Unleash of the Son of the SmartPart

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Unleash of the Son of the SmartPart
Jan Tielens jan_at_u2u.be Trainer U2U

• Patrick Tisseghempatrick_at_u2u.be
• Managing Partner
• U2U

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Why the SmartPart?

• SharePoint Web Part development can be difficult
• No designer tools for the UI of the Web Part
• UI must be programmatically created at run-time
• ASP.NET developers love the concept of user
  controls
• SmartPart brings user controls into SharePoint
• Generic Web Part wrapper around user controls
• Exposes SharePoint access points to user control
  internal coding
• Community effort coordinated by Jan
• http//www.smartpart.info
• Get started with MSDN.BE article Building Web
  Parts the Smart Way 
• Currently version 1.1.0.0

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SmartPart in WSS 2003

• Patrick Tisseghem

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ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts

• Provide building blocks for dynamic web sites
• Can be used in any kind of Web application
• Portal, content, intranet, internet
• Fully integrated into on ASP.NET control model
• Every ASP.NET server side control can be a Web
  Part
• Connections become easier, more powerful
• Full development flexibility and extensibility
• Leverage core ASP.NET Services
• Personalization, Role Management, Membership,
  Profile.. etc

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ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts

• Jan Tielens

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WSS Service Pack 2

• Brings Windows SharePoint Services 2003 to the
  new .NET 2.0 Framework
• Supports .NET 2.0 assemblies
• Does not support ASP.NET 2.0 features
• WSS Only SPS 2003 does not support .NET 2.0
• Consequences for Web Part developers
• Existing 1.1 Web Parts will still work
• No direct way to leverage 2.0 Web Parts in your
  team sites not possible to use the Generic
  WebPart
• Youd need to create a WSS v2 Web Part wrapper
  for ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts
• Unlessyou use the Son of the SmartPart

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The Son of the SmartPart
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The Son of the SmartPart

• SmartPart version 2, a.k.a. Son of SmartPart
• Enables hosting ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts and Web
  User Controls in WSS v2 Web Part Pages
• Features include
• Connectable Web Parts / user controls
• Properties support
• Custom Tool Part support

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The Son of the SmartPart

• Jan Tielens

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SharePoint v3 Web Parts

• ASP.NET 2.0 Web Parts supported
• Full Compatibility for WSS v2 Web Parts
• WSS v2 Web Part class rebased on .NET 2.0 web
  parts MyV2WebPart -gt Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPar
  tPages.WebPart -gt Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls.Web
  Parts.WebPart
• Improved user interface for Web Parts

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Integration Limitations

• Cannot use ASP.NET 2.0 Web Part Pages not
  directly compatible as-is
• Pages must include SPWebPartZones and
  SPWebPartManager
• This is done to automatically handle
  compatibility issues
• No built-in support for treating .ASCX files
  (user controls) as Web Parts
• You can use .ASCXs in pages, though
• Wrappers for .ASCXs can and will be created

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The Return of the SmartPart