Pro SharePoint 2010 Solution Development - Combining .NET, SharePoint, and Office 2010

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents at a Glance

Table of Contents

About the Authors

About the Technical Reviewer

Introduction

Who This Book Is For

Downloading the Code

Contacting the Authors

CHAPTER 1 Office Business Applications

Overview of the Solutions Chapters

Chapter 5: Beyond the Spreadsheet

Chapter 6: Merging SharePoint List Data into Word Documents—

Chapter 7: Automating Document Assembly

Chapter 8: Extending PowerPoint to Build a Presentation Based on SiteContent—

Chapter 9: Building a Presentation Server-Side within a Web Part

Chapter 10: Surfacing Line-of-Business Data in Outlook

Chapter 11: Site Provisioning Workflows

Chapter 12: Rapid SharePoint Application Development with Access

Chapter 13: Using Visio Services to Visualize Data

Chapter 14: Building Mashups

Development Environment Requirements

CHAPTER 2 SharePoint 2010: Overview and New Features

History of SharePoint Technologies

SharePoint 2010 Overview

Communities

Content

Search

Insights

Composites

Leveraging the Platform

CHAPTER 3 SharePoint Developmentwith Visual Studio 2010

SharePoint for the Professional Developer

A Brief History of SharePoint Development

What’s New in SharePoint for Developers

What’s New in Visual Studio for SharePoint

Building Your First Project

Creating the HelloWorld Project

Exploring the HelloWorld Project

Creating the HelloWorldFeature Feature

Deploying the HelloWorld Project

Further Reading

CHAPTER4 Microsoft Office Overviewfor Developers

Why Developers Should Care About Office

History of Microsoft Office Development

Development Opportunities with Office

The Open XML File Format

The Open XML Format SDK

Moving Toward Managed Code

Visual Studio Tools for Office

Developing with VSTO

Add-Ins

Ribbon Customization

Custom Panes

Outlook Form Regions

Document-Level Projects

The 2010 Enhancements

Deployment Guidelines

Further Reading

CHAPTER5 Beyond the Spreadsheet

Real-World Examples

Solution Overview

Solution Walkthrough

Introducing the Spreadsheet

Storage for Our Solution Files

Supporting Business Process

Create the Form

Add Lookups

Submitting the New Event

Deploying Our Form

Providing Insight

Viewing the Spreadsheet

Adding Comments

Creating the Chart Browser

Important Lessons

Extension Points

Further Reading

CHAPTER6 Merging SharePoint List Datain to Word Documents

Real-World Examples

Real-World Examples

Solution Overview

Solution Walkthrough

Creating Content Types

Building the CustomerDocuments Feature Project

Defining the Feature

Deploying the Feature

Building a Custom Application Page

Using a Custom XML Part in a Document Template

Performing the Merge

Important Lessons

Extension Points

Further Reading

CHAPTER7 Automating Document Assembly

Real-World Examples

Solution Overview

Solution Walkthrough

Setting up the SharePoint Site and Document ID Service

Preparing the Document Template

Creating the Visual Studio Tools for Office Solution

The Document Actions Pane

Extending Backstage

Deploying the Proposal Template Tool

Using SPMetal

The Proposal Document Event Handler

The Résumé Tasks Event Handler

Incorporating Word Automation Services

Important Lessons

Extension Points

Further Reading

CHAPTER8 Extending PowerPoint to Build a Presentation Basedon Site Content

Real-World Examples

Solution Overview

Solution Walkthrough

Creating the Project

Customizing the Ribbon

Architecture of the Task Pane and Wizard Step User Controls

The step1 User Control: Examining the Site

The step2 User Control: Building Objectives

The step3 User Control: Building Agenda Items

The step4 User Control: Integration with Slide Libraries

Important Lessons

Extension Points

Further Reading

CHAPTER9 Building a Presentation Server-Side within a Web Part

Real-World Examples

Solution Overview

Solution Walkthrough

Setting Up the Team Site and Content

Creating the Presentation Template

Creating the Project and Defining the SharePoint Feature

Adding the Visual Web Part

Building the Web Part User Interface

Overview of Office XML Formats, SDK Tool, and PresentationML

The SPMetal Tool

Iterating through the Template

Building the Title Slide

Building the Slide for Hardware Issues

Building the Slide for Software Issues

Deploying and Debugging the Web Part

Important Lessons

Extension Points

Further Reading

CHAPTER10 Surfacing Line-of-Business Data in Outlook

Real-World Examples

Solution Overview

Solution Walkthrough

The Sample LOB Database

Creating the External Content Type with SharePoint Designer

Connecting the External List to Outlook

Visualizing Customer Order Data using Excel

Extending the Outlook Contact Form

Important Lessons

Extension Points

Further Reading

CHAPTER11 Site Provisioning Workflows

Real-World Examples

Solution Overview

Solution Walkthrough

Proposing the Workflow Using Visio

Building the Custom Workflow Activity

Deploying the Activity through a SharePoint Feature

Preparing the SharePoint Site

Building the Workflow with SharePoint Designer

Exporting the Updated Visio Diagram

Testing the Solution

Important Lessons

Extension Points

Further Reading

CHAPTER12 Rapid SharePoint Application Development Using Access

Real-World Examples

Solution Overview

Solution Walkthrough

Create the Asset Tracking System Database

Create a Web Database

Add Some Forms

What about the Code?

Reporting is Key

Publishing Our Asset Tracking System to SharePoint Using Access Services

Now What?

Important Lessons

Extension Points

CHAPTER13 Using Visio Services to Visualize Data

Real-World Examples

Solution Overview

Solution Walkthrough

Creating the Floor Plan

Setting up the Data

Giving Our Floor Plan Life

Sharing Your Floor Plan

Adding More Interactivity

Setting up the Project

Writing Some Code

Adding an Overlay

Adding a UI

Responding to Clicks

The Home Stretch

Important Lessons

Extension Points

Further Reading

CHAPTER14 Building Mashups

Real-World Examples

Solution Overview

Solution Walkthrough

Getting the Bing Maps Silverlight SDK

Create the Silverlight Mashup Application

Retrieve and Parse the Geocoded RSS Feed

Retrieve and Parse the KML file

Add the SharePoint List to the Mashup

Deploy the Mashup as a Sandboxed Solution

Create a Geocoded Contacts List Feature

Setting up the SharePoint Site

Important Lessons

Extension Points

Further Reading

CHAPTER15 Realizing the Vision

Viewing SharePoint as a Set of Services

A Real-World Example

A Thank-You

Index