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Create A Mapping Web Part
1. MicroLink LLC 8330 Boone Boulevard Suite 300 Vienna, Virginia 22182 (703) 556-4440
www.MicroLinkLLC.com
Create a Mapping Web Part
Tom Resing
Senior Software Engineer
MicroLink, LLC
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About Tom
Microsoft Certified
Technology Specialist
• MOSS Configuration
• WSS Configuration
• MOSS Application
Development
• WSS Application
Development
12 Years of Technical
Experience
• Public Sector and
Private Sector
• Web Focused
An organizer of
SharePoint Saturday
San Antonio Nov 14th
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About MicroLink
Microsoft Gold Partner
• Main Office in Vienna, Virginia
Microsoft’s Federal Partner of the Year for 2007
Microsoft’s DoD Partner of the Year for 2007
and 2006
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Agenda
Overview – Introduce Mapping Mashups
Tools for Web Part Feature and Solutions
Demo Create a Basic Web Part
Inspect a Mapping Web Part Solution
Demonstration of Mapping List Items
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Mashups and SharePoint
Data View Web Part
Business Data Catalog
Excel Services and Reporting Services
Custom .NET Webparts
• Flexibility of custom code
• Full Integration with SharePoint Data
• Great Tools for Building
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Tools
Visual Studio Extensions for Windows
SharePoint Services
• Abbreviated VSeWSS
• Latest version 1.3 CTP
• Microsoft’s solution
STSDEV and STSDEV2008
• On Codeplex
• Plays well with source control
WSPBuilder
• A great third opeion
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2 Keys to Web Part Development
1. Always deploy a Feature in a Solution
• Atomically deployed to every server in a farm
2. Take Advantage of Tools
• VSeWSS makes it easy to understand
• Visual Studio 2008
Intellisence
Project Templates
Post Build Events
Team Foundation Server
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Offline Mapping
Google Earth Enterprise
• 2D and 3D mapping inside the firewall
• Good solution for limited connectivity or confidential
information
VEXCEL Virtual Earth Appliance
• More recent competitive offering from a Microsoft
Subsidiary
• http://www.vexcel.com
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Resources
Visual Studio 2008 extensions for SharePoint
(VSeWSS) 1.3 addresses all common
SharePoint Developer requests
http://blogs.msdn.com/pandrew
Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog
• http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepointdesigner
ProgrammableWeb Mapping Section
• http://www.programmableweb.com/mapping
Mike Williams' Google Maps API Tutorial
• http://econym.googlepages.com/
Hello SharePoint Saturday Dallas! Did you enjoy your first four sessions? Great. I’m Tom Resing and thanks for joining me. You’re going to learn something about Mapping and WebParts over the next hour.