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Unknown to most developers because you have to use FrontPage 2003 to create the Data View Web Part, it lets you display data from any SharePoint site to which you can connect, from any database with a functional OLEDB provider; parse and display XML files; and connect to SOAP Web Services. Using Web Part Connections, the Data View can pass parameters to Web sites that return XML, and even pass parameters to SOAP Web Services. All this without writing a single line of code. Find out how to put the Data View Web Part to use.
Keyword Tags: Application Development, Collaboration, Development, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (WSS), Microsoft .NET Framework, Oracle, Portals, Software Development, Web Development, XML