1. Welcome to the Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group Russ Basiura Principal Consultant RJB Technical Consulting www.rjbtech.com russ@rjbtech.com

2. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 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

3. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 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

4. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 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

5. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 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

6. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Upcoming Schedule Next Meeting – Febraury 22nd 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM – StayBridge Suites, Malvern, PA – Topic: You tell us – Survey out on http://www.dvsug.org Ongoing Schedule – Last Wednesday of every month – 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM – StayBridge Suites, Malvern, PA

7. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 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

8. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org SharePoint Connections Conference Technical conference focusing on SharePoint – Tips – Tricks – Code – How To’s $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, 2006 Orlando, Florida Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Hotel

9. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org SharePoint Toolkit FREE and Out of the box web parts that help make your deployment more successful –Breadcrumb Navigation –Dataview –Chart

10. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Adding a breadcrumb web part What is a breadcrumb? Navigation hierarchy – Ex: Home >> Divisions >> 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

11. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Adding a breadcrumb web part Download web part from: http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/6/b/26b3c f90-dd4a-490c-a7dd- 4ce6e20137b3/BreadcrumbSiteNavigation.zip Install to server Update web.config Import DWP file to site or page Add to web page for navigation

12. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Demo Adding a Breadcrumb Web Part

13. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 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

14. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 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)

15. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 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

16. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Demo Data View Web Part

17. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Using Chart Web Part XML or List based Supports XPath queries Highly configurable –Line –Pie –Bar Outputs PNG or VML (no client side requirements)

18. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Charting Web Part Download web part from: http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/ downloads/components/detail.asp?a= 701 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\ChartWebPar tLibrary\1.0.0.0__ec1e93bf640efdaf Place Web Part on a Page Serve with XML or List Data

19. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Demo Graphing Using Charting Web Part

20. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 5 minute break

21. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Building and Deploying Web Parts using C#

22. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 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

23. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Getting Started The SharePoint Developer Environment

24. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 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.)

25. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 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 Basic Development Environment Requirements

26. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Getting Started Developing a Basic Web Part

27. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org The Core Your Web Part.NET Assembly encapsulating the server-side code and the rendering of the HTML A DWP file (XML-based) storing some common property values and points to the.NET assembly to be loaded Safe Control Settings and Trust Level in the virtual server’s Web.config

28. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org The DWP – Web Part Description File My Customers Displays a list of customers for the current user. DVSUG.WebParts DVSUG.WebParts.MyCustomersWebPart

29. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org The Web.config … <SafeControl Assembly=“DVSUG.WebParts" Namespace=“DVSUG.WebParts" TypeName="*" Safe="True"/> …

30. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org The Web Part Framework – Web Part Class Derive from Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPart ToolboxData XmlRoot Your Class [ToolboxData(" "), XmlRoot(Namespace=“DVSUG.WebParts")] public class MyCustomersWebPart : Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPart

31. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 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")] public int MaxRecords { get { return _maxRecords; } set { _maxRecords = value; } }

32. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 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_Click); this.Controls.Add(_button); }

33. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org The Web Part Framework – RenderWebPart Override to Emit HTML/Render your Control protected override void RenderWebPart(HtmlTextWriter output) { output.Write(“Please click my button ”); this._button.RenderControl(output); }

34. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Demo Create a Basic Web Part

35. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Web Part Deployment Options

36. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org 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

37. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Q & A

38. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org CorasWorks Workplace Suite

39. Delaware Valley SharePoint User Group www.DVSUG.org Round Table Discussion