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Windows SharePoint Service Service Pack 2 (WSS SP2) Released
Actually it was released yesterday, but this week I'm in Slovenia so I discovered it a few moments ago (thanks Oisin for bringing this to my attention!): SP2 for Windows SharePoint Services is available for download. Over here you can find the KB article that describes the changes.
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Son of SmartPart: more details
Since Patrick is totally into business value, ROI and TOC these days, let me tell you some more technical details about the “Son of SmartPart” (aka SmartPart vNext). First of all, what is the problem that the SmartPart fixes? You can’t use ASP.NET 2.0 web parts or user controls in the current version of Windows SharePoint Services. Service Pack 2 of WSS will allow you to host a SharePoint site on a virtual directory running on ASP.NET 2.0, but this doesn’t solve the issue. That’s why we created the next version of the SmartPart (aka Son of SmartPart), which will allow you to show ASP.NET 2.0 user controls and web parts inside WSS. This version of the SmartPart will come in two flavours: one for hosting user controls and one for hosting web parts (2.0 web parts that is).
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'Son of the SmartPart' Technology Preview
The word is out ...
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You know why PDC '05 is held in LA? I do!
Did you ever wonder why PDC is held in Los Angeles this year? I didn't know either before this morning, until I encountered this road sign:
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Arrived at Los Angeles for PDC ‘05
I just arrived at Los Angeles for the PDC conference! Together with a bunch of EMEA people we are staying in the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel (check David’s post for a list of Belgians). There was a welcome party yesterday evening but since everybody was awake for more than 24 hours, a lot of people (including me) left quite early. For some early impressions you can check my MSN Space for some pictures. Today we are going to do a city tour in L.A., trying to visit all the tourist hot spots. The countdown for the key note has started ... :-)
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SmartPart @ PDC?
Here's a little hint for all the SmartPart fans out there: stay tuned for some exciting announcements... I'm not going to spoil the surprise but here's my advice for web part developers: invest some time in ASP.NET 2.0; you'll be able to use it sooner than you may think. :-)
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Leaving for PDC, Yeah Baby!
I'm getting excited, tomorrow (very very early, even for me) I will leave for PDC, together with a bunch of other geeks. It will be my first major Microsoft event outside Belgium; I'm ready for the information overload. Besides the technical content I really hope that there will be some other SharePoint/BizTalk/IW fans which I've "met" online.
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SharePoint RPC Services via the URL Protocol
I knew that I had seen this sometime somewhere when I was looking for it. Even my SharePoint buddy didn't know how to pull off this little trick. But thanks to Chan's post, I now have a link to the solution! :-) You can get the HTML to display contents of a Document Library or a List (just a list of items, no toolbars) by using the RPC protocol, the nice thing is that you can also use RPC by providing parameters in the URL. For example this URL
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SmartPart Version 1.1: Alive and Kicking!
I know I promised the new version of the SmartPart for this weekend, but minutes before I wanted to upload the bits to GotDotNet Workspace I found a small issue. It took me some time to find the bug, but now I’m proud to present to you the SmartPart version 1.1! Before you all start downloading the latest version, here’s an overview of the new features:
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Season 05/06 Started: PDC + SmartPart v1.1
Pfew, it has been a while since my last noticeable blog post. I'm sorry for my avid readers who have visited my blog in vain in the last couple of months. Just to kill some rumours: I don’t have a blog restraint, I haven’t transformed into a Websphere junkie and I’m still alive. :-) Holidays are over and I’m ready for the new Blogging Season!