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Use of Visual Studio
Posted: 21 Mar 08 4:41 PM
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Hello,
I've just installed SLX 7.2.2 and I was asking myself if it is possible to use visual studio as the Web IDE for customizations as it is said in the sales documentation.
"Quickly create customizations with codeless capabilities – Sage SalesLogix
v7.2 has been designed specifically to accomplish most customizations using
a codeless, wizard and template-based approach, enabling quick creation of
customizations without requiring extensive Web and programming knowledge.
Advanced customizations can still be accomplished using standard development
tools such as Visual Studio.NET or the included code editor."
Is it really possible?
How should I configure it?
How could I get my whole project?
Another question, I can't find any documentation on web customization, like a web developer reference guide, where could I get that?
Many thanks,
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Re: Use of Visual Studio
Posted: 21 Mar 08 7:42 PM
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...KEY: Advanced customizations.. in VS....
You will find yourself doing a LOT inside the "AA".. business rules, etc....
The best way to learn the new web stuff is to take a class.. you can do this thru Sage Online University..
a - Classes in AZ
or
b - "Blended" classes over the web.
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RJLedger - rjlSystems |
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Re: Use of Visual Studio
Posted: 22 Mar 08 2:09 AM
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Hi JJE,
You won't be able to use VS for everything but there is quite a bit you can do in VS. The key here is to *not* force everything in VS where AA is the better fit for the customization, just for the sake of using VS. You can create custom SmartParts, code in DLLs to plug into business rules and events in VS and then plug them into AA where needed.
Is there a specific customization you're looking at trying to do in VS that you have questions about? |
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Re: Use of Visual Studio
Posted: 25 Mar 08 6:24 AM
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Thanks for your answers,
I'm not yet trained on SLX 7.2, but we've developed on 6.2.6 customer portal some templates to allow a customer contact to manage other contacts from his account to allow them acces our customer portal.
I think that the best way to upgrade this in 7.2 is to redo it in ASP/C# and I was asking myself which wil be the better IDE for this.
(Maybe using VS - if possible - will be easier than learn AA from the beginning)
Regards,
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Re: Use of Visual Studio
Posted: 25 Mar 08 10:02 AM
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I think of the AA more as a configuration tool than a development environment... You need to know how it works to set up the entities, create or edit simple forms, and link up some of the goo (business rules, setting up which smart parts go on the portal pages etc). But all the programming (the actual logic for the business rules, as well as complex forms that are too hard to do with quickforms) is done in VS.
So basically you will have to learn and use both regardless! |
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Re: Use of Visual Studio
Posted: 26 Mar 08 6:33 AM
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There is definately a mix here. I find I have to be in VS quite alot and Nicolas mentioned, when things either get complex or I have to do any debugging VS is the only way. Generally I sent up my entities and stubb out my rules/ events inside of AA. I then deploy and open up the pages in VS where I can code up the logic and test. When I am satisfied that everything is working I back port the events into AA to ensure that they can be deployed correctly.
Mark |
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