1. Custom Field Controls and SharePoint Web Content Management Chakkaradeep Chandran Robert Stewart

3. Intergen – “powered by Microsoft Office SharePoint” Demo

4. Role of Content Types, Site Columns in a Publishing Site

5. Custom Field Types

6. Web Parts Vs Field Controls as content regions

8. WCM features are provided primarily by the Publishing Site feature

9. Several standard SharePoint components work together to provide WCM functionality

10. Key Components of a Publishing Site

11. Site Columns

12. Content Types

13. Field Controls

14. Page Layouts

15. Document Libraries

17. Page Layouts, Content Types, Site Columns GeneralPage Content Type Title Title Description Page Content Page Image Vincent van Gogh Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist who live in the 1800s. Van Gogh spent his early adult life working for a firm of art dealers. After a brief spell as a teacher, he became a missionary worker in a very poor mining region. He did not embark upon a career as an artist until 1880. Vincent van Gogh Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist who live in the 1800s. Van Gogh spent his early adult life working for a firm of art dealers. After a brief spell as a teacher, he became a missionary worker in a very poor mining region. He did not embark upon a career as an artist until 1880. Description Page Content Page Image GeneralPageLayout.aspx

19. Text

20. Choice Fields

21. Hyperlink or Picture

22. Publishing HTML

23. Create custom field types to satisfy requirements not met by out of the box field types

24. Field Type == Data Type

25. Field type provide field rendering facilities

26. Field controls are tightly coupled with the type of the field

28. Rule of thumb:

29. Use field controls for content and Web Parts for functionality

30. Since a field control is bound to a specific field of an item, it offers complete versioning/history

32. Development Components Demo {.......} {....}

33. Demo Field Control – Rendering Template & Rendering Control

34. Field Control – Rendering Template Demo Rendering Template Edit Mode Display Mode

36. A RenderingTemplate object is defined as a RenderingTemplate element in an .ascx file

38. Rendering Control – CreateChildControls Demo Edit Mode Display Mode

39. Demo InPagePod Field – Rendering Template & Rendering Control

40. Field Control – Summary Demo Rendering Template Rendering Control Naming Convention - field_type_nameFieldControl Edit Mode Display Mode The Rendering Template is referenced by its ID value in the Rendering Control object's TemplateName property BaseFieldControl-derived rendering control handles interaction with users Its plain simple HTML/ASCX code

41. Demo Field Class

44. Field Class – Summary Demo Naming Convention - field_type_nameField Field class should inherit either SPField or one of the various other SPField classes InPagePod inherits from SPFieldMultiColumn Override the FieldRenderingControlproperty which returns the control that can be used to render the field in Edit and Display mode Field Class object handles interactions with the content database

45. Demo Field Value

46. Field Value Demo String Value (Or) titleImgUrl;podContent;contentImageUrl Custom Value Class SPFieldMultiColumnSPFieldMultiColumnValue SPFieldUrl SPFieldUrlValue ;#TitleImage;#PodContent;#ContentImage;#

47. Field Value – Saving Field Values Demo

48. Demo InPagePod Field – Field Value

49. Field Value– Summary Demo Naming Convention - field_type_nameFieldValue String Value Custom Value Class A custom field value class must implement at least two constructors, and usually only two SharePoint delimiter - ;#

50. Demo Field Validation

51. Field Validation Demo (when the Publishing Page is validated) (before committing to the content database)

52. Validate When Saving Field Values Demo

53. Overriding Validate Method Demo ;#TitleImage;#PodContent;#ContentImage;#

54. Overriding GetValidatedString Method Demo ;#TitleImage;#PodContent;#ContentImage;#

55. Demo InPagePod Field – Field Validation

56. Field Validation – Summary Demo Validate the control values before setting the field values in the Field Control class Set the IsValidto false Set the ErrorMessageto an appropriate error message Override the Validate method in the Field Control class Set the IsValidto false Set the ErrorMessageto an appropriate error message Override the GetValidatedString in the Field class Throw SPFieldValidationException as an error

57. Demo Field Type Definition

58. Field Type Definition Demo fldtypes_spconf.xml fldtypes*.xml

59. Demo InPagePod Field – Field Type Definition

60. Demo Custom Field Type Deployment

61. Custom Field – Deployment Demo *.ascx Rendering Template 12EMPLATEONTROLTEMPLATESbr />Rendering Control Class *.cs (.dll) Field Control Class fldtypes*.xml GAC Field Class Field Value Class Field Type Definition 12EMPLATEMLbr />*.WSP

62. Custom Field – Usage Demo

63. Session Summary Demo *.WSP

64. Resources Demo Web Content Management Resource Center for SharePoint Server http://bit.ly/moss-wcm SharePoint Server Developer Center http://bit.ly/moss-dev MSDN: How to Create a Custom Field Control http://bit.ly/custom-field-control Chaks’ Blog http://bit.ly/chaks Robert Stewart’s Blog http://bit.ly/robert-stewart

65. Thank You chaks@intergen.co.nz robs@intergen.co.nz