The Rational Guide to Building SharePoint Web Parts

by Bishop, Darrin

• ISBN13: 9780972688864
• ISBN10: 0972688862
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: Mann Pub Group

Summary

Learn the complex issues in creating Web Parts for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services (built into Windows Server 2003). Save countless hours by learning the correct way to develop Web Parts. This book does not cover SharePoint administrative issues...it just dives right into We + Part development and related issues. Get all this for a price that's less than $15. This book takes a rational, no-nonsense approach in a compact guide - only 176 pages. The book is written for a beginner to intermediate-level developer, so you get the basics?fast! This book covers the basics of virtually all areas of managing SharePoint Web Parts, including creation, testing, and deployment. Technical accuracy is assured by Zac Woodall, Program Manager, Office DBI, Microsoft Corporation. This book comes with free bonus materials: 1. Extra Chapter - Using the WPPackager 2. Extra Chapter - Using External Resources 3. Code examples in C# and VB .NET

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Introduction to Web Parts	p. 11
What Can A Web Part Do?	p. 13
Products Supporting Web Parts	p. 15
Older Versions of Web Parts	p. 18
Development Environment Requirements	p. 20
Using Web Parts	p. 21
Adding Web Parts to a Web Part Page	p. 22
Modifying Web Parts	p. 26
Deleting Web Parts	p. 27
Copying Web Parts	p. 28
Web Part Galleries	p. 28
Shared and Personal Views	p. 33
Site Group Privileges for Adding and Modifying Web Parts	p. 35
Using Web Parts with SharePoint Portal Server	p. 36
Web Part Infrastructure	p. 39
Web Part Infrastructure Overview	p. 39
Creating Basic Web Parts	p. 49
Using the Web Control Library Template	p. 51
Creating the Development Environment	p. 51
Creating and Deploying a Web Part	p. 53
Using the Visual Studio .NET Web Part Templates	p. 71
Web Part Templates for Visual Studio .NET	p. 71
Creating and Deploying Web Parts with the Web Part Library Template	p. 73
Code Access Security	p. 87
What is Code Access Security?	p. 88
CAS Permissions and Trust Levels	p. 89
Testing the Trust Level	p. 98
Advanced Topics	p. 99
Debugging Web Parts	p. 101
Tracing a Web Part	p. 101
Debugging a Web Part	p. 104
Using Web Parts to Create HTML	p. 111
Using the HtmlTextWriter Methods	p. 112
Using Child Controls	p. 117
Personalization and Web Parts	p. 121
Using Custom Properties to Personalize Web Parts	p. 122
Using Tailored Web Part Output	p. 126
Connectable Web Parts	p. 135
Connectable Interfaces	p. 136
Connecting the Web Parts	p. 147
Deploying Web Part Assemblies	p. 149
Deploying Web Part Assemblies to the Bin Directory	p. 149
Deploying Web Part Assemblies to the Global Assembly Cache	p. 150
Adding and Deleting the Definition File in Web Part Galleries	p. 156
Extras	p. 167
Web Part Life Cycle	p. 169
Using ViewState	p. 173
Registering your book	p. 176
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