the modifications are located externally, they can be dynamically changed, without recompiling the application. Prerequisites The usage of the solution implies the SharePoint 2007 existence, which means that the target OS is Win2003 or Win2008. The source code project was created using SPVisualDev , which uses WSPBuilder for deployment. So you should download and install them from CodePlex , or deploy ...

WSS 3.0 Installation

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Hardware and Software Requirements Before you install WSS 3.0, make sure your computer has the recommended hardware and software. Your server computer must meet the following hardware and software requirements. Hardware Requirements - A dual-processor computer with processor speed 2.5 GHz or higher. - A minimum of 1GB RAM; however 2GB RAM is recommended for improved performance. Software Requirements - Windows Server 2003 SP2 as the Operating System. - The file system used by the OS must be NTFS. - The computer must be configured as a web server running Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) in IIS 6.0. - .NET framework v3.0 or higher which enables ASP.NET 2.0 and includes Windows Workflow Foundation 3.0. - SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Settings. Installing WSS V3.0 (Basic Mode) Prerequisites - Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition with SP2 installed. - .NET Framework 3.0. - ASP.NET 2.0 installed and Web Services Extension enabled. - SQL Server 20...

SharePoint Reservations

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Introduction I needed a conference room scheduler that prevented duplicate assignments, in SharePoint 2007, to replace a classic ASP application that depended upon a different authentication model than we were planning to use in our SharePoint upgrade. I also wanted to remove anything specific to our building layout from the existing conference room scheduler, so it could be applied to other resources. Microsoft’s Room and Equipment template, at first, seemed to be the perfect solution, but its shortcomings were soon evident. The biggest issues were: the user interface did not follow SharePoint standards, and details of the reservation were not visible. It also did not support well known calendar features like recurring appointments and Outlook integration. After rejecting the Room and Equipment template, I decided to create a new custom SharePoint list based on the Calendar so I could leverage the existing features and functionality. The interface is well known to my us...

6 basic steps of how to create a WebPart in SharePoint

Introduction This is beginners tutorial of how to deploy a WebPart in SharePoint. It is a 6 step procedure and this tutorial will walk through the same. In case you are fresher to SharePoint you can read my FAQ articles listed below. I am sure within an hour you can get acquainted to SharePoint and get started. Quick Start FAQ Part I :- 11 basic FAQ questions , must for every new comer.It's a the basic Quick Start FAQ tutorial which talks about What is SharePoint, WSS, MOSS, Site/Site collection, Virtual Path provider and then ends with explaining SitePages and Application pages SharePoint FAQ: Part I Quick Start FAQ part II:- This is the second part in the series which explains the ready made functionalities,custom pages,deploying/activating/deactivating features and lot. SharePoint FAQ: Part II Quick Start FAQ Part III:- This covers page templates , page instances , WSS model , understand safe mode processing , deploy custom controls and understand WebParts. So le...