Using a BDC Item/Entity Picker Control in Custom SharePoint Application Pages

I recently had the need to create a custom SharePoint application page (living in_layouts directory) that needed to display the BDC entity picker control, so that a user filling out this form could select a BDC entity instance, exactly like a user would in a business data column defined on a list. It took a while to figure it out, here are the steps to get it working: (more…)

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