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©2009 Ness Technologies – Proprietary and Confidential
Kfir Sasson
Understanding Features & Solutions Understanding Features & Solutions In MOSS 2007In MOSS 2007
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AgendaAgenda
Features Implementation
Sharepoint Solutions
Why Features?
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Features - Intro
Do you really have only 1 environment?What is the wrong way??
Backup <-> Restore
Maybe Making the necessary Customization on every environment?
Copy recourses & assemblies manually or by a script
Reusability of developed component – hard work for the site designers
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Features
Reduce Complexity No need to copy codeReduce versioning and inconsistency issues Easier to activate or deactivate functionality in deployment Control site behavior by toggling a Feature on or off in the UI
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Features - Capabilities
ScopingInstalling or uninstalling Features within a deploymentActivating or deactivating Features at a given scopeProperty bag for storing data required by a Feature
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Features - Scope
Site Settings LinksSite Web Part DefinitionsWorkflow DefinitionsSite Content TypesLayout FilesList Instances
List Definition + Forms + ViewsList InstancesList Item EventsItem Custom ActionsWeb Admin Custom ActionsLayout Files
Farm ElementsFarm Elements
Web Application Web Application ElementsElements
Site Collection Site Collection ElementsElements
Web ElementsWeb Elements
Item Custom ActionsSite Settings LinksAdmin Custom Actions
Item Custom ActionsSite Settings LinksAdmin Custom Actions
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Features - Implementation
The Feature subfolder includes a Feature.xml file Install and activate the feature using command line or APIA Feature can be hiddenFeatures can have dependenciesUse EventReceiver (SPFeatureReceiver) to trap feature eventsValidate against wss.xsd schema
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Features – Install and activate
All features must be copied in to the features folderAll features must be installed on the farmA feature has effect on its scope only after activationUse Command line : stsadm.exe‘ Install the feature
stsadm -o installfeature -filename BasicCollectFeedback\feature.xml –force‘ Activate the featurestsadm -o activatefeature -filename BasicCollectFeedback\feature.xml -url %URL%
‘ Deactivate the featurestsadm -o deactivatefeature -filename BasicCollectFeedback\feature.xml -url %URL%‘ Uninstall the featurestsadm -o uninstallfeature -filename BasicCollectFeedback\feature.xml
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Demo 1 – Create and Install a Feature
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Features – Element Types
Element Scope Description
Content TypeSite schema definition you can apply to multiple list definitions.
Content Type Binding
Site enables the user to provision a content type on a list.
ControlAllA delegate control contains a registration for a well-known control installed on a Web page.
Custom ActionAll• Content type links for the content type settings page
• Drop-down menu actions for the drop-down menu that appears for an item
• Form toolbar buttons for New, Edit, or Display form toolbars.
• Site Settings link for the Site Settings page.
Custom Action Group
AllDefines a group of custom actions.
Document Converter
WebApplication Contains the definition of a document converter.
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Features – Element Types
Element Scope Description
Feature/Site Template Association
Farm, WebApplication, Site
Binds a feature to a site definition or template so that created sites are provisioned with the feature.
FieldSite Contains a field definition that can be reused among multiple lists.
Hide Custom Action
AllHides a custom action that has been added through another custom action.
List InstanceSite, WebProvisions a SharePoint site with a specific list of data.
List TemplateSite, WebContains a list definition or template, which defines a list that can be provisioned in a SharePoint site.
ModuleSite, WebContains a set of files with which to provision sites.
ReceiverWeb Contains an item event receiver registration.
WorkflowSite Contains the definition for a workflow in a list.
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Features – Content Type Element
Defines a content type that will be available on the site Control inheritance using the content type ID
► Parent content type ID + two hexadecimal values ► Parent content type ID + "00" + hexadecimal GUID
Connect existing fields to the content typeCustom Forms add\update\display item.
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Features – Module Element
specify files with which to provision SharePoint sites. Important attributes:
► Name► List – list type number► Url – the url of the list
File Element► URL – the name of the file► Path – the path to the file
AllUsersWebPart – define webparts in a page
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Features – Delegate Control
Declare candidate controls for a particular functionality Provides a mechanism for choosing a single functionality provider Can replace the content of any Sharepoint:DelegateControlUnion between server farm, Web application, site collection, and Web site levels The control that has the lowest sequence number is added to the control tree by means of the DelegateControl
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Features – Custom Action
A custom action represent► A link► Toolbar button► Menu item► any control that can be added to a toolbar or menu that a user sees
Add a control to toolbars
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Features – Useful Utilities
MOSS Feature Generator► Create site columns, list templates, content types features► Drag & Drop► Features created in a few minutes ► Download from http://www.sharepointblogs.com/alfred/default.aspx
MOSS Publishing Feature Generator► Creates Module features with selected layouts and master pages► Very easy to use ► Download from http://pubsitefeature.codeplex.com/
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Demo 2 – Develop Features
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Solutions - Intro
Now that we have features what is the best way to deploy
• Batch file
• Develop an installer
• Sharepoint Solutions
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Solutions
Bundle all of the components for extending WSS A solution file is a CAB-based format with a .wsp extension A unified infrastructure for deploying solutions Integrated deployment
► Easily install files on the front-end Web servers in a server farm
Solution framework allows you to do the following► Deploy new solutions and upgrade existing solutions across the farm ► Synchronize a front-end Web server so that its state is consistent with
The state of other servers in the farm
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Solutions - Creating
Contains the following components ► Site definitions► Feature definitions and their element definitions and files► Web Part files (*.webpart, *.dwp)► Template files and root files, which can include the following:
► _layouts files► Resources (*.resx)► Resource files (for example, *.doc or *.xls)
► Assemblies, which can include the following:► Safe control entries► Resources
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Solutions - Creating
DDF FileDeclaration file for the cab creator utility
Use the makecab.exe utility
The format of a .ddf file is basically in the same style as the .inf file
declare a standard header and then enumerate
All files must be included
MakeCab /F soultion.ddf
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Solutions - Deploy
Use command line stsadm
Stsadm –o addsolution –filename “wsp file”
Stsadm –o deploysolution –name %packagename% -local – allowGacDeployment –url %TargetUrl%
Stsadm –o retractsolution –name %packagename% -local –url %TargetUrl%
Stsadm –o deletesolution –filename “%pakagename%”
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Solutions – Deploy
Deploy and retract in the admin site
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Solutions – Useful Utilities
WSPBuiderAutomatically Creates the manifest file
Creating the wsp file for deployment
Very easy to use
Download from http://wspbuilder.codeplex.com/
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Solutions – Useful Utilities
Solution InstallerAdd solution to the SharePoint solution store.
Deploy solution on one or more web applications.
Activate feature on one or more site collections Upgrade solution.
Retract and remove solution.
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Demo 3 – Creating and Deploying Solutions
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Summary
Features are the proper way to add functionality to SharepointSite admins can control the functionally of thesite Deployment becomes an easy jobUseful tools make the develop much simpler