SharePoint Meets Database

SharePoint Meets Database

They can co-exist
And leverage each other
…by using Iron Speed Designer

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Copyright © 2006-2008. Iron Speed® Inc. All rights reserved

Build data-centric SharePoint applications
without coding

Visit us: www.ironspeed.com
Download the Free Edition: www.ironspeed.com/download

Copyright © 2006-2008. Iron Speed Inc. All rights reserved

Why use Iron Speed Designer?

Application generation = acceleration
 Speed application development
 Cut software development costs
 Reduce testing time
 Simplify maintenance

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What does Iron Speed Designer do?
"I can honestly say that Iron Speed Designer does cut your development time by more
than half. … That's how productive I think the tool makes our developers."

— Robert Rivera, Development Manager, Los Angeles County Health Department

Use Iron Speed Designer for
 Business process automation
 Reporting and tracking applications
 Workflow and scheduling applications
 Rapid prototyping

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What does Iron Speed Designer Generate?

Iron Speed Designer generates Web applications…
 ASPX pages
 C# and Visual Basic code-behind files
 Data access layer
 Stored procedures

… straight from your database.
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Generating an Application: Application Wizard
Go to: Tools  Application Wizard… OR
Files  New Application…

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Demo:
Generate a SharePoint application in 2 minutes

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Questions?

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Customizing Applications
 Layout Customizations
Use Spreadsheet Grid
 Toolbox – Drag and drop
Easily add pre-configured panels and controls
 Code Customizations
 Use Excel-like Formulas

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Page Layout Customization
Spreadsheet shows a ‘logical representation’ of page section
Drag and drop to arrange controls
Designer converts page layout to HTML (ASPX)
(You don’t have to know any HTML or ASPX!)
Cell Editor allows fine-grained tuning and formatting
- Add any HTML or ASPX
- Change font, bold, italics, alignment, cell borders, cell width

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Using Toolbox Controls
Drag and drop controls onto your Web page
Toolbox controls are databound – there’s nothing to hook up!
- Fields, labels and entire panels!

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Formula Language
 Easily add business logic
Excel-like
Most common tasks can be done – 75 to 80%
No need to know VB.NET or C#
Easy to extend – local and global extensions

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Integrated with SharePoint
 Runs within SharePoint
 Familiar User Interface
 Integrated SharePoint Security
 Authentication
 Authorization: SharePoint Groups
 All features of Iron Speed Designer available
 Easy deployment using WSP

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Security
 Can use
SharePoint Groups
Database
 SharePoint Groups
 Use Web Services or Database
 Web Services
 No Administrative access to Database required
 Requires URLs for all site collections
 Database
 Direct connection
 Can see all web applications at once

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Security
 Uses SharePoint Groups as roles
 Groups are specific to Site Collection
 User role is a pairing of site collection and group
 Can be specific to
Web Application / Site Collection / Group
 Common to all web applications
 Site Collection / Group

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Web Application 1 ID={1B24-… -1111}
Web Application Specific roles examples:
{AD34-… -2222}/sc1/group2
Site Collection 1 Webs: Groups: {1B24-… -1111}/sc1/group2
(Site) Site1 group1
URL: Site2 group2
spserver:80/sc1 group3 Web Application Invariant roles examples:
/sc1/group1
/sc2/group2

Site Collection 2 Webs: Groups:
(Site) Site1 group1
URL: Site2a group2
spserver:80/sc2 group5

Web Application 2 ID={AD34-… -2222}

(Site) Site1 group1
URL: Site2 group2
WA2/sc1 group3

(Site) Site1 group1
URL: Site2a group2
WA2/sc3 group5

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Deployment
 Use Deployment Wizard to create WSP
Copying folder does not work
 Deployment Wizard
Changes application from simulator to SharePoint
enabled
Creates WSP for installation

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Deployment Hierarchy
 Farm
 Server
 Web Application
 Site Collection

 Site

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SharePoint Farm
(SPFarm_admin)

Server 1 Server 2 Server 3

Content Content Content Services Apps Content
DB 1 DB 2 DB 3 DB1 DB 1 DB 4

Web Web Web Application3 Web Web
Application1 Application2 (wa3_admin) Application4 Application5
(wa1_admin) (wa2_admin) (wa4_admin) (wa5_admin)

Site collection1 Site collection Site collection1 Site collection3 Site collection1 Site collection
-Group1 -Group1 -Group1 -Group1 -Group1 -Group1
--Group4 --Group4 --Group4 --Group4 --Group4 --Group4

Site collection2 Site collection2 Site collection2
-Group1 -Group1 -Group1
-Group2 -Group2 -Group2
-Group3 -Group3
--Group4 --Group4

Site collection3
-Group1
-Group2
-Group3

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IIS

Application Pools:
C:InetpubwwwrootwssVir
Central_Admin_A tualDirectories
ppPool
(SpFarm_admin) 2133

80
WA1_AppPool App_GlobalResources
(wa1_admin) App_Themes
bin C:Program FilesCommon Files Microsoft
web.config SharedWeb Server
_layouts Extensions12TEMPLATE
LAYOUTS
WA2_AppPool WA2
wa2_admin App_GlobalResources MyApp1
App_Themes MyApp2
bin MyApp3
_layouts web.config

C:InetpubwwwrootwssVir
tualDirectories C:Program FilesCommon Files Microsoft
IIS
SharedWeb Server
23713 Extensions12TEMPLATE
WA3_AppPool LAYOUTS
App_GlobalResources
wa3_admin
App_Themes
bin MyApp4
_layouts web.config MyApp5
MyApp6

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Questions?

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