Pro ASP.NET SharePoint Solutions. Techniques for Building SharePoint Functionality into ASP.NET Applications. Dave Milner.

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1 Pro ASP.NET SharePoint 2010 Solutions Techniques for Building SharePoint Functionality into ASP.NET Applications Dave Milner Apress*

2 Contents at a Glance About the Author About the Technical Reviewer Acknowledgments Introduction iv xi xii xiii...xiv Chapter 1: SharePoint as a Development Platform 1 SharePoint Features 2 Extensibility 2 Document Management 7 Authentication and Authorization 8 Microsoft Office Integration 10 SharePoint Designer 2010, 11 SharePoint Workspace 12 Visual Studio 2010 Integration 12 Common Approach to Application Development in SharePoint 13 Intranet Scenario 13 Publishing Site Scenario 14 Sandboxed Solutions 14 Advanced Approaches to Application Development...15 Summary 16

3 Chapter 2: Visual Studio 2010-Advancing the SharePoint Development Environment 17 Anatomy of a Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Project 18 Empty SharePoint Project 19 Visual Web Part 22 Wrapping ASP.NET Development 29 Coding the Sample Visual Web Part 30 Deploying a Solution 32 Examining the Deployment Process 32 Deploying to a Test or Production Environment 36 Using Features 40 Feature.Template.xml 41 Featurel.feature and Featurel Nodes 41 Package Designer 44 Packaging Explorer 47 SharePoint Project Templates 47 Sequential Workflow 47 State Machine Workflow 52 Business Data Connectivity Model 53 Event Receiver 53 List Definition 54 ContentType 56 Module 56 Site Definitions 56 Import Reusable Workflow 57 Import SharePoint Solution Package 57 Other Visual Studio Templates and Features 57 Team Development 57 Development 58 Test 58 vi

4 Production 58 Summary 59 Chapter 3: SharePoint, IIS, and the.net Framework 61 SharePoint 2010 in IIS 7 Manager 61 IIS and.net Fundamentals 62 SharePoint 2010 File System Folders Under IIS 68 SharePoint 2010 Virtual Directories 69 SharePoint 2010 and the.net Framework 74 WSS web.config File..74 Code Access Security 77 Sandboxed Solutions 81 Summary 84 Chapter 4: SharePoint Architecture-File System, Database, and the Provider Pattern 87 SharePoint 2010 and the File System 88 SharePoint Root 88 Program Files\Microsoft Office Server 93 WSS Folders 95 SharePoint 2010 Databases 96 SharePoint 2010 and the Virtual Path Provider Pattern 104 Object-Oriented Architecture 104 The Provider Pattern 106 The Virtual Path Provider 107 Summary 108 Chapter 5: Web Parts and Master Pages Web Parts 109 Building a Visual Web Part 111 Building a Standard SharePoint Web Part 125 Building a Silverlight Web Part 130

5 Accessing External Database Content in a Web Part 140 Web Parts Summary 152 Master Pages 152 Understanding Where Master Pages are Used 153 V4.master 155 Master Page Content 156 Summary 158 Chapter 6: The Client Object Model 159 Introducing the Client Object Model 159.NET-Managed and Silverlight-Based Clients 159 ECMAScript/JavaScript Clients 159 Taking Advantage of the Client Object Model 160 Client Object Model Components 160.NET Components 160 Silverlight Components 160 Client Object Model API Support 161 Data Retrieval and Interaction 163 LoadQuery and Load 163 Client Object Model The Big Three 166 Client Object Model Reading List Data via ASP.NET 166 Client Object Model Writing List Data via ASP.NET 170 Client Object Model Reading List Data via Silverlight From a Web Part 174 Client Object Model Writing List Data via Silverlight 185 Debugging Silverlight in SharePoint Client Object Model Reading List Data via ECMAScript/JavaScript 190 Summary, 193 Chapter 7: Business Connectivity Services 195 What are Business Connectivity Services? 195 BCS Solutions with SharePoint Designer 200 BCS Solutions with Visual Studio viii

6 BCS Architecture 222 Summary 228 Chapter 8: Touch Points-Integrating SharePoint 2010 and ASP.NET 229 Integration Factors 229 Example Business Scenarios 231 Corporate Internet and Service Portals 231 Existing ASP.NET Product 231 New Blended Solution 232 Expanding Your Corporate Portal 232 Talking to SharePoint 232 Organizational Factors 232 Organizational Examples 232 SharePoint-Centric Organizations 233 Touch Points 233 Low Touch Point 234 Pros 235 Cons 235 Branding SharePoint Solutions 236 Branding Possibilities, Features, and Tools 236 SharePoint Server 2010 Publishing Features 240 Working With a Brand 240 Branding the ASP.NET Application 242 Branding in SharePoint Designer Example 244 Deploying Branded Solutions 256 Publishing Layouts 262 Customizing SharePoint 2010 Navigation 264 Customizing Navigation Through the User Interface -265 Adding Links Through the Object Model 267 Navigation Custom Data Sources 268 Summary 268 ix

7 Chapter 9: Medium Touch Point Solutions 269 Medium Touch Points 269 Pros 270 Cons 270 Medium Touch Point Examples 271 SharePoint and The Cloud 271 SharePoint 2010 and Windows Azure Marketplace 271 PowerPivot and Azure 274 Accessing Azure DataMarket Feeds Through.NET 283 Integrating External Feeds Through.NET WCF Services and jquery 287 Consuming an odata Feed with jquery in SharePoint Summary 307 Chapter 10: High Touch Point Solutions Tenets and Constraints for High Touch Point Solutions 310 High Touch Point Blended Solution Example 311 Migrating An Existing ASP.NET Application 323 Load Testing Your Blended Solution 325 Summary and Conclusion 336 IIIndex 339 X