Sharepoint and Silverlight

06-29-2009 11:35 AM |

Hi I have a requirement where i have a Sharepoint site which i need to convert into a Silverlight app. What would be the best way to do it Having Silverlight webparts deployed on to the sharepoint site OR Build a new Silverlight app, query the Sharpeoint data and present it in the Silverlight app. Thanks in advance

Re: Sharepoint and Silverlight

06-30-2009 2:59 AM |

 It realy depends on how the app was build in the first place, what the requirements are (are there other things SharePoint was used for except for storing data?). If you use some of the webpart functionality right now for having a more flexibel solution, it could be a pain to have to rewrite this in Silverlight.

Most other things can obviously be reached trough the default webservices that come with SharePoint and if all else fails you could build a service yourself to provide you with functionality that is not already available.

HTH.

Re: Sharepoint and Silverlight

07-02-2009 3:33 AM |

I would suggest you to use silverlight wepart where you query sharepoint data and present them in silverlight. The best way for sharepoint-silverlight communication would be the one given at following URL.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc627341.aspx

Regards,

Nirav

Re: Re: Sharepoint and Silverlight

07-02-2009 4:17 AM |

Hi Thanks for your prompt response. The sharepoint site is not used for storing alone. It has custom web parts. So i think, for presenting Sharepoint data in Silverlight, its better using Silverlight webparts and deploy them in Sharepoint site( atleast in my case). Any ideas?? Thanks in advance