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  • Imtech Create Page Layout Content Type Extension

    Generating Page Layouts from Content Types was one of the functionalities of Imtech Fields Explorer – a tool that I’ve built for MOSS 2007. With the new Visual Studio SharePoint development tools there is no need for yet another tool in your toolbox. Imtech Fields Explorer will eventually be fully integrated in the SharePoint Server Explorer.

  • Creating parameterized Deployment Steps for Visual Studio SharePoint development tools

    One of the extensibility points of the new Visual Studio SharePoint development tools are the Deployment Steps: tasks that are executed during the Deployment Process in Visual Studio. The tools allow you not only to specify different Deployment Configurations using available Deployment Steps but also to create your own steps like for example executing a PowerShell script. While creating custom Deployment Steps isn’t difficult.aspx), it can get challenging when you want to make them support user definable parameters.

  • Working with Site Definitions using the Visual Studio SharePoint development tools

    One of the new capabilities of the new Visual Studio SharePoint development tools is support for creating Site Definitions. Using the Site Definition SharePoint Project Template you can create and test Site Definition. In order to fully benefit of the new tools there are a couple of things you have to keep in mind.

  • Extending Lookup Fields with “Add new item” option

    How many times were you working with Lookup Fields and just when you were about to pick a value, you found out that it’s not there. How many clicks did you have to make to get to the Lookup List, add the new Lookup Item, get back to where you were first and add your item? While it sounds trivial, it’s the only way things can be done in out of the box SharePoint. You could of course create a whole new Custom Field Type which would contain an “Add new item” link, but there is an easier way to get this done.