How To Get Started With Developing SharePoint Web Parts
Nov 2, 2010
I'm not really a developer but I have experience in PHP, Java and want to have a go at developing some really simple SharePoint web parts (for WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007 and in future 2010).I assume it requires knowledge of ASP.NET. Should I start learning C# or get stuck straight into web parts.
I'm trying to get up to speed with SharePoint, coming from ASP.NET Web Forms. We're looking to use SharePoint exclusively for several reasons; one of the main selling points is to consolidate our development efforts. So for example, today we have several one-off websites with anywhere from 1-5 pages (smallish) on several servers, IIS installs, etc. and seem to be a bit fragmented.
Let's say I have a requirement for a smallish site (1-5) pages. What is the SharePoint way to handle this situation? Do I create several Web Parts, then create the pages in SharePoint and plug them in or do I simply create an ASP.NET Web Forms application and provide a link within SharePoint to it?
Update.I'm going with neither. Based on feedback and additional research it seems that Application pages are what I'm looking for. Here's a good article:
I have one web part (the provider) which displays insurance claims in a gridview. When user clicks on one this value(case number) is passed via IWebPartField interface to another web part(consumer) which displays detailed info about the claim. So far so good. I can select different claims in the provider and the details show up in the consumer just fine. The moment I add a TextBox to the consumer, the consumer no longer recognizes the case number passed. I need the user to be able to enter a value in the textbox and click a button to update that claim info. I can debug and attach to process and it looks like it is getting the case in the callback function, etc, but when it is setting parameters for the stored proc in CreateChildControls, it is null. Comment out the TextBox and it works fine.
I want to make my visualwebpart to communicate with other webparts like (Provider and Consumer) I am thinking can I make my VisualWebPart which has a ascx file which is drived from UserControl, can I make it a Provider or a Consumer. I am adding these webparts on Sharepoint 2010 webpartpage.
I am interested in developing Web Parts that can be used in our ASP.NET sites and our SharePoint sites. An example Web Part I have in mind is a Post Code (Zip Code) look up.- Visual Studio 2010 Premium- SharePoint Designer 2007- Windows 2003 Server (therefore WSS 3.0)- No SharePoint Server
I have deployed a custom SharePoint Web service on Farm A. I am trying to access this Web service from a SharePoint timer job on Farm B. On Farm B, I am creating Class Library project, packaging it (wsp) and then deploying to GAC. The problem is I'm unable to access the Web Service using the following code. TodaysNewSVC is a service reference
//getNewsFromInsite is a WebMethod which returns the DataTable.
Note: Both farms use the same active directory authentication. I have also done the debugging for Timer Job and feature activation and they are working fine. The problem occurs during the call i.e. getNewsFromInsite The asmx and wsdl files are accessible from Internet Explorer and also from Windows Console application. Here is the code which I use from console application:
GetTodaysnewsfromInsiteSoapClient objWSClient = new GetTodaysnewsfromInsiteSoapClient(); objWSClient.ClientCredentials.Windows.ClientCredential = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultNetworkCredentials;[code]...
Here is the error message:The request failed with the error message: -- <html><head><title>Object moved</title></head><body> <h2>Object moved to <a href="%2fPages%2fproblem-with-page.aspx%3fc%3d500">here</a>.</h2> </body></html>
Following error comes when creating a WebPart In sharePoint 2010 Server.
Web Part Error: Unhandled exception was thrown by the user code wrapper's Execute method in the partial trust app domain: System.Web.HttpUnhandledException: Exception of type 'System.Web.HttpUnhandledException' was thrown. ---> System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SPGridView' from assembly 'Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=14.900.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c'. at ListMenuSample.ListMenuSample.ListMenuSample.CreateChildControls() at System.Web.UI.Control.EnsureChildControls() at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Web.UI.Page.HandleError(Exception e) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) at Microsoft.SharePoint.UserCode.SPUserCodeWebPartWrapper.ExecuteHttpRequest(SPUserCodeWebPartHttpRequestContext webPartExecutionContext, SPUserCodeWebPartHttpResponse httpRequestResponse) at Microsoft.SharePoint.UserCode.SPUserCodeWebPartWrapper.Execute(SPUserCodeExecutionContext executionContext) at Microsoft.SharePoint.UserCode.SPUserCodeApplicationHostAppDomainRef.Execute(Type userCodeWrapperType, SPUserCodeCachedAssemblyGroup userAssemblyGroup, Guid siteCollectionId, Byte[] binaryUserCodeToken, Byte[] proxyOperationToken, SPUserCodeExecutionContext executionContext)
I created a simple page using the code provided by this page (the first sample): [URL] But I can't seem to get it to work, I can redirect to the provider but when the provider redirects back to my page, I get error 500, "The request was rejected by the HTTP filter". I already checked ISAPI filters which I have none.
I'm taking my first stab as using AJAX. I'm starting with a simple example to update the time when a textbox changes. So I added the following at the top of my content page's placeholder:
[Code]....
And then, lower down, I added an updatepanel.
[Code]....
But nothing happens. I edit the textbox and tab out and nothing updates and nothing changes.Am I missing a web.config setting or something that I can't find reference to in all the articles I found? I'm using VS2010 and .NET 4.
Are there any good resources and sites related to developing with SharpSVN and normal SVN/VisSVN I've so far only come across a few samples that deal more with JIRA.
I am planning to create a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application. I have to use C# and Visual Studio 2008. What is the best approach to get started and what resources can I use to make this process easier?
I'm new to ASP.net and used the on-line demo under the getting started section to try and build my first MVC app. [URL]. This is a great video and is just the kind of thing I need to help me learn as I hate reading though books! However I have gone through this tutorial 3 times now and I can't get it working. Well, I follow it step by step and get the following error. The only difference is that I am using Visual Studio 2010. Being new to this I need to become familiar with all the standard error messages but at the moment they are all foreign. This is my FriendsController.cs I'm not sure if I need to post the other files as I know the database is setup ok.
The error message is: Error 1 'HelloWorld.Models.FriendsDB' does not contain a definition for 'Friends' and no extension method 'Friends' accepting a first argument of type 'HelloWorld.Models.FriendsDB' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) C:UserssleoniDocumentsVisual Studio 2010ProjectsHelloWorldHelloWorldControllersFriendsController.cs 19 52 HelloWorld [Code]....
I have very much experience of asp.net developement. But i have never dealt with https. In my one project i require 2/3 page with https. So please any one can explain me how i can start with https. Please explain me in detail about about developement cycle, and any other if there is any settings.
Today is my first day using ASP.NET MVC, and I'm finding it very intriguing. I only just started learning asp.net.
So basically I'm trying to call a procedure from an MSSQL database, and with it I need to send a paramater "PlaceID", which is an integer. This procedure basically just picks out a number of columns from different tables in the database. Here is the Linq to SQL code
The ultimate goal is to be able to retrieve all the information and return it as JSON with a function that will be available for a javascript.
I'm wondering what is the best way to proceed from here. I know I have to create a view, but I'm still unclear exactly on how I can call the procedure and make it store all the information. I could really use some help on this, some code examples would be excellent. I already wrote a C#.net function to convert a datatable to JSON using a stringbuilder, but I get the feeling there is a smarter way to do things.
I am trying to figure out how to get DotNetOpenAuth(http://www.dotnetopenauth.net/) working in my webforms app
I don't understand where to begin. I have an OpenIDSelector on my Login.aspx that lets you choose google or Yahoo. You can choose one, then a popup comes up, and lets you login. Once you login the program hangs because it is trying to do something with a database???
Can't I just use some control(like the OpenIDSelector) and get back that the user was authenticated, get their ClaimedID and handle the rest myself?
EDIT: Trying to get started with OpenID in Webforms? Go Here...
Thus far working with asp.net webforms was very easy .... But never implemented URL Routing in webforms... I know asp.net MVC Handles URL Routing pretty well... How to get started with URL Routing in an asp.net webform application? For EX: [URL] i want it to be like [URL] Any good article to start with URL Routing asp.net 3.5
I have just been told to get looking into using SQL server reporting. Does anyone have any good links they would recommend? can this be used for reporting on ASP.NET sites?
I have developed for SharePoint and in those cases it is clear how workflow can (You have documents that needs approval and there are built in SharePoint workflows for this) But now I am doing standard ASP.NET web CRUD apps with WCF. I would like to find a way to get WF 4.0 invovled but I am not sure how to do it and never see any examples....