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Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2008 Extensions, Version 1.2

Brief Description
Tools for developing custom SharePoint applications: Visual Studio project templates for Web Parts, site definitions, and list definitions; and a stand-alone utility program, the SharePoint Solution Generator.

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Quick Details
File Name:VSeWSSv12.exe
Version:1.2
Date Published:7/1/2008
Language:English
Download Size:2.8 MB
Estimated Download Time: 7 min 56K
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Overview

Tools for developing custom SharePoint applications: Visual Studio project templates for Web Parts, site definitions, and list definitions; and a stand-alone utility program, the SharePoint Solution Generator.

The User Guide for this tool can be found here: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions User Guide, Version 1.1

The 1.1 version can be found here for Visual Studio 2005 support: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions, Version 1.1

Version 1.2 of the Visual Studio 2008 Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services contains the following tools to aid developers in building SharePoint applications:

Visual Studio 2008 Project Templates
  • Web Part
  • Team Site Definition
  • Blank Site Definition
  • List Definition
  • Empty SharePoint Project

Visual Studio 2008 Item Templates (items that can be added into an existing project)
  • Web Part
  • Custom Field
  • List Definition (with optional Event Receiver)
  • Content Type (with optional Event Receiver)
  • Module
  • List Instance
  • List Event Handler
  • Template

SharePoint Solution Generator
  • This stand-alone program generates a Site Definition project from an existing SharePoint site. The program enables developers to use the browser and Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer to customize the content of their sites before creating code by using Visual Studio.

Note: This download does not work with an x64 OS. We currently recommend a x86 development machine for SharePoint development when targeting x64 OS for test and production. Output binaries are all .NET assemblies so you can reasonably expect all .NET assemblies built on the x86 dev box to still work on your x64 OS test and production machines. The CLR will JIT compile the .NET assembly on each target machine and will optimize for x64 OS when run on that architecture. Testing on x64 after doing development on x86 is still recommended.

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008
  • The following is also required:
    • Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Basic installation only), or any product built on Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
    • Visual Studio 2008 (Standard Edition, Professional Edition, or Team System)

    • Note: Microsoft does not offer technical support for these extensions

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Instructions

To install this download:
  • Ensure that the language of the extensions you intend to download is the same as the language of your installation of Visual Studio.
  • Download the file by clicking the Download link (above) and saving the file to your hard disk.
  • Double-click the VSeWSSv12.exe file on your hard disk to start the setup program.
  • Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

Instructions for use:

Please see the documentation at: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions User Guide, Version 1.1

To uninstall this download:
  1. On the Start menu, point to Settings and then click Control Panel.
  2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
  3. In the list of currently installed programs, select Visual Studio 2008 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services version 1.2 and then click Remove or Add/Remove. If a dialog box appears, follow the instructions to remove the program.
  4. Click Yes or OK to confirm that you want to remove the program.

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