FitzBlog :

FitzBlog :

Any Web Part you write using today’s technology will work in the next version of Windows SharePoint Services.
WSS “v3” will support both the ASP.NET 2.0 and the WSS “v2” Web Part infrastructures.
Your Web Parts will not become obsolete.

CAML will still be the primary means of list/view data retrieval and formatting in WSS “v3”.
(Looping through object model collections will of course work, too,)

FrontPage RPCs will still be the only means by which you can upload a file, set meatadata on it, and check it in (or retrieve a file with its metadata and check it out) with a single remote call, and do so using a technique that reliably handles large blocks of data. Neither WebDAV nor SOAP can make this claim. You should use FrontPage RPCs to have your SmartClients save documents to/read documents from SharePoint sites.

Mike FITZMAURICE is a developer evangelism contact within Microsoft for Windows® SharePoint® Services (WSS) and Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Portal Server 2003 (SPS). I cover what we're doing in Redmond, with explanations and the occasional apology. If you have ideas on how we can help you develop with SharePoint® Products and Technologies, this is a good place for feedback.

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