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    Wpsamplehelloworld DLL

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    This document provides instructions for creating an installer cab project to deploy a web part to a SharePoint portal site. The cab project will make configuration changes, add files to directories, and install project outputs and content files. The steps show how to add the cab project, configure file installation properties, and run the cab file to deploy the web part.

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    Wpsamplehelloworld DLL

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    This document provides instructions for creating an installer cab project to deploy a web part to a SharePoint portal site. The cab project will make configuration changes, add files to directories, and install project outputs and content files. The steps show how to add the cab project, configure file installation properties, and run the cab file to deploy the web part.

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    A Sample Project

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    This document provides instructions for creating an installer cab project to deploy a web part to a SharePoint portal site. The cab project will make configuration changes, add files to directories, and install project outputs and content files. The steps show how to add the cab project, configure file installation properties, and run the cab file to deploy the web part.

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    Wpsamplehelloworld DLL

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    nageswar521
    This document provides instructions for creating an installer cab project to deploy a web part to a SharePoint portal site. The cab project will make configuration changes, add files to directories, and install project outputs and content files. The steps show how to add the cab project, configure file installation properties, and run the cab file to deploy the web part.

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    A sample project (Hello world webpart and installer project) and walk through for

    creating an installer for web part that will install the webpart on the share point portal
    site.

    It will make a SafeControl entry in share point portal site's webconfig file, will add a file
    in the share point portal site's wpcatalog, will create a folder under share point portal
    site's wpresources directory and add files to the created folder.

    Assumptions

    • Hello world webpart project is ready for use.


    • Developer knows how to add a webpart to the share point portal site.
    • Developer has knowledge of webparts and share point portal site.

    How to add a .cab project to the existing web part solution?

    1. Right click the solution and navigate to Add -> New Project.
    2. Select Setup and Deployment project from project type.
    3. Select Cab Project from Template section.
    4. Write the appropriate Project name, select the appropriate project location and
    click OK.

    How to add (file installation properties) the project output to the .cab project?

    1. Right click on the .cab project. Navigate to Add -> Project Output.
    2. Select the Primary Output and Content Files from the available list.

    How to add the file to the Primary Output file installation properties?

    1. Right click on the Primary Output.


    2. Select Properties.
    3. In the Primary Output properties click on Outputs and select the
    WpSampleHelloWorld.dll.

    How to add the file to the Content Files file installation properties?

    1. Edit Manifest.xml in the webpart project.


    2. Under the section <ClassResources>, add an entry like <ClassResource
    FileName ="minus.gif"/> for each file that needs to be deployed under
    "wpresources\WpSampleHelloWorld".
    3. Assembly mentioned under the section <Assemblies> will be deployed in the
    share point portal's bin directory.
    4. DWP file mentioned under the section <DwpFiles> will be deployed in the share
    point portal's wpcatalog directory.
    5. Right click on the Content Files of the installer project.
    6. Select Properties.
    7. In Content Files properties click on Outputs and it will show the entire files that
    are part of the current project in the popup window.

    How to run the cab file?

    1. Edit the .bat file WpSampleHelloWorldInstaller.bat and modify "http://ABC/" to


    the required portal site.
    2. Through the command prompt, navigate to the directory where
    WpSampleHelloWorldInstaller.bat and WpSampleHelloWorldInstaller.CAB are
    present.
    3. Enter the WpSampleHelloWorldInstaller.bat file name on the command prompt
    and press the Enter key. It will show a success message.
    4. Verify that a SafeControl entry is added to the webconfig file and
    "WpSampleHelloWorld_1.0.0.0__b8904f2e5aa5eda1_HelloWorld.dwp" file is
    added to the wpcatalog directory. Create a folder with the name
    "WpSampleHelloWorld" under wpresource directory and add all the files that are
    mentioned in manifest.xml to the "wpresource\WpSampleHelloWorld" directory.

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