Two useful WSS v3 resources

Just a quick post.
I found these two resources useful today.
The first is a step by step guide to installing and configuring MOSS in Virtual PC. The steps are very clear and surprisingly everything went according to the guide - no small feat!
http://www.pptspaces.com/sharepointreporterblog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=7537e639%2Db4e5%2D48b6%2D97c0%2Da75e44ee9be3&ID=28&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epptspaces%2Ecom%2Fsharepointreporterblog%2FLists%2FPosts%2FAllPosts%2Easpx

The second is a look at the process of developing with WSS. It has a really good look at packaging a project into a solution that can be deployed to a server.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530302.aspx#WSSDevToolsTechs_P1_CloserLookWinSharePointServicesSolutions

Oconics expands

We were in the paper today!
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21810204-5003680,00.html

Very cool!

jQuery Manager for .Net

I released the early version of my jQuery Script Manager today on CodePlex.
Its an idea that I have had for the past couple of days in an attempt to make using jQuery and ASP.Net work nicely. I've been using JavaScript lately with SharePoint (WSS v3 & MOSS) and I've been unhappy with how injected JavaScript can get really messy. This project is an attempt to make it better.

What is jQuery you ask?

So here is how its currently used:

1) Add the jQuery Script Manager to the page

<%@ Register Assembly="jQuery.ScriptManager, Version=1.0.0.0, 
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" Namespace="jQuery.ScriptManager" TagPrefix="jQuery" %>
 
...
 
<jQuery:jQueryManager id="jQueryM" runat="server">
</jQueryManager>

2) register any JavaScripts functions that need to run on document.load

<jQuery:jQueryManager id="jQueryM" runat="server">
     <ReadyFunctions>
          <jQuery:RegisterReadyFunction FunctionName="TestFunction" />
     </ReadyFunctions>
</jQueryManager>

3) Create the JavaScript function

function TestFunction(){
     alert('The page has loaded!');
}

The JavaScript function "TestFunction" will be called when the page loads by placing it in jQuery's $(document).ready function.

Embedding JavaScript as a resource in a .Net assembly

I needed to do this today for a web part that I'm creating. Being able to have the JavaScript packaged is so much neater.
http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/080906-1.aspx

ASP.Net AJAX and MOSS 2007

This post from Mike Ammerlaan just saved me some time on what to add to the Web.config for MOSS.

MOSS 2007 WebPart CAS

This is a good article on MOSS CAS - saved me some time!

Update:
I also discovered the hard way that if you use the sample config file associated with the article bad security things will happen. This is because WSS does not have permission to access the file, so I copied the wss_minimaltrust.config, and then copied the contents of the sample file into it.

Time to leave

I've decided that after 3 good years at UniSA that its time to leave.

I've had a great time there and have learnt a lot, but I really felt that it was time to move on.
I'm looking forward to the new challenge and hopefully I'll be more motivated to update this blog as I'll have new things to say!

View Trace.axd v1.2!

Its finally been approved!
Get it here
This version is smarter than before and will now open Trace.axd only when one exists and if the current page is Trace.axd it does nothing.

SQL Code Camp

This is the first I heard about SQL Code Camp - http://www.sqldownunder.com/CodeCamp/tabid/53/Default.aspx
Perhaps I'm just not reading the right blogs?
I'll have to mention it at work to see if we can go...

... and one more JavaScript thig

I also forgot to mention JavaScript Lint - http://www.javascriptlint.com/

You can add it in as an external tool in Visual Studio and get a JavaScript code checker, like FXCop – woohoo!

Javascript and screen readers

I found two great posts today focusing on JavaScript with screen readers.

The first one is a test to try and get a screen reader to read changes in the DOM – the conclusion is that it doesn’t work L

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/ajax-screenreaders-work

This second post is even more interesting as it shows which JavaScript events are compatible with which screen reader – all in one table

http://www.access-matters.com/results-for-javascript-part-2-navigating-forms/

TechEd Flair

Here is my first attempt at some flair for this year

View Trace.axd

My view trace.axd Firefox extention became live today - woo!

Stylus Studio

I use Stylus Studio at work and have found it to be a great XML tool.
When developing our XML driven flash application at work, stylus studio made creating the schema's and xml easy.
I've also used it serveral times to get my Xpath queries right, which is also great.

Open Source CMS

This site has a collection of opensource CMS's that are avaliable to play with without installing them fist only to find out that its rubbish.

Hex -> RGB and back

http://www.321webmaster.com/colorconverter.php

 

HTTrack

I’m not sure if I’ve already mentioned this, but I couldn’t find it when I needed it

http://www.httrack.com/

it saves an entire site.

Mario level editor

This is really cool. I want to make one
link (via boing boing)

Deletign Services in Win2003

http://msmvps.com/nuoyan/archive/2004/11/07/18247.aspx

I needed to do this today.

hash reviewed

I was just reading this article http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1859751,00.asp explaining that MD5 is now bad because of collisions and stuff, so ive had another look at my hasher and added a few extras.