MSDN Magazine - March 2008 - (Page 39)

Figure 9 Targets in a Visual Studio Project <CallTarget Targets=”DebugBuild” Condition=”’$(Configuration)|$(Platform)’ <CallTarget Targets=”DebugInstall” Condition=”’$(Configuration)|$(Platform)’ <CallTarget Targets=”DebugDeploy” Condition=”’$(Configuration)|$(Platform)’ <CallTarget Targets=”DebugRedeploy” Condition=”’$(Configuration)|$(Platform)’ <CallTarget Targets=”DebugUpgrade” Condition=”’$(Configuration)|$(Platform)’ <CallTarget Targets=”DebugRetract” Condition=”’$(Configuration)|$(Platform)’ <CallTarget Targets=”DebugDelete” Condition=”’$(Configuration)|$(Platform)’ <CallTarget Targets=”ReleaseBuild” Condition=”’$(Configuration)|$(Platform)’ == ‘DebugBuild|AnyCPU’”/> == ‘DebugInstall|AnyCPU’”/> == ‘DebugDeploy|AnyCPU’”/> == ‘DebugRedeploy|AnyCPU’”/> == ‘DebugUpgrade|AnyCPU’”/> == == ‘DebugRetract|AnyCPU’”/> == ‘DebugDelete|AnyCPU’”/> == ‘ReleaseBuild|AnyCPU’”/> Extending the STSDEV Utility The STSDEV utility ships with a handful of sample solution providers. However, the real potential is in extending STSDEV by adding your own solution provider. If you would like to try this, open the source code for the STSDEV project that accompanies this month’s column and examine the class implementation for some of the existing solution providers. If you open up source files such as SimpleFeatureSolutionProvider.cs or WebPartSolutionProvider.cs and walk through the code in the InitializeSolution and AddSolutionItems methods, you can see that it’s pretty easy to build a solution provider. There is a class named SolutionBuilder that contains a public static method used to create many of the common files needed in a SharePoint development project. You can also see that some solution providers (such as the one in SimpleFeatureSolutionProvider.cs) interact with the user to prompt for additional configuration items using a modal dialog box created using Windows Forms. I hope you find the STSDEV utility both educational and useful in your everyday life as a SharePoint developer. This utility is a product of the SharePoint developer community and the latest version of its source code will always be available on the CodePlex Web site at codeplex.com/stsdev. At the STSDEV site on CodePlex you will find other resources such as an introductory set of screencasts to get you up and running quickly with this utility. Please feel free to provide feedback and to post examples of any solution providers that you create in your own SharePoint development efforts. Code download available at msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/code08.aspx. Send your questions and comments for Ted to mmoffice@microsoft.com. Ted Pattison is an author, trainer, and SharePoint MVP who lives in Tampa, Florida. His new book is Inside Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. He also delivers advanced SharePoint training to professional developers through his company, Ted Pattison Group (www.TedPattison.net). Ofﬁce Space march2008 39 http://codeplex.com/stsdev http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/code08.aspx http://www.TedPattison.net http://www.SSEinc.com/SmartClient http://www.SSEinc.com/SmartClient

Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of MSDN Magazine - March 2008

MSDN Magazine - March 2008 Contents Toolbox CLR Inside Out Data Points Advanced Basics Office Space Introducing ASP.NET MVC Loosen Up CI Server Performance Office Development Test Run Security Briefs Extreme ASP.NET Foundations .NET Matters {End Bracket}

MSDN Magazine - March 2008

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