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Using the Content Types and Properties Refactoring Tool in Mossquito 2009

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:58:36 GMT

Content types are a valuable resource for grouping related fields together and using these field groups in your lists. SharePoint adds flexibility to your use of content types by allowing you to specify either custom controls (.ascx files) or custom pages (.aspx files) to use when adding, editing or displaying the fields in a content type. But what if you had a fairly large number of lists using a particular content type and wanted to assign different forms for add, edit and display according to the list. Wouldn't it be great if you could assign the appropriate form to each list in a single view and deploy these settings to each of your sites in a matter of minutes? This is where Mossquito 2009's new Content Types and Properties refactoring tool can help. Read more to see this tool in action.

Editing field properties with new site column and field refactoring tool in Mossquito

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:58:48 GMT

Tracking the usages of site columns in lists and locating unintended or incorrect property settings can be a real problem. The more complex the site collection, the more elusive and difficult these incorrect settings can be. With the new site column and field refactoring tool in Mossquito 2009, however, a clear view into all the usages of any site column is now available along with the capability to edit its property values at the level of the site column and at the level of each list. Read the full post for more details and to see this tool in action.

Current release of Mossquito 2009 introduces custom field type support and new refactoring tools

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:33:32 GMT

Our current release of Mossquito 2009 introduces two important and useful new features. The first of these is support for custom field types. This means that types you have created to fill your unique SharePoint needs are now available in Mossquito in the same way as native SharePoint types.
The second feature is a series of grids which we are calling refactoring matrices. These extend our current selection of usage matrices by allowing you to edit properties of related content types, site columns, fields and field links in a single view.
Combining a clear, visual picture of your site's objects with the ability to modify their usage and properties will remove much of the confusion involved in managing your SharePoint sites. Keep watching these blog postings for more detail on these features.

BoldBrick Becomes Nintex VAR Partner

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:45:11 GMT

Nintex is a leading global innovator of software that extends Microsoft SharePoint, bridging the gap between existing SharePoint features and customer needs. All Nintex products are designed with a passionate commitment to innovation and user experience. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, Nintex aligns with Microsoft’s strategic and architectural direction to ensure that Nintex and Microsoft products work in harmony, both today and into the future. Please visit www.nintex.com for more information.

BoldBrick Becomes Microsoft Certified Partner

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:20:12 GMT

BoldBrick, a startup software development company that specializes in SharePoint tools and applications development, today announced that it has reached certified status in Microsoft Partner Program with an Independent Software Vendor Competency.

BoldBrick releases FREE Mossquito 2009 Express Edition

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:16:12 GMT

Unique Compare & Merge technology for SharePoint is from now on available to all SharePoint IT Pros and Developers, free! Everyone can use our innovative approach to develop and manage SharePoint applications. Everyone can now create and upgrade live sites without the worry of corrupting data. Getting the taste of the Mossquito technology has not been easier!

Deploying new list in less than 3 minutes

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:35:33 GMT

See for yourself how easy it can be to make changes in existing SharePoint sites. In this short demo, Julie will show you how to deploy a new list to a SharePoint site. She will use the basic and quick deployment technique to merge changes with an existing site structure.

Upcoming features and releases

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:33:44 GMT

It's not that long since our RTM release and as you, our first users and customers, start adopting the Mossquito-powered ways of developing things for SharePoint, we are going to implement a couple more improvements and features that didn't make it to the RTM.

Mossquito DAO Demo Series, Part 2

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:32:19 GMT

In the second video of the DAO Demo Series, Julie will show you how to create new SharePoint content type and list in Mossquito, how to generate DAO classes and how to use it to access and modify the SharePoint content.

Mossquito DAO Demo Series, Part 1

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:30:05 GMT

This is the first video presentation in the DAO Demo Series to show the Mossquito's Data Access Objects generator capabilities and to demonstrate the usefulness of accessing the SharePoint content through a generated type-safe data layer.

Mossquito 2009 RTM ready for purchase

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:23:10 GMT

I want to share some great news with you today — the RTM release of Mossquito 2009, our innovative IDE for SharePoint, has just been released today and is ready for purchase online. Here in this post you can learn about our licensing policy, get a brief overview of what's new since the last beta and what we are planning to do in the nearest weeks.

SharePoint Conference 2009 follow up

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:21:32 GMT

Mossquito's first public appearance at the SharePoint conference 2009 in Las Vegas was a huge success!

Come visit us at SharePoint Conference 2009!

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:19:57 GMT

Yes, that's right, BoldBrick cannot miss the biggest SharePoint event of the year and is proud to be one of the exhibitors at the show!

Back-to-school Mossquito 2009 Beta released!

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:16:20 GMT

I'm pleased to announce that the next milestone has been reached. The so far best Mossquito is out in its second Beta release! It brings many imporvements. In general we have aimed for better stability and SharePoint integration. You will also enjoy reworked UI for editing individual model objects, DAO generator, improved workspace layout and Mossquito server ACL.

Introducing Mossquito 2009 beta

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:04:26 GMT

Hi! You are reading the first-ever blog post on this web site. And what's more, we are introducing the first public beta of Mossquito 2009, a new tool for fellow SharePoint developers. Isn't that amazing? We have a great new tool, packed with a lot of cool features, and I would like to tell you a bit about it today.