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Deployment Platforms & Workflows Quest Web Parts for SharePoint
 

Quest Web Parts for SharePoint Hot

 
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Developer Quest Software
Supports MOSS 2007WSS v3SPS 2003WSS v2
Free Trial Yes
Website http://www.quest.com

Quest Web Parts for SharePoint (formerly Development Studio for SharePoint) enables organizations to build collaborative applications using data from anywhere in the enterprise. The ability to build applications, menus and dashboards through configuration rather than code reduces the cost and time to build applications by up to 80 percent.

Connect SharePoint and External Data
Quest Web Parts allow you to easily view and edit data from external applications in SharePoint. You can connect to almost any system, and your users can find what they need when they need it regardless of where the data resides. Create simple and consistent interfaces for entering data and accessing reports in external systems.

Development Tool That’s Easy for All to Use
System architects, business analysts or power users can easily use Quest Web Parts to create sophisticated applications. For professional developers, Quest Web Parts eliminates much of the repetitive coding, preserving scarce coding resources for where they really add value. Quest Web Parts for SharePoint supports SharePoint 2003 and 2007 technologies.

Web Parts and Application Templates
The Quest Web Parts package includes three application templates -- Help Desk, CRM and Project Management -- to help you get started fast.   The included SharePoint Web parts are highlighted below.  

Systems Integration Web Parts (for SharePoint 2007 only) - The data's not in SharePoint? No problem

  • Quest SI List View
  • Quest SI List Form
  • Quest SI Chart View
  • Quest SI Selector


Data Viewer Web Parts - View your data like you've always wanted to

  • Quest List View
  • Quest Calendar View
  • Quest Chart View
  • Quest Excel Viewer

Data Entry Web Part - Sophisticated data entry

  • Quest List Form

Data Selector Web Parts - See only what you want to see

  • Quest Selector
  • Quest Multi-Selector
  • Quest Item Display

Navigation Web Parts - Get there faster

  • Quest Panel Menu
  • Quest Cascading Menu
  • Quest Bread Crumb (for SharePoint 2003 only)
  • Quest Page Redirector


Display Web Parts - Create polished applications

  • Quest Caption Display
  • Quest Help Link
  • Quest User Display (for SharePoint 2003 only)

 

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Userful collection of Web Parts

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful
Quest offers about 10 web parts that can be completely configured to leverage global features and reduce time development using the user interface. Quest Web Parts can fit most of your business needs.

Developers can easily configure a lot of things (for a complete overview, please refer to Quest web site: http://www.quest.com/web-parts-for-sharepoint/features-benefits.aspx). End users are allowed to do the same (depending on users’ permissions) but this can be complex for them to implement all features.

Some interesting features are provided by these Web Parts. For example, there is a web part to export filtered data to Excel (users don’t have to use Excel 2007 in opposition to O.O.B export feature) or another one to display information using graphs.

These basic features are really useful.

Product Reviews

Pros Beside classic forms and views, System Information forms can be used when Business Data Catalog is not available for displaying and modifying data coming from other System Information like SAP.

One of the most important features is the ability to extend functionality of Quest forms by adding buttons with custom code.

Furthermore, it is up to the developers to code some new layouts (CSS, data display structure and anything related to display) or adding some features in the form.

All the forms can be displayed in different languages depending on the culture of the user using a really simple technique based on a resources list. In the latest version, lookup values can be displayed using the current culture. This is really interesting for displaying some document status or choices in different languages. With these components, SharePoint is really a collaborative platform whatever people language is.
Cons Quest List View doesn’t provide filter features as Microsoft did (filter choices on the title of the field). This can be disconcerting for end users who already use SharePoint and did not receive a short training yet.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Generally a very good investment. We have found many new uses for the webparts, apart from the project they were originally purchased for

Product Reviews

Pros Many nice features not available natively in SharePoint
Easy to configure & use (once you've learnt how)
Extremely professional and helpful support
Comprehensive documentation & tutorials
Cons Takes an initial investment of time to learn
There are a few bugs
Documentation is not always well-written and can be confusing
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Reviewed by Trevor Arter
October 13, 2011
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