January, 2012

XML files are often used as input to search engines. The article Custom XML Item Processing describes one way of indexing XML content for FAST Search Server 2010. Another option is to create a custom XML indexing connector. This option: Selects and creates the mapping from the XML elements to crawled properties outside of document processing. This means you don’t have to enable optional document processing and configuration of the XML mapper. Supports the indexing of multiple XML formats with your search solution. Indexes XML files that contain multiple XML elements that should be indexed as separate items or documents. Note: This is unlike the method described in Custom XML Item Processing, in which each XML element must be stored in an XML file. Example of a custom XML indexing connector for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint The custom XML indexing connector example described in this article is an extension of the custom indexing connector example described in Code Sample: MyFileConnector...

Ribbon customizations, deployed as custom actions, in SharePoint 2010 can be categorized in two ways: filtered and unfiltered. A filtered custom action is one that uses the RegistrationId and RegistrationType attributes, for example to target a specific list. An unfiltered custom action is one that does not use these attributes. Ribbon custom actions are handled in different ways depending on the type. Both filtered and unfiltered custom actions are passed into the SPElementProvider internal class. SPElementProvider retrieves the Server ribbon XML from the custom action and sends it to the internal classes SPToolbar and SPUIProcessor depending on the type of custom action. A custom action has two pieces: A user interface piece (i.e., a button) A command handler that will interact and control the button on the page For filtered custom actions, the UI and handlers are generated in the following way: SPToolbar class takes the handler data, which is stored in <CommandUIHandlers> in the...

Excel Services is part of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. Excel Services is built on ASP.NET and SharePoint Foundation technologies. Following are the core components in Excel Services: · Excel Web Access · Excel Web Services · User-defined functions (UDFs) · ECMAScript (JavaScript, JScript) · Representational State Transfer (REST) service · Excel Calculation Services The Excel Web Access, Excel Web Services, UDFs, ECMAScript, the REST service, and Excel Calculation Services components can be divided into two major groups: the components on a front-end server (also known as the "Web front end") and the component on a back-end application server. An important aspect of Excel Services is that solution developers can use its power programmatically from their applications. These applications can be line-of-business (LOB) products or custom enterprise solutions that an organization develops internally. Following are examples of these applications: · Multitiered applications, with...