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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010 Expert Cookbook

You're reading from  Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010 Expert Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in Sep 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849684583
Pages 296 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Balaji Kithiganahalli Balaji Kithiganahalli
Profile icon Balaji Kithiganahalli

Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Development with Visual Studio 2010: Expert Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Lists and Event Receivers 2. Workflows 3. Advanced Workflows 4. List Definitions and Content Types 5. Web Parts 6. Web Services and REST 7. Working with Client Object Model Index

Creating a visual web part


In this recipe, we will learn how to create a visual web part. The web part will show data from an external database in a grid format. For our recipe, we will make use of the AdventureWorks database.

Getting ready

For this recipe, you need to have access to the AdventureWorks database. You can download it from: http://msftdbprodsamples.codeplex.com/.

How to do it…

  1. Launch your Visual Studio 2010 IDE as an administrator (right-click on the shortcut and select Run as administrator).

  2. Select File | New | Project. The new project wizard dialog box will be displayed (make sure to select .NET Framework 3.5 in the top drop-down box).

  3. Select Empty SharePoint Project under Visual C# | SharePoint | 2010 node from Installed Templates section on left-hand side.

  4. Name the project EmployeeList and provide a directory location where you want to save the project and click on OK to proceed to the next step in the wizard.

  5. By default, Visual Studio selects the SharePoint site available on the...

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