Comments on: A bit of exploration with SalesLogix, Custom portals, and ASP.NET MVC http://blog.nicocrm.com/2009/07/04/a-bit-of-exploration-with-saleslogix-custom-portals-and-aspnet-mvc/ Programming, technology, and CRM - from a Belgian programmer exiled to Missouri Tue, 25 May 2010 15:44:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ryan Farley http://blog.nicocrm.com/2009/07/04/a-bit-of-exploration-with-saleslogix-custom-portals-and-aspnet-mvc/comment-page-1/#comment-317 Ryan Farley Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:57:28 +0000 http://blog.chivinou.net/2009/07/04/a-bit-of-exploration-with-saleslogix-custom-portals-and-aspnet-mvc/#comment-317 Hey Nic, I can't get your sample code to download. Any ideas (or could you e-mail it to me)? Thanks! -Ryan Hey Nic, I can’t get your sample code to download. Any ideas (or could you e-mail it to me)? Thanks! -Ryan

]]> By: Nicolas Galler http://blog.nicocrm.com/2009/07/04/a-bit-of-exploration-with-saleslogix-custom-portals-and-aspnet-mvc/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Nicolas Galler Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:56:55 +0000 http://blog.chivinou.net/2009/07/04/a-bit-of-exploration-with-saleslogix-custom-portals-and-aspnet-mvc/#comment-290 You can use the MVC concept on the LAN client, in VBScript, but because the object-oriented capabilities of VBScript are so limited, and the editor in the Architect will not provide features like check for error at design-time or code completion, it is not going to offer as much benefit. But I have used the concept occasionally when there was enough logic on the model and the logic was going to be used from many places. The controller is pretty much fused with the view in that case. Technically I suppose you could also use the "Portal" feature to export the files and use them either as a Saleslogix .NET Extension (in the LAN client), or in an external windows-based application. This would offer a way to share the logic (the business rules) between the LAN and the web client. There may be some caching issues as NHibernate uses caching very aggressively - we noticed that when making a change on the LAN client it often does not appear on the web client until much later. You can use the MVC concept on the LAN client, in VBScript, but because the object-oriented capabilities of VBScript are so limited, and the editor in the Architect will not provide features like check for error at design-time or code completion, it is not going to offer as much benefit. But I have used the concept occasionally when there was enough logic on the model and the logic was going to be used from many places. The controller is pretty much fused with the view in that case.

Technically I suppose you could also use the “Portal” feature to export the files and use them either as a Saleslogix .NET Extension (in the LAN client), or in an external windows-based application. This would offer a way to share the logic (the business rules) between the LAN and the web client. There may be some caching issues as NHibernate uses caching very aggressively – we noticed that when making a change on the LAN client it often does not appear on the web client until much later.

]]> By: RJ Samp http://blog.nicocrm.com/2009/07/04/a-bit-of-exploration-with-saleslogix-custom-portals-and-aspnet-mvc/comment-page-1/#comment-289 RJ Samp Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:11:28 +0000 http://blog.chivinou.net/2009/07/04/a-bit-of-exploration-with-saleslogix-custom-portals-and-aspnet-mvc/#comment-289 Neat stuff, is there anyway to employ some of the MVC concepts with traditional SLX VB script? Neat stuff, is there anyway to employ some of the MVC concepts with traditional SLX VB script?

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