1. SHAREPOINT PROGRAMMING
PART1: BASIC SHAREPOINT PROGRAMMING USING VSEWSS V1.3
Nguyen Ba Quang
basquang@hotmail.com
http://basquang.spaces.live.com

2. Agenda
 SharePoint 2007 (MOSS) overview
 Programming in SharePoint

3. Office SharePoint Server 2007:
Key Investments
Server-based spreadsheets plus Next generation e-mail, project
BI portals built on SQL Server management, workflow, blog
Analysis Services and
wiki support
Business
Intelligence Collaboration
Server-based forms and Windows Enhanced SharePoint Portal
workflow with smart client Business SharePoint Portal aggregation and personalization
and browser interfaces
Processes Services
Content
Management Search
Integrated document, records and Great relevance
Web content management with rich people and
business data search
Unified ASP.NET 2.0 workspace
foundation for scalability and
extensibility

4. Collaboration
Discussions
Calendars
Collaboration
Document libraries
Contacts
Blogs
Wikis

5. Content Management
Document management
Records management
Web content management
Content
Management

6. Search
Revised relevance algorithms
Content sources
People searching
Content scopes Search

7. Business Process Management
Support for XML standards
Browser-based forms
Design-once development model Business
Process
Management
Form-Import wizard
Multiple form views

8. Business Intelligence
Web access to published spreadsheets
Programmatic access to published spreadsheets
Business Data Catalog
Dashboards Business
Intelligence
Report Center Web sites

9. Programming in SharePoint
 Introduction to SharePoint Developer tool
V9.0 (VSeWSS)
 Programming Tasks
 SharePoint Object Model Programming
 CAML query and LINQ to SharePoint
 Hello VSeWSS with Simple WebPart
 Features
 Application Pages and Site Pages
 Lists and Event Handler

10. SharePoint Developer tool
 Download from Microsoft
website
 Support for VS 2008
 New templates and
deployment tools
 Easy to development
 Easy to deployment

11. SharePoint Object Model
 Managed code OM on
the server
 Accessible via
ASP.NET or any
process
 Implemented in C#
 Exposes almost of all
of the data stored in
WSS

12. SharePoint OM Demo
 Simple Console Application
 Create, Update, Read, Delete List Item
 Simple Web Application

13. CAML Query
 Collaborative Application Markup Language
 XML based query language

14. CAML can be used…
 Provide schema definition to the Web site
provisioning system about how the site looks and
acts.
 Define views and forms for data and page rendering
or execution.
 Act as a rendering language that performs functions
in the DLL like pulling a value from a particular field.
 Provide batch functionality for posting multiple
commands to the server using protocol.

15. CAML Demo
 Using CAML query building tool
 Query SharePoint data using CAML query

16. LINQ to SharePoint
 LINQ to SharePoint now support from
Microsoft
 Using LINQ syntax
 Query SharePoint data without write any
makeup code
 Reduce line of code

17. LINQ to SharePoint Demo

18. Web Parts
 Web Parts are used to build portal-style Apps
 Content designed to modular, consistent and easy to
navigate
 Web Parts add in support for customization and
personalization

19. WSS 3.0 Built-in Web Parts
 Content Editor Web Part
 Data View Web Part
 List View Web Part
 Image Web Part
 Members Web Part
 Page Viewer Web Part
 …

20. Web Part Fundamentals
 Inherits from
System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts
 Special type of Web control
 Deployable inside of a Web Part Zone control
 Render inside of chrome

21. ASP.NET WebPart Page Structure
 Web Part Page in ASP.NET 2.0 is designed with…
 One instance of WebPartManager class
 One or more Web Part Zones
 Optionally an Editor Zone and/or a Catalog Zone

22. WebPart Demo using VSeWSS

23. Features Overview
 Features?
 A means to extend the functionality of MOSS 2007
 A feature can include various elements
 Event handlers, custom Menu items…
 Encapsulate WSS functionality for ease of distribution and deployment
 Feature scope
 Farm, Web Application, Site (site collection),Web (web site)
 Add or remove a feature
 Install/uninstall
 Activate/deactivate
 The 04 corresponding events can be trapped and handled

24. Element Type Scope Description
Content Type Site Contains a schema definition you can reuse and apply to multiple list definitions.
Content type binding enables you to provision a content type on a list defined in the onet.xml schema.
Content Type Binding Site
Lists defined in the onet.xml schema cannot be modified directly.
Farm, A delegate control contains a registration for a well-known control installed on a Web page. This lets
Control WebApplication, you replace existing controls, such as the Windows SharePoint Services search control, with another
Site, Web control.
You can define the following kinds of custom actions:
Farm, • Content type links for the content type settings page
Custom Action WebApplication, • Drop-down menu actions for the drop-down menu that appears for an item
Site, Web • Form toolbar buttons for New, Edit, or Display form toolbars.
• Site Settings link for the Site Settings page.
Farm,
Custom Action Group WebApplication, Defines a group of custom actions.
Site, Web
Contains the definition of a document converter. A document converter is a custom executable file that
Document Converter WebApplication
takes a document of one file type, and generates a copy of that file in another file type.
Farm,
Feature/Site Template Association WebApplication, Binds a feature to a site definition or template so that created sites are provisioned with the feature.
Site
Field Site Contains a field definition that can be reused among multiple lists.
Farm,
Hide Custom Action WebApplication, Hides a custom action that has been added through another custom action.
Site, Web
List Instance Site, Web Provisions a SharePoint site with a specific list of data.
List Template Site, Web Contains a list definition or template, which defines a list that can be provisioned in a SharePoint site.
Module Site, Web Contains a set of files with which to provision sites.
Receiver Web Contains an item event receiver registration.
Workflow Site Contains the definition for a workflow in a list.

25. Features Overview
 A feature has a subfolder within the Features
setup directory
 Feature.XML:
 defines the base properties of the Feature
 lists elements bound to it
 XML element manifest
 Supporting files (.aspx, .htm, .xsn, .resx, .dll…)
 Feature.XML
 Element manifest XML file(s)

26. Features Demo
 Create Custom Action

27. Application/Site Pages
 Application Pages
 Like settings.aspx
 Do not support customization
 Can access from any site
 Always compiled into a DLL
 Place under _layouts folder
 Site Pages
 Like default.aspx, page.aspx…
 Support customization
 Content customized store in database

28. Application/Site Pages Demo
 Application Page using ASP.Net 3.5
 Site Pages

29. SharePoint List
 Collaborative data in SharePoint
 Defined based on an XML-defined schema
 Heart of the core WSS architecture

30. List Type Description
Document library Used for collaborating on documents with support for versioning, check-in and check-out, and workflow.
Includes support for deep integration with Microsoft Office.
Form library Used to store XML documents and forms for use with Microsoft Office InfoPath.
Wiki page library Used for collaborative Web pages based on wiki pages, which are dynamically generated and
collaboratively edited Web pages.
Picture library A specialized document library enhanced for use with pictures. Includes support for slide shows,
thumbnails, and simple editing through Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
Announcements Used for simple sharing of timely news with support for expiration.
Contacts A list for tracking people and contact information, with support for integration into Microsoft Office
Outlook and other WSS-compatible contacts applications.
Discussions A simple list for threaded discussions with support for approval and managing discussion threads.
Links A list for managing hyperlinks.
Calendar A list for tracking upcoming events and deadlines. Includes support for integration and synchronization
with Office Outlook.
Tasks A list of activity-based items that can integrate with workflow.
Project tasks An enhanced tasks list with support for Gannt chart rendering and integration with Microsoft Office
Project.
Issue tracking A list for tracking issues and resolution, with support for prioritization.
Custom list An empty list definition for extending with custom columns, or created using Microsoft Office Excel
spreadsheets.

31. List Definition Schema
 Define content types
 Define Fields
 Define View Fields

32. List Definition Demo

33. Event Receivers
 Developer-extensibility mechanism to add
behaviors to lists, list items
 Typically used:
 Perform data validation.
 Ensure data integrity
 Kick off custom business processing
 Two categories
 Before events: fires before an action has been completed
 After events: fires after an action has been completed

34. Event Receiver Demo

35. References
 http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Pages/Default.aspx
 http://www.u2u.be/res/Tools/CamlQueryBuilder.aspx
 MS Press: Inside Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint®
Services 3.0

36. Thank You