The next installment in the IntranetJournal.com series:

Developing a Custom Web Part, Part 2

Thanks for all the comments. I am always open to topic suggestions.

Eli Robillard speculates.

Dino is reporting that the source code for the data extraction program is now available, and he is working on a WSS-only version.

Download the Report Pack here.

Why is the entire internet prompting me to install Flash8?  Did Macromedia change something?

2005 World Series Champion

I always thought that the Image Web Part had little value.  How wrong I was...

Microsoft published sample chapters from a few Microsoft Press books:

• Windows SharePoint Services Inside Out
• Windows SharePoint Services Step by Step

Just like I did last summer, Bil Simser sets out to correct some misinformation about SharePoint.

Eric Rucker is blogging about Access 12. His post today discussed changes to the underlying engine to provide "full schema compatibility with Windows SharePoint Services lists." A benefit of this change: "This allows us to take SharePoint list data offline and to provide rich-client UI for SharePoint using Access."

I see this as quite a big deal. Consider the number of Access developers compared to the number of InfoPath developers. Consider the number of installed Access licenses compared to the number of InfoPath licenses. I would not be surprised if this dramaticlly slows the acceptance of InfoPath.

Look closely at the far left of this image:

• The computer is the original IBM PC (1981).
• The monitor looks like one of those new color monitors (a whopping 16 colors).
• The box is from Windows 3.0 (1990)
• The installation media is 5¼" floppies

Ahhh...those were the days.

The amusing point -- this image was grabbed from the screen during an installation of SQL Server SP4 (2005).