Welcome to the Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group Russ Basiura Principal Consultant RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com [e-mail]

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Welcome to the Delaware Valley SharePoint User
Group Russ BasiuraPrincipal ConsultantRJB
Technical Consultingwww.rjbtech.comruss_at_rjbtech.
com
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AGENDA

• Quick Intro
• Announcements
• FREE Out of the Box Web Parts
• Breadcrumb Navigation
• DataView
• Chart
• 5 minute break
• SharePoint Custom Web Part Development
• Why
• Getting Started The Development Environment
• Getting Started Developing a Basic Web Part
  using C
• Deployment Options
• 5 minute break
• CorasWorks
• Round Table Q A

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Introductions DVSUG Sponsor

• RJB Technical Consulting (www.rjbtech.com)
• Delaware Valley based Microsoft consulting
  company
• Microsoft Partner
• Practice Area focused on Information Worker
  Technologies
• Office 12, SharePoint v3, Groove Private Beta
  Partner

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User Group Goal / Objectives

• Build a local community focused on Microsoft
  SharePoint Technologies
• Educate user group members about SharePoint
  Technologies
• Transfer knowledge within the community
• Communicate best practices
• Introduce new products / solutions

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www.dvsug.org

• Website for user group
• SharePoint resource documents
• SharePoint resource websites links
• RSS Feeds
• Meeting Schedule
• Past User Group Presentations
• Blogs
• Live Meetings / Webex
• Discussions

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Upcoming Schedule

• Next Meeting
• Febraury 22nd 530 PM to 830 PM
• StayBridge Suites, Malvern, PA
• Topic You tell us Survey out on
  http//www.dvsug.org
• Ongoing Schedule
• Last Wednesday of every month
• 530 PM to 830 PM
• StayBridge Suites, Malvern, PA

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SharePoint Advisor Magazine

• The Advisor Guide to using Microsoft SharePoint
  technology, Windows SharePoint Services,
  SharePoint Portal Server, and more, including
  Microsoft Office System and SharePoint,
  enterprise integration and administration, and
  innovative SharePoint-based solutions, with
  how-to, tips, code, downloads, training,
  step-by-step, and more...
• Have contacted editor -- hope to get some free
  first issues for the Delaware Valley SharePoint
  User Group

www.sharepointadvisor.com
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SharePoint Connections Conference

• Technical conference focusing on SharePoint
• Tips
• Tricks
• Code
• How Tos
• 1295 Main Event Registration by Feb 16 2006
• 1395 Main Event Registration after Feb 16 2006
• http//www.devconnections.com/shows/SPDSpring2006/

April 2 - 5, 2006Orlando, Florida Hyatt Regency
Grand Cypress Hotel
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SharePoint Toolkit

• FREE and Out of the box web parts that help make
  your deployment more successful
• Breadcrumb Navigation
• Dataview
• Chart

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Adding a breadcrumb web part

• What is a breadcrumb?
• Navigation hierarchy
• Ex Home gtgt Divisions gtgt HR
• Addresses the Up To ABC Site issue of
  single level
• Utilizes a free web part
• Can be included in templates
• Improves usability and navigation

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Adding a breadcrumb web part

• Download web part from http//download.microsoft
  .com/download/2/6/b/26b3cf90-dd4a-490c-a7dd-4ce6e2
  0137b3/BreadcrumbSiteNavigation.zip
• Install to server
• Update web.config
• Import DWP file to site or page
• Add to web page for navigation

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• Demo
• Adding a Breadcrumb Web Part

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The DataView Web Part

• Created in FrontPage
• Can Consume
• SharePoint Lists/Libraries
• Data in Databases
• Web Services
• Practically anything that is XML
• Customizable
• Layout/Style
• Connectable
• Conditional Formatting

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The Data Source Catalog

• Task Pane available when creating a DataView
• Displays
• Lists/Libraries for the current Site
• Existing Database Connections
• Existing XML Files (current site or manually
  added)
• Server-side Scripts (parameterized web pages
  that emit xml)
• Web Services (i.e. SharePoint Web Services)

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DataView Details Configuration

• Task Pane (Details) available when configuring a
  DataView
• Allows configuration of
• Styles
• Filtering
• Sorting and Grouping
• Conditional Formatting -- style changes based
  on data value(s)
• Displays the data available for consumption
• Why??
• Full control over the presentation
• Powerful grouping functionality
• Seamlessly integrate existing data into
  SharePoint

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• Demo
• Data View Web Part

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Using Chart Web Part

• XML or List based
• Supports XPath queries
• Highly configurable
• Line
• Pie
• Bar
• Outputs PNG or VML (no client side requirements)

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Charting Web Part

• Download web part from http//www.microsoft.com/s
  harepoint/downloads/components/detail.asp?a701
• Install the CAB file into the GAC (stsadm o
  addwppack filename ChartWebPartLibraryCAB.CAB
  globalinstall)
• Give SharePoint Application Pool user Write
  access to C\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
  Shared\web server extensions\wpresources\ChartWebP
  artLibrary\1.0.0.0__ec1e93bf640efdaf
• Place Web Part on a Page
• Serve with XML or List Data

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• Demo
• Graphing Using Charting Web Part

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• 5 minute break

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• Building and Deploying Web Parts using C

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Why Create Custom Web Parts?

• Extend the functionality of SharePoint
• Leverage the Object Model
• e.g. Custom Advanced Search,
• Integrate Existing Data/Functionality
• Other Data sources
• Consume Web Services
• e.g. Line of Business Data
• Dashboards/Reporting
• e.g. Analytics (Charts, Graphs, Gauges)
• SQL Reporting Services

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• Getting Started
• The SharePoint Developer Environment

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Basic Development Environment Requirements

• Visual Studio .NET
• Local Version of SharePoint Assemblies
• Microsoft.SharePoint.dll
• Required for all Web Parts
• Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.dll
• Required for leveraging Portal-specific
  functionality (i.e. Audiences, Portal Searching,
  User Profiles, etc.)

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Basic Development Environment Requirements

• VS.NET Web Part Project Template (available on
  MSDN)
• Project Template for DWP, Manifest, Basic Web
  Part Class, etc.
• Access to a machine running Windows SharePoint
  Services
• Portal is ONLY required for Portal-specific web
  parts
• Tip Leverage Virtual Server or Virtual PC
• SDK for WSS and Portal for Object Model
  Documentation

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• Getting Started
• Developing a Basic Web Part

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The Core
Your Web Part
.NET Assemblyencapsulatingthe server-sidecode
and therendering of the HTML
A DWP file(XML-based) storingsome
commonproperty valuesand points tothe .NET
assemblyto be loaded
Safe Control Settings and Trust Level in the
virtual servers Web.config
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The DWP Web Part Description File

• lt?xml version"1.0" encoding"utf-8"?gt
• ltWebPart xmlns"http//schemas.microsoft.com/WebPa
  rt/v2" gt
• ltTitlegt
• My Customers
• lt/Titlegt
• ltDescriptiongt
• Displays a list of customers for the current
  user.
• lt/Descriptiongt
• ltAssemblygt
• DVSUG.WebParts
• lt/Assemblygt
• ltTypeNamegt
• DVSUG.WebParts.MyCustomersWebPart
• lt/TypeNamegt
• lt/WebPartgt

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The Web.config

• ltconfigurationgt
• ltSharePointgt
• ltSafeControlsgt
• ltSafeControl
• AssemblyDVSUG.WebParts"
• NamespaceDVSUG.WebParts"
• TypeName""
• Safe"True"/gt
• lt/SafeControlsgt
• lt/SharePointgt
• lt/configurationgt

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The Web Part Framework Web Part Class

• Derive from Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebP
  art
• ToolboxData
• XmlRoot
• Your Class

ToolboxData("lt0MyCustomersWebPart
runatservergtlt/0MyCustomersWebPartgt"), XmlRoot(
NamespaceDVSUG.WebParts") public class
MyCustomersWebPart Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartP
ages.WebPart
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The Web Part Framework - Properties

• Public Serializable properties are visible on
  the Tool Pane
• string, bool, int, float, enum,
  System.DateTime, and System.Drawing.KnownColor
• Decorate Public Properties with Attributes

Browsable(true), DefaultValue(0), WebPartStorage(
Storage.Personal), Description("Determines the
maximum number of customer records to return (a 0
implies all customers)."), FriendlyName("Max
Customer Records"), Category("Configuration") pub
lic int MaxRecords get return _maxRecords
set _maxRecords value
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The Web Part Framework CreateChildControls

• Override for Composite Controls
• Leverage existing ASP.NET server controls
  (Calendar, Button, etc.)
• Wire-up Events

protected override void CreateChildControls() _
button new Button() _button.Text "Click
Me" _button.Click new EventHandler(button_Cli
ck) this.Controls.Add(_button)
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The Web Part Framework RenderWebPart

• Override to Emit HTML/Render your Control

protected override void RenderWebPart(HtmlTextWrit
er output) output.Write(Please click my
button ltbr /gt) this._button.RenderControl(outp
ut)
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• Demo
• Create a Basic Web Part

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• Web Part Deployment Options

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Deployment Options

• Manual
• Assembly in bin or GAC (must be signed if in
  GAC!!!)
• web.config SafeControl
• STSADM
• Manifest
• CAB File
• stsadm.exe -o addwppack
• WPPackager
• Download from MSDN
• MSI File to Install on Web Server

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• Q A

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• CorasWorks Workplace Suite

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• Round Table Discussion