Microsoft Sync Framework and SharePoint - sharepoint

Sorry for this - propably - stupid question, but I read about the Sync Framework For Microsoft Sharepoint (here) but I could not find the SDK or sourcecode anywhere.
Does anyone know where I can find it?
Or did I misunderstand that and you have to go and use these webservice methods?
GetListItemChangesWithKnowledge(String, String, XmlNode, XmlNode, String, XmlNode, String, XmlNode, XmlNode)
And if so, is there anyone that has a working code sample for this?
Thanks!

You can check code example here:
http://chakkaradeep.com/index.php/sharepoint-2010-lists-getlistitemchangeswithknowledge-method/
But can you please elaborate why do you want to use this as there are many other options to sync data from sharepoint to other clients and it's mainly done for synchronizing with external client apps such as SharePoint Workspace

Did not find a solution. But SharePoint should be avoided by developers anyway

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How does the DocuSign API work?

I am very confused as to how the API of DocuSign works, I tried looking it up here:
https://www.docusign.com/p/RESTAPIGuide/RESTAPIGuide.htm
But that didn't help me much, especially not because I need to implement DocuSign into the open source version of Vtiger.
Does anybody here know a site where I can learn more about DocuSign and how I can combine it with Vtiger open source?
As for what I already tried that is nothing, I first need to make a functional design which is kind of hard to do when you don't even understand the basic API.
I would really appreciate it.
I have never worked with an API before, so this is all new for me.
Have you tried the API overview instead of the reference guide? Check this out:
https://www.docusign.com/developer-center/api-overview
You can also look at the API Recipes to see some starting examples of what you can do in any language. I believe VTiger is written in PHP so you can find the PHP code to copy and paste to get you started.

Have small chat application but i need current online users

In sharepoint I do have chatter web part.
That web part does not show the online user.
In sharepoint are there any ways to get online users into the WEB PART.
Please guide it is the requirement.
THanks a lot in advance
This is not possible out of the box with SharePoint. It's a big limitation, I know because I've been looking for ways to do this as well. But there may be a ways around it:
The following was proposed here: go4answers.webhost4life.com/Example/code-get-many-users-logged-sharepoint-79841.aspx
What comes to mind is that you could write something that would hook into the session_start and session_end. Here's an ASP.NET blog that covers it. http://imar.spaanjaars.com/QuickDocID.aspx?QUICKDOC=223.
I then realized that this may not work since sharepoint uses SqlServer, by default, not InProc for its session mgmt. This would prevent session_end from firing.
Ok, so if you change your web.config to use InProc, it should work. There are implications in doing this, of course. Here is an article that lets you assess where this is a safe thing to do based on your environment. http://sharepoint-one-stop.blogspot.com/2008/06/moss-2007-interview-questions.html

SharePoint - Posting and Retrieving files Automatically via VBScript

I'm going to need to push and pull files from a SharePoint site that is not hosted by my company (it is external). I'm only going to get a few days (if that) to get this working so I don't have much time to experiment.
To add to my requirements/headaches, I'm going to have to implement this with VBScript. .Net would be preferred for me but for reasons beyond my control I have to use VBScript. I don't have direct access to my VBScript web server, so I won't be able to implement this in .NET and use that object from VBScript.
I'm looking for anything that would help me accomplish this goal quickly and effectively. I found this post and am wondering if the PUT/GET method used here would work for me?
http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2004/06/06/149673.aspx (I got this link from: Sharepoint API - How to Upload files to Sharepoint Doc Library from ASP.NET Web Application)
To top all of this off, I've never done any programming or administration of a SharePoint site. My knowledge of SharePoint is that of a user. I'm aware that there is an API from the few Google searches I did. However, my readings make me believe that my code would need to run on or in proximity to the SharePoint server. I don't believe I have the proximity I need to use the API.
Sincere thank yous!
Regards,
Frank
Progress Update: I'm still researching this. Tom pointed out that the example I had posted is probably from an old SharePoint version. His recommendation to use .Net to develop a prototype on Web Services is good but I'm hoping for more detailed answers.
I'm now wondering if I can accomplish what I need to accomplish using HTTP PUT and GETs. At my company, for a specific project we do use HTTP PUT and GETs to do something like this. We have files that are stored on an HTTP server and this is how we post and retrieve them.
Would this work over SharePoint or would SharePoint require special handling? Basically, do I have to use Web Services?
Progress Update 2: This link is helpful... Upload a file to SharePoint through the built-in web services
But I am still looking for more information on this topic... Thanks all...
You'll need to use the sharepoint lists web service for metadata and get/put for uploads. That link looks to be for SharePoint 2001, so hopefully you can use the newer/simpler version.
I recommend building something in .net first to get the web service calls worked out - some of the parameters can be quite tricky to debug, and I wouldn't want to be doing that on a remote vbscript page.
Assuming there is no metadata required and the SharePoint library is being used like a file server you can do most of what you want with PUT/GET, but you will probably need a call to GetListItems to find the urls to download.
There's an example on my blog of a lower level call to that web service - it's javascript, but probably close enough.
http://tqcblog.com/2007/09/24/sharepoint-blog-content-rating-with-javascript-and-web-services
What setting up the .net version gets you is very quick set up of a connection to the server (just add a web service reference in visual studio) so you can get the query and queryoptions strings working to retrieve the items you want. Once that works you just have to put it all together as a string including the soap stuff for use without all the nice tools.
I'm a little unclear on the context of the implementation and the prerequisite of having to use VBScript. Are the files being moved from one server to another server or from a user's desktop to this SP server? or are they being accessed via software like Excel?
The first thing that sprang to my mind (this may sound crazy) was using the Office application to make the connection. Your script would call up Excel (just as an example) and pass it the vba needed to initiate the Open File, and then provide the full path to the file that needs to be retrieved. Then have it do a Save As to the location that needs the file. Do the same thing but in reverse for putting files on the SharePoint server.
The tricky part, obviously, is getting the script to interface with the Office app. I know this can be done with the Windows version of PHP, but I don't want to get into anything specific without knowing your situation.
I seriously wonder if you are going to be able to use VBScript to call the SharePoint web services. I haven't looked at the SharePoint web services for a while so I don't remember exactly how they are defined. I thought the web services were SOAP calls though which makes it trickier than
I'm not sure I tried to use Excel to call some web services with the MSSOAP.SoapClient and it seemed this component was unable to handle any WSDL types beyond the very simple strings. Anything with nested data would not work. Instead, you would need to create a COM object to process the conversion which is a major hassle. If you are able to use XMLHTTP component then it might be possible with VBScript, but I'm not sure if it will work with SharePoint web services.
I'm not sure what you mean, "I don't have direct access to my VBScript web server." Is your web server in VBScript (ASP)? Or did you mean SharePoint server?
You might consider C# Script (cs-script) as a scripted solution that uses .NET. I have had good success with it, although it does need to be installed on the computer that runs the script.
I'm integrating between two companies. According to this book, we should use AD FS to accomplish what I'm looking for.
I still don't actually have this working though so if someone has more information I will change the answer to this question.
http://books.google.com/books?id=-6Dw74If4N0C&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=sharing+sharepoint+sites+external+adfs&source=bl&ots=ojOlMP13tE&sig=FjsMmOHymCOMGo7il7vjWF_lagQ&hl=en&ei=ytqfStClO5mMtgejsfH0Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=&f=false
I never really received a answer to this that worked out but this is no longer an issue for me.
What we ended up doing is scraping the html. In effect, we put together our own ad-hoc web service processor where instead of SOAP, html is used to communicate. Then we execute GETs, POSTs, and etc to work with the web service.
We had done something similar in VBScript in for WebDAV -- we had a class and created a new one to work with SharePoint.

Where does the language Databasic originate?

Does anyone know where Databasic originates from, and any resources that could help me learn this language?
I'm assuming it's Basic but looking at some sample code there are database-specific features.
I recommend looking at the official documentation: http://download.northgate-is.com/reality/V14%20Manuals/help.htm
The company's web page also might have some useful information: http://www.northgate-reality.com/products.php
There is also DataBASIC that was developed by Metso Automation. It is a Basic variant that includes Database access commands, and has been used in Metso and Telvent products. I've been unable to find any Web resources on it, and depend on the documentation that comes with my Telvent product.

Integrating Instant Messaging into SharePoint!

Maybe this is a dumb question!
I'm just wandering is there any way/web part integrating with SharePoint, by which I can communicate with others instantly.
The reason behind this requirement is that I still have not found any workaround to communicate with my colleagues instantly, like MSN, in SharePoint.
P.s If I start building one, where should I get started!
Thanks for your input and forgive me if my question is stupid!
You can integrate Microsoft Office Communcations Server into SharePoint apparently. Gives you access to MSN Messenger internally to your enterprise, among other things.
Users who run Windows Live Messenger will get a precense icon for all user lookups when their email settings are configured properly. It requires all users to add each other to their live accounts, so it might not be the solution you are looking for. Another way to get the precense icon is by using Microsoft Office Communications Server as Moo suggested.
This also integrates well into Outlook and is the way Microsoft decided to implement communication in the Office suit.
Check out chatterbox:
http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2007/05/15/chatterbox-persistent-chat-session-for-sharepoint.aspx
Here is another open source feature I have been working on.
EDIT: The name of the feature is Sharepoint Messenger. You can find it either google search, codeplex or the link below.
https://sharepointmessenger.codeplex.com/

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