WSS Web Part Tutorial

In this simple tutorial, you will see how to create a simple custom Web Part with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. In this tutorial, I will create a simple web part called "Hello Sharepoint-Girl".





1) Launch Visual Studio 2005.


2) Select File --> New --> Project.


3) Select C# under Project Type.


4) Select Class Library under Visual Studio Installed templates.


5) Type HelloSharepointGirl in the Name textbox.


6) Select a location in your hard drive.




7) Click on the OK Button to create the HelloSharepointGirl web part.


8) Rename the Class1.cs source file to HelloSharepointGirl.cs


9) Right-click on the Reference foler in the Solution Explorer and the select Add Reference...




10) In the .NET tab, select System.Web and then click on the OK button to add the reference.


11) Replace the code in the HelloSharepointGirl.cs file with the following code.


12) In the Solution Explorer, right-click on the Properties folder and then select Open.


13) Select the Signing tab.


14) Check the Sign the Assembly checkbox.


15) Select New in the Choose a strong name file..


16) Type a desired name in the key file name.



17) Click on the OK button. Now, Visual Studio will sign your assembly with Strong Name whenever you compile the project.


18) Click on Build --> Build Solution.

19) If no error returned by the compiler, you can proceed to copy the DLL to the bin directory of your WSS site (C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\bin OR other directories depending on your setup).

20) Modify the Web.Config file for the WSS site to declare the custom web part as a safe control by adding the following code within the <SafeControls> tag.
<SafeControl Assembly="HelloSharepointGirl, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=162a44794eb4da93" Namespace="HelloSharepointGirl" TypeName="*" Safe="True" AllowRemoteDesigner="True" />

Note:
Please do not copy the PublicKeyToken in this example. You should have a different PublicKeyToken than the one shown in the example. You can get the PublicKeyToken with the sn.exe (strong name utility). Get PublicKeyToken with sn.exe.

21) Open you WSS site and then click on Site Actions --> Site Settings.

22) Click on the Web Parts link under the Galleries section.

23) Click on the New button.

24) Check the HelloSharepointGirl web part to select it and then click on the Populate Gallery button.

25) Now, you can add the HelloSharepointGirl web part to your site.