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• Kyle McK Stored procedure vs standard query

  hi, I am in process of evaluating that for simple CRUD operations(select,update,delete,insert), should we use stored procedures or should we fire queries directly from DAL for performance enhancement leaving aside the fact the stored procedure pproach will mix the data access and business logic . If somebody could provide any microsoft URL link giving clearcut recommendation on the same,it would be of great help to me. Regards Does usage of Stored Procs affect scalability since it has often been lead to believe that the most expensive and the least scalable piece of the entire system is the database. Can anyone shed some light on this pertaining to scalability ...Show All

• dayrinni MOSS2007 used as an application platform?!?

  Hi. I've been doing a fair bit of work with two large clients using SharePoint. The scenario is rather typical - SharePoint must host applications that accesses network-based resources such as databases, directory services and files. Some of the application services must be exposed as web services so that they can be consumed by other applications, devices and services. So pretty standard enterprise app stuff. In both cases senior architects and SharePoint architects and developers suggest using SharePoint exclusively. As an example, lets say an app needs to capture customer data, and customer orders. I'm being told that customer and order information should be stored as lists, that web parts should be created to host workflows ...Show All

• Norbert.Bender How to make Image Map on sharepoint

  I have been using sharepoint for a while .. question for me how can i make a Image Map.. something like HOTSPOT click on the Dreamwear which allows to draw clickable portions on the JPGE file which then takes you to the another HTML page.. I am really confused .. and just suck.. i have to make half site on the dreamwear half on the sharepoint.. which is really pain .. anysort of suggestion and advice would be really appericated Regards Balaji.V.P Balaji, It seems to me that your question has nothing to do with sharepoint realy. sharepoint isnt a tool for creating image-maps, it's a platform to group information and code bits. If you have an image map, just upload it to sharepoint and displ ...Show All

• Paul Hacker Upgrading WSS to version 3.0

  Good day everyone, Currently I have WSS V2.0 (unserviced pack) + WSP 2003 (unserviced pack) + MS Project Server 2003 (unserviced pack) on a single server. I'm considering upgrading WSS to ver. 3.0. I know that I'm few service packs behind in all thsese applications. Any suggestions/advices on where I should start and on which order Thanks in advance. Mohamed Regarding the statement: "However, regarding upgrading Windows Sharepoint Service 2.0 to version 3.0, I was told by Microsoft that MS Project 2003 WILL NOT work with wss 3.0 (wss 3.0 is completely different from wss 2.0) and hence I couldn't do the upgrade. They suggested to move to Project Serve ...Show All

• Gascho Rempel Migrating from Win32/MFC to .NET Platform - Challenges ?

  Hi, I have been working on Win32/MFC/COM for quite sometime. Now i am planing to make a move - to .NET/C#. I have some dobuts regarding the same :- 1) What are the architectural challenges one may face when making such a change How different is it to architect solutions in C#/.NET than in Win32/MFC 2) What are the design challenges one may face when designing solution in .NET/C# (compared to Win32/MFC) 3) What are the challenges associated with WinForms when compared to MFC Thanks in advance Shine .NET doesn't enforce any specific architecture or design. It give you better productivity compared with MFC Arnon ...Show All

• NetPochi OOP Design Question - Need an opinion...

  I know there is no "100% correct" way to design the following but any suggestions or shared opinions would be appreciated: I want to create a Customer business entity. Should this Customer class only contain properties and simple validation or should it also contain all the business logic and CRUD functions Should I create a separate class called CustomerService that handles logic by passing around and working with the Customer entity Example: How to add a new Customer 1) All domain logic in one Customer object . Customer.Name = "Bla" Customer.Save OR 2) Customer object to hold properties and Service object to perform business logic. Customer.Name = "Bla" CustomerFactory.AddCu ...Show All

• ron2464 User field with multiple users to check via schema.xml

  when you create lists in sharepoint, it's possible to add afield for choosing a person or multiple persons. I want exactly that for my list template. I have the following CAML syntax: <Field Id="{8ADC8169-6BA9-4d7e-B77D-B0F8B79BBEC5}" Name="Vertreter" BaseType="Text" DisplayName="Vertreter" Type="User" Sealed="TRUE" ShowInDisplayForm="TRUE" ShowInEditForm="TRUE" ShowInNewForm="TRUE" ShowInListSettings="TRUE" DisplayNameSrcField="Account" List="UserInfo" SourceID="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3"/> This works fine, you can selec ...Show All

• Fabio Gouw UI Architecture -Framework

  Hi All, I am n de process of doing some UI-Mockups. UI includes web screens for the applications. The options that I have to generate UI is 1) VS 2005 HTML , host on IIS so client can see 2) Flash based 3) Dreamweaver Which other tools are good and competitive. I am sure option 1) is good but wanted to get some views. What else options do you consider or are there any good forums where I can take a look for UI generation. Thanks -Paresh I would go for option 1. You can also try Microsoft Expression Web Designer . Hi Sudheer, I will check the " Microsoft Expression Web Designer ", option that you have s ...Show All

• R1ZWAN What is SOA

  Service Orientated Architecture is being touted as the next big thing in the IT world. I decided to do my masters dissertation around SOA. I was quite surprised to find that there is no clear definition of SOA. As a start point I am trying to come up with a definition of SOA that will be used to inform the rest of my research. Can you offer a short definition of SOA If so please go to my blog (or respond here) and comment on this question and if you want on any or the other research questions. http://www.akintola.net/MyBlog/CategoryView,category,SOA.aspx Make sure that you leave your e-mail address if you want a copy of the completed research. One thing I found he ...Show All

• FrankSp Windows Application Versus Web Site

  I need to develop an application that reads from and writes to a database housed in a SQL Server located in an Intranet. I am using Visual Studio 2005 (VB). I can see that there are two possible routes to the development - as a Windows Application or as a Web Site. I will be most grateful if some body out there could advise me on which option route to take and perhaps why. Regards. Nkenta You didn't say anything about your user interaction needs - If you are only transfer data from one side to the other you can write it as a windows service or even host it in SQL server itself. Arnon It will depend on wat the application is to do and who will access it. When developing a ...Show All

• sabo Visual Studio 2005 Crashes after installing Extensions for Windows Sharepoint services

  After installing Windows sharepoint services for VS 2005, I created a web part but then went I attempt to view the Sharepoint solution properties tab in project properties it causes Visual studio to crash. The following error is displayed. "Microsoft Visual Studio has encountered a problem and needs to close" The further error message displayed in the Event log is as follows; Faulting application devenv.exe, version 8.0.50727.42, stamp 4333e699, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, stamp 00000000, debug 0, fault address 0x0a9f042e. Has anyone seen this error before Hi everyone... here is my workaround and explanation: http://joubin.net/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx ID=18 Good luck and send me comments. Joubin b ...Show All

• Jessica Alba Code Generation - MyGeneration, CodeSmith, GAT/GAX or DSL?

  I am looking to generate code based on a database structure. I want to start with a base template and add things I need to it. My goal is to auto generate the boring repetative code so I can focus on the most important areas. I have been looking at CodeSmith and MyGeneration which both have starting point templates that use Enterprise Library but I wanted to see what Microsofts approach was. Is it Guidance Automation or DSL If so does anybody have an example of how to generate DAL classes and entity classes from a database using these tools Release 1 of WCFS: dec. 06 I see  you are using Windows Workflow Foundation.  I'm not makking it..! I don't think it's going to be painfull to org ...Show All

• Kardi PassThrough authentication fails: Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE'

  I've tried it with every AuthenticationMode! But no one seems to work correctly in my case. I thought that PassThrough should work with a preset User ID and password. This would be enough for the moment, but even this doesn't work!! With WindowsCredentials I get the following error: The Property with name 'SsoApplicationId' is missing on the LobSystemInstance. SsoApplicationId I tried to set this with the SharePoint SSO but I've no such services. How can I set this just for the current WindowsCredentials (of the current Sharepoint user) With RevertToSelf I get the following error: "An error occurred while retrieving data from MyLOBInstance. Administrators, see the server log for more information." The server log contained ...Show All

• leonreet IP Forms only for MOSS 2007?

  Can somebody refute or verify this information for me I was told in a training session last week that one can use IP forms for workflow in WSS v3. The trainer stated that because the IP forms are rendered by workflow as aspx that one does not need MOSS 2007 Enterprise (with the Forms server). Is this correct information The reason I ask is that I'm not sure how to deploy the forms as a feature with my workflow under WSS v3. Here is the contents of my workflow.xml. Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"> <Workflow Name="Print Shop Workflow" Description="This feature is a sequential workflow for the processing of the Print Shop Work Request." Id="D2ECA809-92FE-4814-BEC8-D74137845F4C" CodeBesideClass="WFPrint ...Show All

• Mastroyani Faster Reporting Solution or XSLT Replacement

  Hi All, We need any tool/any code suggestion that can generate report of around 6lacs (or More) pages and the format of the report will be of letter. Currently we are working with xml and xslt but we want some good replacement of this as our client dont want xml and xslt. Information: View : Web Based Database : Oracle 10G Front End Technology : ASP.NET and ASP Note: Crystal Report is also not performaing well in this case. Suggested Solution must provide: 1) Faster Report Generation 2) Flexible Formating options 3) Export and Import of repots for other popular formats Any one please help. HV take a look at the Office A ...Show All