In this continuation series of most commonly used custom webparts, I come up with a simple Flash Player webpart which plays flash files on Sharepoint sites, the webpart also supports to configure the properties as required.

Download the solution file FlashWebPart.wsp

Flash Media Player WebPart

Flash Media Player WebPart Configuration

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls;

namespace FlashWebPart.Flash
{
    [ToolboxItemAttribute(false)]
    public class Flash : WebPart
    {
        // Visual Studio might automatically update this path when you change the Visual Web Part project item.
        //private const string _ascxPath = @"~/_CONTROLTEMPLATES/FlashWebPart/Flash/FlashWebPartUserControl.ascx";

        private string flashFilePath = "http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/flash/samples/time_1/1_timer.swf";
        private string flashWidth = "320";
        private string flashHeight = "240";
        private string bgColor = string.Empty;
        private bool loopPlayBack = true;

        [WebBrowsable(true),
        Personalizable(PersonalizationScope.User),
        WebDescription("Specifies the media file location"),
        Category("Flash Media Properties"),
        WebDisplayName("Media File Location")]
        public string FlashFilePath
        {
            get { return flashFilePath; }
            set { flashFilePath = value; }
        }

        [WebBrowsable(true),
        Personalizable(PersonalizationScope.User),
        WebDescription("Sets the width of the Media player"),
        Category("Flash Media Properties"),
        WebDisplayName("Width")]
        public string FlashWidth
        {
            get { return flashWidth; }
            set { flashWidth = value; }
        }

        [WebBrowsable(true),
        Personalizable(PersonalizationScope.User),
        WebDescription("Sets the height of the Media player"),
        Category("Flash Media Properties"),
        WebDisplayName("Height")]
        public string FlashHeight
        {
            get { return flashHeight; }
            set { flashHeight = value; }
        }

        [WebBrowsable(true),
        Personalizable(PersonalizationScope.User),
        WebDescription("Background Color: Specifies the back color"),
        Category("Flash Media Properties"),
        WebDisplayName("Background Color")]
        public string BGColor
        {
            get { return bgColor; }
            set { bgColor = value; }
        }

        [WebBrowsable(true),
        Personalizable(PersonalizationScope.User),
        WebDescription("Loop Play Back: (True/False) Repeats the video automatically"),
        Category("Flash Media Properties"),
        WebDisplayName("Loop Play Back")]
        public bool LoopPlayBack
        {
            get { return loopPlayBack; }
            set { loopPlayBack = value; }
        }

        //protected override void CreateChildControls()
        //{
        //    Control control = Page.LoadControl(_ascxPath);
        //    Controls.Add(control);
        //}

        protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
        {
            SPSite site = null;
            SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(FlashFilePath) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(FlashWidth) && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(FlashHeight))
            {
                try
                {
                    SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
                    {
                        site = new SPSite(web.Site.ID);

                        using (site)
                        {
                            #region Script
                            writer.Write("<OBJECT classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000' codebase='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0' width='" + FlashWidth + "' height='" + FlashWidth + "'>");
                            writer.Write("<param name='movie' value='" + FlashFilePath + "'>");
                            writer.Write("<param name='bgcolor' value='" + BGColor + "'>");
                            writer.Write("<param name='loop' value='" + LoopPlayBack + "'>");
                            writer.Write("<EMBED src='" + FlashFilePath + "' quality='high' bgcolor='#FFFFFF' width='" + FlashWidth + "' height='" + FlashHeight + "' loop='" + LoopPlayBack + "' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash'>");
                            writer.Write("</EMBED>");
                            writer.Write("</OBJECT>");
                            #endregion
                        }
                    });
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    writer.Write(ex.Message);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                writer.Write("<span class='ms-formvalidation'>");
                writer.Write("Please configure the <B>Media WebPart</B> properties in webpart properties section");
                writer.Write("</span>");
            }
        }
    }
}

Initially I have created a simple SharePoint custom list with few records in that, the list contains four columns Title (default column), Employee Name (single line text), Designation (choice filed), Department (choice field)
(See in Figure 1)

Figure 1 - Simple SharePoint Custom List

Now, we are ready to connect, click on List then click Export to Excel option (see Figure 2)

Figure 2 - Click on Export to Excel

A file download window pops, click on Save (see Figure 3)

Figure 3 - File Download Window, Click Save

Save the file in some location (in this example I have saved in E:\Employee location) (see Figure 4)

Figure 4 - Saving Excel Web Query File

Then open the saved Excel Web Query file from the location where you saved or click on the Open button in download dialog window (see Figure 5)

Figure 5 - Open the downloaded file

While the Excel Web Query File is opening you can view the Microsoft Excel Security Notice (the dialog window says warning about the data connection) click on Enable (see Figure 6)

Figure 6 - Enable Data Connections

As soon as you click on Enable button you can view the SharePoint list data in the Excel Web Query File (see Figure 7)

Figure 7 - Excel Web Query File, Shows SharePoint List Data

Now we have to set the data connection to this workbook, to do that select Data menu and click on Connections (see Figure 8 )

Figure 8 - Data Connections for the workbook

A Workbook Connections window opens, select the workbook name and click on Properties (see Figure 9)

Figure 9 - Workbook Connections

Then in Connection Properties dialog box select Enable background refresh and Refresh data when opening the file, then click OK (see Figure 10)

Figure 10 - Settings the Connection Properties

Now we have to save the Excel file in a trusted location, so before saving the Excel file first we have to specify a trusted location, to do that Select File menu and click on Options (see Figure 11)

Figure 11 - Specifying Trusted Location

In Excel Options window select Trust Center and click on Trust Center Settings (see Figure 12)

Figure 12 - Specifying Trusted Location

In Trust Center dialog window select Trusted Locations and click on Add new locations, specify a path for trusted source, then click  OK (see Figure 13)

Figure 13 - Specifying Trusted Location

Click OK on Trust Center window, click OK on Excel Options window, then save the Excel workbook in some location, in this example I’m saving the Excel file in the same location (E:\Employees) where Excel Web Query File was saved

Now I will try to add the new Item in the SharePoint list, so we will see whether item is added in the Excel spread sheet (see Figure 14)

Figure 14 - Adding Item in Sharepoint List

Now I can see the newly item added SharePoint list is also updated in the Excel workbook (see Figure 14)

Figure 15 - Item Updated in the Connected Excel Workbook

From last post I want to continue the series of most commonly used custom webparts, so once again I come up with a simple and small custom menu webpart shows all the sites and sub-sites of a SharePoint site in fly-out style

SharePoint Menu WebPart in fly-Out Style

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Web;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls;

namespace CustomWebParts.VisualWebPart1
{
    [ToolboxItemAttribute(false)]
    public class VisualWebPart1 : WebPart
    {
        // Visual Studio might automatically update this path when you change the Visual Web Part project item.
       // private const string _ascxPath = @"~/_CONTROLTEMPLATES/CustomWebParts/TreeView/TreeViewUserControl.ascx";

        System.Web.UI.WebControls.Menu menu = null;

        protected override void CreateChildControls()
        {
            //Control control = Page.LoadControl(_ascxPath);
            //Controls.Add(control);

            menu = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.Menu();
            SPSite site = SPContext.Current.Site;
            SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;

            menu.StaticDisplayLevels = 1;
            menu.MaximumDynamicDisplayLevels = 200;
            menu.Orientation = System.Web.UI.WebControls.Orientation.Horizontal;
            menu.StaticEnableDefaultPopOutImage = false;
            menu.StaticPopOutImageUrl = "/_layouts/images/menudark.gif";
            menu.SkipLinkText = "";
            menu.DynamicHoverStyle.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromName("#CBE3F0");
            menu.CssClass = "ms-topNavContainer";

            menu.StaticMenuItemStyle.ItemSpacing = Unit.Pixel(0);
            menu.StaticSelectedStyle.CssClass = "ms-topnavselected";
            menu.StaticHoverStyle.CssClass = "ms-topNavHover";

            menu.DynamicMenuStyle.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromName("#F2F3F4");
            menu.DynamicMenuStyle.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.FromName("#A7B4CE");
            menu.DynamicMenuStyle.BorderWidth = Unit.Pixel(1);

            menu.DynamicMenuItemStyle.CssClass = "ms-topNavFlyOuts";
            menu.DynamicHoverStyle.CssClass = "ms-topNavFlyOutsHover";
            menu.DynamicSelectedStyle.CssClass = "ms-topNavFlyOutsSelected";

            MenuItemStyle stMenuStyle = menu.StaticMenuItemStyle;
            stMenuStyle.CssClass = "ms-topnav";

            stMenuStyle.HorizontalPadding = 0;
            stMenuStyle.VerticalPadding = 0;
            stMenuStyle.ItemSpacing = Unit.Pixel(0);

            MenuItemStyle dyMenuStyle = menu.DynamicMenuItemStyle;
            dyMenuStyle.CssClass = "ms-topNavFlyOuts";
            dyMenuStyle.HorizontalPadding = 0;
            dyMenuStyle.VerticalPadding = 0;

            System.Web.UI.WebControls.MenuItem mItem = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.MenuItem(web.Title);
            mItem.NavigateUrl = web.Site.Url;
            menu.Items.Add(mItem);

            GenerateMenu(menu, Context);
            menu.DataBind();
            this.Controls.Add(menu);
        }

        public static void GenerateMenu(System.Web.UI.WebControls.Menu menu, HttpContext context)
        {
            SPSite site = SPContext.Current.Site;
            SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;

            foreach (SPWeb subsite in web.Webs)
            {
                System.Web.UI.WebControls.MenuItem mItem = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.MenuItem();
                mItem.NavigateUrl = subsite.Url;
                mItem.Text = subsite.Title;
                mItem.ToolTip = subsite.Title;
                menu.Items.Add(mItem);
                BuildMenu(subsite, mItem, context);
            }
        }

        private static void BuildMenu(SPWeb subweb, System.Web.UI.WebControls.MenuItem mItem, HttpContext context)
        {
            SPSite site = SPContext.Current.Site;
            SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;

            foreach (SPWeb subsite in subweb.Webs)
            {
                System.Web.UI.WebControls.MenuItem mSubItem = new System.Web.UI.WebControls.MenuItem();
                mSubItem.NavigateUrl = subsite.Url;
                mSubItem.Text = subsite.Title;
                mSubItem.ToolTip = subsite.Title;
                mItem.ChildItems.Add(mSubItem);
            }
        }
    }
}

SharePoint Custom Tree View WebPart

Please use the below code and to get the exact look as show in the aboave image, the tree view webpart can expand/collapse

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls;

namespace CustomWebParts.CustomTreeView
{
    [ToolboxItemAttribute(false)]
    public class CustomTreeView : WebPart
    {
        // Visual Studio might automatically update this path when you change the Visual Web Part project item.
        //private const string _ascxPath = @"~/_CONTROLTEMPLATES/CustomWebParts/CustomTreeView/CustomTreeViewUserControl.ascx";

        TreeView myTree;
        LinkButton lnkBtnExpand;
        LinkButton lnkBtnCollapse;
        Label lblPipeDivider;
        Label lbl_ErrorMsg;
        private string errorMessage = string.Empty;
        private int level = 0;

        protected override void CreateChildControls()
        {
            //Control control = Page.LoadControl(_ascxPath);
            //Controls.Add(control);

            this.Controls.Clear();
            myTree = new TreeView();
            myTree.ExpandImageUrl = "/_layouts/images/tvplus.gif";
            myTree.RootNodeStyle.ImageUrl = "/_layouts/images/stsicon.gif";
            myTree.ParentNodeStyle.ImageUrl = "/_layouts/images/stsicon.gif";
            myTree.LeafNodeStyle.ImageUrl = "/_layouts/images/stsicon.gif";
            myTree.CollapseImageUrl = "/_layouts/images/tvminus.gif";
            myTree.NoExpandImageUrl = "/_layouts/images/stsicon.gif";            

            myTree.NodeWrap = true;
            myTree.ShowLines = true;
            myTree.ShowExpandCollapse = true;
            myTree.EnableClientScript = true;

            GenerateTreeView();
            myTree.CollapseAll();
            myTree.CssClass = "ms-navitem a";
            this.Controls.Add(myTree);

            lnkBtnExpand = new LinkButton();
            lnkBtnExpand.Click += new EventHandler(expandAll_Click);
            lnkBtnExpand.Text = "Expand all";
            lnkBtnExpand.CssClass = "ms-navitem a";
            this.Controls.Add(lnkBtnExpand);

            lblPipeDivider = new Label();
            lblPipeDivider.Text = "  |  ";
            this.Controls.Add(lblPipeDivider);

            lnkBtnCollapse = new LinkButton();
            lnkBtnCollapse.Click += new EventHandler(collapseAll_Click);
            lnkBtnCollapse.Text = "Collapse all";
            lnkBtnCollapse.CssClass = "ms-navitem a";
            this.Controls.Add(lnkBtnCollapse);

            lbl_ErrorMsg = new Label();
            this.Controls.Add(lbl_ErrorMsg);

            base.CreateChildControls();
        }

        private void GenerateTreeView()
        {
            SPSite mySite = null;
            SPWeb myWeb = SPContext.Current.Web;
            SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
            {
                try
                {
                    mySite = new SPSite(myWeb.Site.ID);
                    using (mySite)
                    {
                        level = 1;
                        foreach (SPWeb subWeb in myWeb.Webs)
                        {
                            TreeNode myTreeNode = new TreeNode(subWeb.Title);
                            myTreeNode.NavigateUrl = subWeb.Url;
                            ReadSubSites(subWeb, ref myTreeNode);
                            myTree.Nodes.Add(myTreeNode);
                        }

                    }
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    errorMessage = ex.ToString();
                }
            });
        }

        private void ReadSubSites(SPWeb subWeb, ref TreeNode myTreeNode)
        {
            try
            {
                foreach (SPWeb myChildSubWeb in subWeb.Webs)
                {
                    TreeNode subnode = new TreeNode(myChildSubWeb.Title);
                    subnode.NavigateUrl = myChildSubWeb.Url;

                    myTreeNode.ChildNodes.Add(subnode);

                    if (myChildSubWeb.Webs.Count > 0)
                    {
                        if (myTreeNode.ChildNodes.Count > 0)
                        {
                            level = level + 1;
                            TreeNode myChildNode = myTreeNode.ChildNodes[myTreeNode.ChildNodes.Count - 1];
                            ReadSubSites(myChildSubWeb, ref myChildNode);
                            level = level - 1;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                errorMessage = ex.ToString();
            }
        }

        void expandAll_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            myTree.ExpandAll();
        }

        void collapseAll_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            myTree.CollapseAll();
        }      

        protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter writer)
        {
            EnsureChildControls();
            lnkBtnExpand.RenderControl(writer);
            lblPipeDivider.RenderControl(writer);
            lnkBtnCollapse.RenderControl(writer);
            RenderChildren(writer);
        }
    }
}

Collaboration	List of templates under Collaboration
Team Site
Blank Site
Document Workspace
Blog
Group Work Site
Visio Process Repository
Meetings	List of templates under Meetings
Basic Meeting Workspace
Blank Meeting Workspace
Decision Meeting Workspace
Social Meeting Workspace
Multipage Meeting Workspace
Enterprise	List of template under Enterprise
Document Center
Records Center
Business Intelligence Center
Enterprise Search Center
My Site Host
Basic Search Center
FAST Search Center
Publishing	List of template under Publishing
Publishing Portal
Enterprise Wiki

The following is the list site templates available in SharePoint 2010

SharePoint 2010 – Site Templates

Team Site

Blank Site

Document Workspace

Basic Meeting Workspace

Blank Meeting Workspace

Decision Meeting Workspace

Social Meeting Workspace

Multipage Meeting Workspace

Blog

Group Work Site

Assets Web Database

Charitable Contributions Web

Contacts Web Database

Issues Web Database

Projects Web Database

Document center

Records Center

Personalization Site

Enterprise Search Center

Basic Search Center

FAST Search Center

Visio Process Repository

Business Intelligence Center

My Site Host

Enterprise Wiki

Publishing Portal

Publishing Site

Publishing Site With Workflow

SharePoint 2010 - List of available site templates

The following is the list of deprecated site templates

Microsoft E-Learning: What's new in Sharepoint 2010?

Clinic 10277: What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 for Developers
Developing SharePoint 2010 Solutions by Using Visual Studio 2010

• Creating SharePoint 2010 Solutions by Using Visual Studio 2010
• Deploying SharePoint 2010 Solutions by Using Visual Studio 2010

Integrating New Development Features in SharePoint 2010 Solutions

• New Process Capabilities for SharePoint 2010
• Developing New User Interfaces for SharePoint 2010
• Using LINQ to SharePoint

Developing Remote Clients for SharePoint 2010

• Developing Remote Clients by Using the Client Object Model
• Accessing SharePoint Data in Silverlight Applications

Incorporating External Data in SharePoint 2010 Solutions

• Configuring Business Connectivity Services for SharePoint 2010

Clinic 10279: What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 for IT Professionals

Introduction to SharePoint 2010

• Fundamentals of SharePoint 2010
• SharePoint 2010 User Interface Experience

Managing Data in SharePoint 2010

• Using IFilters
• Managing Lists with Large List Resource Throttling
• Using Windows PowerShell
• Backing Up and Recovering Data

Monitoring Data in SharePoint 2010

• Performance Tracking in SharePoint 2010
• Using the SharePoint Best Practices Analyzer