The Technology Corner: Integrating Silverlight and Virtual Earth with Dynamics GP
Starting today, I will introduce a weekly series dedicated to explore other Microsoft technologies that may seem totally unrelated to Dynamics GP. These articles are based on experiences acquired through pet projects. These are projects that have not made it beyond my computing lab and have become a true passion of mine. My intention is to present them to you the reader with only one goal in mind: show how the use of technology can enhance user interaction with data . The articles will present practical samples of these technologies and how they could perhaps be incorporated into your Dynamics GP development efforts. Part I: The Virtual Earth Silverlight Map Interface Today we will explore Silverlight and Microsoft Virtual Earth . Silverlight was originally introduced as a video streaming plug in, but has rapidly evolved into a feature-rich interactive web applications development framework. In turn, Microsoft Virtual Earth, now Bing Maps for Enterprise, is a set of controls and APIs ...