Advanced SharePoint Services Solutions

Contents

About the Author

About the Technical Reviewer

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1 Collaborative Application Markup Language

Understanding Key WSS Files

Creating a New Site Definition

Customizing the Site Definition

Using an Alternate Style Sheet

Using an Alternate Header

Customizing the Site Navigation

Working with List and Document Templates

Working with Configurations and Modules

Creating a New List Definition

Understanding the Field Element

Understanding the View Element

Understanding the Toolbar Element

Understanding the Form Element

Adding Lists to Site Definitions

Working with Shortcut Menus

Working with the Content Editor Web Part

Exercise 1-1. Creating a Custom Site Definition

Creating the Base Site Template

Creating the New Menu Item

Accessing the Task Information

Exporting the Task to Microsoft Outlook

Adding the Helper Function

Using the New Site Definition

Chapter 2 Databases,Web Services,and Protocols

Working with Documents

The Docs Table

Accessing Binary Information

Downloading and Uploading Documents

Working with Document Properties

Working with Lists

The Lists and UserData Tables

Working with Remote Procedure Calls

Working with Areas, Sites, and Webs

The Sites and Webs Tables

Using the Webs Web Services

Exercise 2-1. Building a Document Web Service

Creating the WSS Team Site

Creating the IIS Web Site

Starting the Web Service Project

Adding the Web Reference

Coding the Web Service

Deploying the Web Service

Creating the Web Service Client

Using the Web Service

Exercise 2-2. Building a Site Explorer

Starting the Project

Adding the Web Reference

Returning All Sites

Adding Child Sites

Running the Sample

Chapter 3 Advanced Web Part Techniques

Using the Internet Explorer Web Controls

Installing the IE Web Controls

Using the TreeView Control

Using the Toolbar Control

Using the TabStrip and MultiPage Controls

Working with Web Forms User Controls

Working with the User Control Designer

Hosting and Deploying the User Control

Understanding the Solution Life Cycle

Handling Web Part Properties

Creating a Custom Project Wizard

Exercise 3-1. Using Advanced Techniques

Prerequisites

Creating the Custom Project Wizard

Building the Web Forms User Control

Coding the Web Forms User Control

Building the Host Web Part

Deploying the Web Part

Chapter 4 Advanced SharePoint Portal Server Solutions

Customizing SharePoint Portal Server Search

Sending Parameters to Search.aspx

Using the QueryProvider Class

Customizing Search Results

Customizing SharePoint Portal Server Navigation

Using Themes to Differentiate Functionality

Using Tree Views Effectively

Using Breadcrumb Navigation

Handling Performance Issues

Improving Presentation with Audiences

Exercise 4-1. Tree View Navigation

Prerequisites

Starting the Project

Coding the Web Part

Deploying the Web Part

Exercise 4-2. Grouping List Items by Audience

Starting the Project

Coding the Web Part

Deploying the Web Part

Chapter 5 The Information Bridge Framework

Understanding Key IBF Concepts

Understanding IBF-Compliant Web Services

Understanding Metadata and the Metadata Service

Understanding the Context and Action Service Engine

Understanding the Application Integration and Rendering Module

Understanding the Role of Smart Technologies

Creating a Development Environment

Performing the Server Installation

Performing the Client Installation

Building IBF Solutions

Designing an IBF Solution

Building IBF-Compliant Web Services

Building User Interfaces

Building IBF Metadata

Deploying IBF Solutions

Understanding Smart Tags

Building Smart Tags

Deploying Smart Tags

Exercise 5-1. Creating IBF Solutions

Prerequisites

Creating the Web Service

Creating the User Interface

Creating the Metadata Project

Testing the Solution

Exercise 5-2. Creating a Smart Tag Recognizer

Starting the Project

Initializing the Recognizer

Recognizing Terms

Finishing the Recognizer

Deploying the Smart Tag

Chapter 6 The Business Scorecards Accelerator

Understanding BSA Data Sources

Understanding Data Warehouses

Understanding Cubes

Understanding Business Scorecards

Creating a Development Environment

Installing Core Files

Configuring the Scorecard Web Service

Creating a Test Scorecard Site Collection

Installing Client Components

Creating Business Scorecards

Defining Cubes and Sources

Defining Scorecard Elements

Defining a Scorecard

Mapping the Scorecard

Defining a Strategy Map

Managing Scorecard Security

Exercise 6-1. Creating a Simple Cube

Creating a New Database

Creating Dimensions

Creating a New Cube

Exercise 6-2. Creating a Balanced Scorecard

Defining Scorecard Elements

Defining a Scorecard

Creating a Strategy Map

Mapping the Scorecard

Viewing the Scorecard

Chapter 7 SharePoint and BizTalk Server 2004

Understanding BizTalk Server Architecture

Understanding BTS Adapters

Understanding BTS Pipelines

Understanding Orchestrations

Setting up a Development Environment

Installing the Required Updates

Installing BizTalk Server 2004

Installing the WSS Adapter

Creating a Test BizTalk Site Collection

Creating BizTalk Server Solutions

Working with Message Schemas

Developing Orchestrations

Deploying Orchestrations

Exercise 7-1. Using the WSS Adapter

Creating the Message Schemas

Building the InfoPath Forms

Creating the Orchestration

Creating the Send Pipeline

Building and Deploying the Solution

Testing the Solution

Chapter 8 SharePoint and Microsoft Content Management Server

Understanding MCMS Architecture

Creating a Development Environment

Creating Web Sites

Setting the Upload Limits

Creating a MCMS Database

Installing Content Management Server

Authoring and Publishing Content

Authoring and Publishing in MCMS

Using the MCMS Pages Web Parts

Using Content from WSS Libraries

Understanding MCMS Templates

Understanding the CmsSharePointConnector Solution

Understanding Templates

Understanding Placeholders

Understanding User Controls

Exercise 8-1. MCMS and SharePoint

Creating the Employee Profile Template

Creating the Employee Profile Form

Adding the Style Sheet to the Catalog

Creating an Employee Profile

Index