This is the most comprehensive, practical guide to building enterpriseclass applications with SharePoint 2007, ASP.NET 2.0, Visual C# 2005, and the Microsoft Office 2007 system. Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed is designed for every working .NET developer: both those with SharePoint experience and those new to SharePoint. The authors thoroughly introduce SharePoint 2007 as a development platform and offer in-depth, example-rich coverage of every significant tool for programmers--from “Features and Solutions” to list events, from user profiles to Web Parts. You’ll walk step-by-step through building each major type of SharePoint application. You’ll also find in-depth coverage of SharePoint 2007’s rich collection of built-in Web services, including services for building document workspaces, centralizing the management of Excel spreadsheets, ensuring security, and much more. Detailed information on how to… Use CAML, SharePoint’s XML-based language for defining content, manipulating searches, and more Work with the SharePoint Object Model Build reusable packages for easy deployment to SharePoint server farms Program SharePoint webs, sites, document libraries, and files Leverage SharePoint 2007’s improved lists and new list events Manipulate and query meetings and Meeting Workspaces Integrate external business data into SharePoint applications Construct business workflows for enterprise content management and other applications Program ASP.NET-based SharePoint Web Parts, from the basics to state-of-the-art techniques Create Web Parts that can provide and consume data through connections Use SharePoint 2007’s built-in Web services for managing document and Meeting Workspaces, imaging, and lists Centralize spreadsheet storage and management with Excel Services Manage user profiles and enhance application security Debug and deploy SharePoint 2007 applications Work with Records Repositories and metadata Introduction 1 1 Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML) Primer 5 Part I Programming with the SharePoint Object Model 2 Introduction to the SharePoint Object Model 15 3 Programming with Features and Solutions 25 4 Working with Sites and Webs 35 5 Managing SharePoint Lists 47 6 Advanced List Management 59 7 Handling List Events 69 8 Working with Document Libraries and Files 83 9 Working with Meetings 97 Part II Enterprise Content Management 10 Integrating Business Data 109 11 Creating Business Data Applications 121 12 Working with User Profiles 135 13 Building Workflows 147 Part III Programming SharePoint Web Parts 14 ASP.NET Server Control Primer 163 15 Introduction to Web Parts 173 16 Developing Full-Featured Web Parts 191 17 Building Web Parts for Maintaining SharePoint 2007 Lists 205 18 Building Connected Web Parts 217 19 Debugging and Deploying Web Parts 229 Part IV Programming the SharePoint 2007 Web Services 20 Using the Document Workspace Web Service 241 21 Using the Imaging Web Service 255 22 Using the Lists Web Service 273 23 Using the Meeting Workspace Web Service 291 24 Working with User Profiles and Security 307 25 Using Excel Services 321 26 Working with the Web Part Pages Web Service 337 27 Using the Business Data Catalog Web Services 347 28 Using the Workflow Web Service 359 29 Working with Records Repositories 369 30 Additional Web Services 377
[...]... Libraries (Microsoft. SharePoint) SPDocumentLibrary SPPictureLibrary Meetings (Microsoft. SharePoint. Meetings) SPMeeting MtgUtility Solutions (Microsoft. SharePoint. Administration) Features (Microsoft. SharePoint) SPFeatureDefinition SPFeatureScope SPSolution SPElementDefinition SPFeature SPFeatureReceiver SPSolutionCollection SPFeatureProperty Sites (Microsoft. SharePoint) Lists (Microsoft. SharePoint) ... 5: Managing SharePoint Lists—Virtually every piece of data contained within SharePoint is contained as a list item in a list As a result, knowing how to program against lists is a vital developer skill and this chapter provides a thorough introduction to managing lists and list items 2 Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed Chapter 6: Advanced List Management—This chapter builds on the previous... Security—User profiles and security are an important aspect of SharePoint development, and this chapter illustrates how to work with user profiles, security groups, and permissions using web services Chapter 25: Using Excel Services—This chapter covers the use of Excel Services in SharePoint 2007 Excel Services is a powerful new feature of SharePoint 2007 that allows for centralized storage and management... Studio 2005 and network connectivity to a SharePoint server (either physical or on a Virtual PC) to compile and execute the code in this chapter and all subsequent chapters in the portion of the book dealing with the SharePoint object model First Look at the Object Model SharePoint itself is functionally segmented by Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Within each of these... User Profiles in MOSS 2007 307 Working with User Profiles 308 Working with the User Group Service 314 Summary 319 xii Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed 25 Using Excel... code for the SharePoint platform SharePoint programming can be divided into four main categories: programming the object model, programming the web services, programming the Web Parts, and programming the enterprise content Programming the SharePoint object model involves writing code that physically resides on one of the front-end servers in a SharePoint web farm Web services expose powerful SharePoint. .. service exposes functionality that lets applications remotely manipulate Web Parts and Web Part pages, such as installing, hiding, removing, and changing properties for Web Parts 4 Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed Chapter 27: Using the Business Data Catalog Web Services—This chapter covers utilizing some of the functionality of the Business Data Catalog from remote client applications...x Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed Deploying Web Parts 235 Adding a Setup Project to Your Solution 235... in MOSS 2007, and this chapter details how to create workflows that can be used for enterprise content management either through Visual Studio or through the SharePoint Designer Part III: Programming SharePoint Web Parts Chapter 14: ASP.NET Server Control Primer—Before you can grasp the intricacies of building SharePoint Web Parts, you need to know how they work and what makes them possible SharePoint. .. MOSS 2007 Chapter 10, “Integrating Business Data,” shows you how to integrate enterprise data into SharePoint, and Chapter 11, “Creating Business Data Applications,” shows you how to create applications designed to expose their business data to SharePoint User profiles—Chapter 12, “Working with User Profiles,” provides a detailed discussion of how to work with user profiles using the SharePoint API Development . alt="" UNLEASHED 800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240 USA Kevin Hoffman Robert Foster Microsoft ® SharePoint ® 2007 Development Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed Copyright. Practical Sample: Photo Browser 264 Summary 272 Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed x 22 Using the Lists Web Service 273 Overview of the SharePoint Lists Web Services 273 Performing. with Features 77 Deploying Event Receivers with Content Types 81 Summary 81 Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed vi 8 Working with Document Libraries and Files 83 Document Library