tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1602401374710106050.post1683231066687162817..comments2022-10-27T12:59:49.362+08:00Comments on Sezai's - SharePoint Server 2013 - SharePoint Server 2010 - FAST Search - MOSS 2007 Blog: Programmatically Accessing BDC Data in Custom Web Parts or User Controls in MOSS 2007Sezai Komurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16510596786814172690noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1602401374710106050.post-29308699471916602522008-06-30T11:22:00.000+08:002008-06-30T11:22:00.000+08:00Wow - that does look good and solves a lot of the ...Wow - that does look good and solves a lot of the problems with the BDC such as its inflexibility and limited extensibility.<BR/><BR/>The other option people have is to write their own protocol handlers, that looks like an extremely tough bit of work though so its great that there are other easier options out there like MashPoint.<BR/><BR/>I'll try and download a copy and try it out when I have time.Sezai Komurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510596786814172690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1602401374710106050.post-3212998333194871682008-06-29T12:50:00.000+08:002008-06-29T12:50:00.000+08:00Sezai,Nothing is wrong with the BDC, we want BDC f...Sezai,<BR/><BR/>Nothing is wrong with the BDC, we want BDC functionality in WSS and MOSS Enterprise too, that's why we built MashPoint.<BR/><BR/>Going forward we will do things that the BDC can't like allowing you to associate Entities between different LobSystems and access REST based WebServices, connect to your DomainModels (among other things).<BR/><BR/>If you are targeting the BDC today we encourage you to use the MashPoint API's instead of the MS ones, since then your solutions will run on both the BDC and MashPoint and thus you can run them on all versions of SharePoint from plain WSS up to MOSS Enterprise.<BR/><BR/>It's also very easy to write custom data providers for MashPoint, you can look at a sample file system provider here:<BR/><BR/>http://community.bamboosolutions.com/blogs/mashpoint/archive/2008/06/06/writing-a-custom-data-provider-for-mashpoint.aspx<BR/><BR/>Please leave feedback on our community site since we really want to know what features people want next.<BR/><BR/>Thanks <BR/>/Jonastojonashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737649506812317658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1602401374710106050.post-84276777780801026012008-06-11T11:41:00.000+08:002008-06-11T11:41:00.000+08:00WOW - MashPoint looks great!Why did you decide to ...WOW - MashPoint looks great!<BR/><BR/>Why did you decide to develop something like MashPoint, what's wrong with the regular BDC? What value does MashPoint add?<BR/><BR/>You Bamboo guys are really coming up with some great solutions, I love that Vista install hack =oPSezai Komurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510596786814172690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1602401374710106050.post-26003033240632870142008-06-11T11:35:00.000+08:002008-06-11T11:35:00.000+08:00If you want BDC functionality in WSS 3.0 and MOSS ...If you want BDC functionality in WSS 3.0 and MOSS standard edition you should look at MashPoint.<BR/><BR/>http://community.bamboosolutions.com/blogs/mashpoint/archive/2008/06/02/mashpoint-how-does-it-work.aspx<BR/><BR/>/Jonastojonashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737649506812317658noreply@blogger.com