Web and WebWorks Development

[summey]

I am working on bb widget for the office, so upper management run reports from there bb's using my widget i create.

1. is this possible to do with a widget?

2. we are implementing sharepoint right now and have already have some pages in share point that show reports from our databases

3. can i tap into the sharepoint pages from my widget?

I just want to get on the correct path on creating this so our bb users can view database from their bb's. Any help would be highly appreciated.

[tneil]

You can make this happen as long as the sharepoint report pages you are showing are compatible with the BlackBerry browser.  Some sharepoint pages utilize IE controls that are only supported in Internet Explorer.

Easiest way to check is to use the browser to browse to the page you wish to bring into your widget.

[summey]

So will my widget go through the black berry enterprise server? I would rather not open any web services to the world. I would like to go through the wiget or java app which ever way is the best way to do this.

I am using windows xp pro sp3 with visual studio 2008  sp1

[tneil]

Yes, your widget will connect through the BES securely.  You then have the option of either calling a web service via an AJAX call or to call a web page and bring the results back into your widget.

For a BlackBerry widget, you must have Handheld OS version 5.0 on the smartphone.  For older operating systems, you would likely need to use Java.

[summey]

ok that sounds great. We all use  storms with the new 5.0 firmware.

Where is some good information on how to do this, im very intrested in working with databases with my apps.

im not sure how to make my wigit talk to the sharepoint pages. I just thought it would save me more time sense it does all the work and i can just use the widget to show database reports, i thought about having a combobox listing  the pages that have the certian databases on them; the user could click on the one they wanted to view.

I have the plugin for visual studio the widget , and the web one. I am looking over the widget API's as well.

Thanks for your help! i really apperciate it.

[miamon]

Sharepoint+BlackBerry = Silverdust

http://silverdust.softartisans.com/