If you are a developer creating solutions for Microsoft Office Live Small Business, you should check out the new Contact Manager Web Service Examples download on the Office Live Small Business Code Samples page in the MSDN Code Gallery.
The download is an Office Live solution (.olp) file. Once you’ve downloaded it, you can add it to your Office Live Small Business account as a custom business application. And once you have the application, you can see code examples for every method available for your solutions to interact with Contact Manager data.
The application that is added is called WebBCM Examples. Inside the application is a Files library that contains a JScript file and an HTML file. When you open the HTML file, you’ll see all the methods for the Contact Manager Web service listed down the left side.
Click any method to see how to form a SOAP request for that method. You can then edit the SOAP request, or invoke it as it is written.
Next, click Invoke WebMethod to see the SOAP response to that request.
When you invoke the method, the SOAP request interacts with the Contact Manager data in this account. If you would like to confirm the changes that were made, you can click Verify Data. Any sample data that is added by this application is clearly marked with the word Sample.
If you need more detailed information about the Contact Manager Web service, try the Office Live Small Business Developer Guide. Think of all the guesswork that’s just been cut out of your solution development process when it comes to interacting with the Contact Manager Web service!
Cheryl Evans