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SharePoint Document Counter Counts The Document Downloads

G Vijai Kumar — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:26:36 +0000

In this post I’m going to show you how to count the document events of SharePoint site, after going through this post you will learn how to count the document downloads, views, updates, deletion, restoration etc.

I remember this solution has been asked by few people on this blog.

Before knowing the document events (add, delete, update, view etc) we have to configure the audit entry settings for the SharePoint site collection in site settings page under Site Collection Administration section (see figure 1)

Figure 1 - Configure Site Collection Audit Settings

On Audit Settings page check the required events to track, in this example I’m configuring for Opening or downloading documents, viewing items in lists, or viewing item properties, Editing items, Deleting or restoring items

Figure 2 - Configure Audit Events

You can also configure audit entry settings programmatically with few lines of code, here it is:

static void Main()
        {
            using (SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://:port"))
            {
                using (SPWeb myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb())
                {
                    mySite.Audit.AuditFlags = SPAuditMaskType.All; //Configures all settings

                    //you can even configure specific settings using the below lines of code

                    //mySite.Audit.AuditFlags = SPAuditMaskType.CheckIn | SPAuditMaskType.CheckOut | SPAuditMaskType.ChildDelete |
                    //     SPAuditMaskType.Copy | SPAuditMaskType.Delete | SPAuditMaskType.Move | SPAuditMaskType.ProfileChange |
                    //     SPAuditMaskType.SchemaChange | SPAuditMaskType.Search | SPAuditMaskType.SecurityChange |
                    //     SPAuditMaskType.Undelete | SPAuditMaskType.Update | SPAuditMaskType.View | SPAuditMaskType.Workflow;

                    //mySite.Audit.AuditFlags = SPAuditMaskType.None; //Configures to none
                    mySite.Audit.Update();

                }
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

After configuring the settings, SharePoint audits the library events on item viewing, downloading, editing, deleting etc.,
SharePoint also generates audit log reports on this events in .CSV format. In this example we are reading the data from the configured audit entry logs to know event actions on documents.

Use the below code to know the event count on documents

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

namespace DownloadCounter.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/DownloadCounter/DownloadCounterWebPart/DownloadCounterUserControl.ascx";
        SPGridView myGridView;
        SPDataSource myDataSource = new SPDataSource();
        string errorMessage = string.Empty;

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

            base.CreateChildControls();

            myGridView = new SPGridView();
            myGridView.AutoGenerateColumns = false;
            myGridView.Enabled = true;
            myGridView.AllowSorting = true;
            myGridView.AllowGrouping = true;
            myGridView.AllowGroupCollapse = true;
            myGridView.GroupField = "Event";
            myGridView.DisplayGroupFieldName = false;
            myGridView.AllowPaging = true;
            myGridView.PageSize = 50;
            myGridView.PageIndexChanging += new GridViewPageEventHandler(myGridView_PageIndexChanging);

            BoundField colEvent = new BoundField();
            colEvent.DataField = "Event";
            colEvent.HeaderText = "Event";
            this.myGridView.Columns.Add(colEvent);

            BoundField colItemType = new BoundField();
            colItemType.DataField = "ItemType";
            colItemType.HeaderText = "ItemType";
            this.myGridView.Columns.Add(colItemType);

            BoundField colDocLocation = new BoundField();
            colDocLocation.DataField = "DocLocation";
            colDocLocation.HeaderText = "DocLocation";
            this.myGridView.Columns.Add(colDocLocation);

            BoundField colOccurred = new BoundField();
            colOccurred.DataField = "Occurred";
            colOccurred.HeaderText = "Occurred";
            this.myGridView.Columns.Add(colOccurred);

            BoundField colUserName = new BoundField();
            colUserName.DataField = "UserName";
            colUserName.HeaderText = "UserName";
            this.myGridView.Columns.Add(colUserName);

            Controls.Add(myGridView);
            myGridView.PagerTemplate = null;
            GetAudEntries();
            GroupByGridView();
        }
        private void GroupByGridView()
        {
            StringBuilder scriptFunction = new StringBuilder();
            scriptFunction.Append("");
            scriptFunction.Append("");
            Page.ClientScript.RegisterStartupScript(Page.GetType(), "GroupBy", scriptFunction.ToString());
        }

        private void GetAudEntries()
        {
            SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges(delegate()
            {
                SPSite mySite = SPContext.Current.Site;
                SPWeb myWeb = SPContext.Current.Web;
                DataTable myDataTable = new DataTable();
                DataRow myRow;
                SPUser user;
                try
                {
                    SPAuditQuery wssQuery = new SPAuditQuery(mySite);
                    SPAuditEntryCollection auditCol = mySite.Audit.GetEntries(wssQuery);

                    myDataTable.Columns.Add("Event");
                    myDataTable.Columns.Add("ItemType");
                    myDataTable.Columns.Add("DocLocation");
                    myDataTable.Columns.Add("Occurred", typeof(DateTime));
                    myDataTable.Columns.Add("UserName");

                    foreach (SPAuditEntry entry in auditCol)
                    {
                        if (entry.DocLocation.EndsWith(".xls") || (entry.DocLocation.EndsWith(".doc")) || (entry.DocLocation.EndsWith(".ppt")))
                        {
                            user = myWeb.SiteUsers.GetByID(entry.UserId);
                            myRow = myDataTable.NewRow();
                            myRow["Event"] = entry.Event;
                            myRow["ItemType"] = entry.ItemType.ToString();
                            myRow["DocLocation"] = entry.DocLocation;
                            myRow["Occurred"] = entry.Occurred.ToLocalTime();
                            myRow["UserName"] = user.ToString();
                            myDataTable.Rows.Add(myRow);
                        }
                    }
                    myGridView.DataSource = myDataTable;
                    myGridView.DataBind();
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    errorMessage = ex.ToString();
                }
            });

        }
        void myGridView_PageIndexChanging(object sender, GridViewPageEventArgs e)
        {
            myGridView.PageIndex = e.NewPageIndex;
            myGridView.DataBind();
        }

        protected override void RenderContents(HtmlTextWriter writer)
        {
            writer.Write(errorMessage);
            EnsureChildControls();
            RenderChildren(writer);
        }
    }
}

Use the above code or try to deploy the DownloadCounter.wsp
Note: In the above code we have used JQuery jquery-1.4.2.min.js files to show the count of the group by field, so please download the jquery-1.4.2.min.js file from http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.4.2.min.js and place in some location of the SharePoint site and also refer the same source location in the above code, in this example I have placed the Jquery file in Site Assets library, you can even place in the same location if you don’t want to change the code.

After deploying the downloaded solution, please try to activate Download Counter Feature see figure 3

Figure 3 - Activate Download Counter Feature

Then add the webpart to the page see figure 4

Figure 4 - Adding Download Counter WebPart to SharePoint Site

Then you can view the webpart updating on every action of documents see figure 5

Figure 5 - Download counter webPart shows the count of events for the documents

Most Common Custom WebParts Part 4 – Flash Media WebPart

G Vijai Kumar — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 21:33:53 +0000

In my previous post you can view the most commonly used custom webparts, Tree View WebPart Shows Sites and Sub-Sites, Menu WebPart Shows Sites and Sub-Sites in Fly-Out Mode, Windows Media Player WebPart

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("");
                            writer.Write("");
                            writer.Write("");
                            writer.Write("");
                            writer.Write("");
                            writer.Write("");
                            writer.Write("");
                            #endregion
                        }
                    });
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    writer.Write(ex.Message);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                writer.Write("");
                writer.Write("Please configure the Media WebPart properties in webpart properties section");
                writer.Write("");
            }
        }
    }
}

Most Common Custom WebParts Part 3 – Windows OR YouTube Media Player WebPart

G Vijai Kumar — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:35:09 +0000

In my previous post you can view the most commonly used custom webparts, Tree View WebPart Shows Sites and Sub-Sites and Menu WebPart Shows Sites and Sub-Sites in Fly-Out Mode

Now I got one more chance to continue the series of most commonly used custom webparts, so once again I come up with a simple Windows Or Youtube Media Player webpart which plays video on Sharepoint sites, the webpart also supports to configure the properties as required.

In the webpart properties section please enter the Windows media or Youtube link, the webpart automatically detects the media type and plays accordingly

Download the solution file WindowsORYouTubeMediaWebPart.wsp

Windows Or YouTube Player WebPart (Playing Windows media Video)

Windows Or YouTube Player WebPart (Playing Youtube Video)

Windows Or YouTube Player WebPart Properties

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

        private string videoFilePath = string.Empty;
        private string videoWidth = "320";
        private string videoHeight = "240";
        private bool animationAtStart = true;
        private bool transparentAtStart = true;
        private bool autoStart = true;
        private bool showControls = true;
        private bool loopPlayBack = true;
        private string frameBorder = "0";

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

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

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

        [WebBrowsable(true),
        Personalizable(PersonalizationScope.User),
        WebDescription("Animation At Start: (True/False)"),
        Category("Media Properties"),
        WebDisplayName("Animation At Start")]
        public bool AnimationAtStart
        {
            get { return animationAtStart; }
            set { animationAtStart = value; }
        }

        [WebBrowsable(true),
        Personalizable(PersonalizationScope.User),
        WebDescription("Transparent At Start: (True/False)"),
        Category("Media Properties"),
        WebDisplayName("Transparent At  Start")]
        public bool TransparentAtStart
        {
            get { return transparentAtStart; }
            set { transparentAtStart = value; }
        }

        [WebBrowsable(true),
        Personalizable(PersonalizationScope.User),
        WebDescription("Auto Start: (True/False) Starts the video automatically"),
        Category("Media Properties"),
        WebDisplayName("Auto Start")]
        public bool AutoStart
        {
            get { return autoStart; }
            set { autoStart = value; }
        }

        [WebBrowsable(true),
        Personalizable(PersonalizationScope.User),
        WebDescription("Show Controls: (True/False) Displays media player controls"),
        Category("Media Properties"),
        WebDisplayName("Show Controls")]
        public bool ShowControls
        {
            get { return showControls; }
            set { showControls = value; }
        }

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

        [WebBrowsable(true),
        Personalizable(PersonalizationScope.User),
        WebDescription("Sets the border of the media (applicable for youtube videos)"),
        Category("Media Properties"),
        WebDisplayName("Allow Full Screen")]
        public string FrameBorder
        {
            get { return frameBorder; }
            set { frameBorder = value; }
        }

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

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

                        using (site)
                        {
                            if ((videoFilePath.ToLower()).Contains("youtube.com/"))
                            {
                                Uri youtubeUri = new Uri(videoFilePath);
                                string query = youtubeUri.Query;
                                string mediaID = HttpUtility.ParseQueryString(query).Get("v");
                                string source = "http://www.youtube.com/embed/" + mediaID;
                                writer.Write("");
                            }
                            else
                            {

                                writer.Write("");
                                writer.Write("");
                                writer.Write("");
                                writer.Write("");
                                writer.Write("");
                                writer.Write("");
                                writer.Write("");
                                writer.Write("");
                                writer.Write("");

                            }
                        }
                    });
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    writer.Write(ex.Message);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                writer.Write("");
                writer.Write("Please configure the Media WebPart properties in webpart properties section");
                writer.Write("");
            }
        }
    }
}

Most Common Custom WebParts Part 2 – Menu WebPart Shows Sites and Sub-Sites in Fly-Out Mode

G Vijai Kumar — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:12:49 +0000

In my previous post can view the most common custom webparts part 1

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);
            }
        }
    }
}

Most Common Custom WebParts Part 1 – Tree View WebPart Shows Sites and Sub-Sites

G Vijai Kumar — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 04:26:07 +0000

I desired to support most common custom webparts used by the SharePoint professional, so that these can be helpful for them.
A custom tree view webpart shows all the sites and sub-sites of a SharePoint site

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);
        }
    }
}

A quick look on Sharepoint object model programs – Part 2

G Vijai Kumar — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:04:03 +0000

In my previous post you can have a quick look on Sharepoint object model programs – Part 1

Here, once again am going to post Sharepoint object model programs (part 2) with minimum lines of code and are really handy, which are actually most useful even.

Show only BLOG sites:

//STS#0 – Team Site
//STS#1 – Blank Site
//STS#2 – Document Workspace
//MPS#0 – Basic Meeting Workspace
//MPS#1 – Blank Meeting Workspace
//MPS#2 – Decision Meeting Workspace
//MPS#3 – Social Meeting Workspace
//MPS#4 – Multipage Meeting Workspace
//WIKI#0 – Wiki
//BLOG#0 – Blog

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SPSite site = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
            foreach (SPWeb web in site.AllWebs)
            {
                string template = web.WebTemplate + "#" + web.Configuration;
                if (template.ToUpper() == "BLOG#0")
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(web.Title);
                }
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

Show services and status in Sharepoint server farm:

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SPServiceCollection services = SPFarm.Local.Services;
            foreach (SPService service in services)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Service Name: {0}", service.Name);
                Console.WriteLine("Service Status: {0}", service.Status);
                Console.WriteLine("-------------------------------------");
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

Adding/Retrieving values to property bag:

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (SPSite siteCollection = new SPSite("http://servername:port"))
            {
                using (SPWeb site = siteCollection.RootWeb)
                {
                    site.Properties.Add("TempKey", "TempValue");//Adding value
                    site.Properties.Update();

                    Console.WriteLine(site.Properties["TempKey"]);//Reading value
                }
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

Read files in a folder:

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SPSite site = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
            SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb();
            SPFolder folder = web.GetFolder("Shared Documents");
            SPFileCollection files = folder.Files;
            foreach (SPFile file in files)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(file.Name.ToString());
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

Get content database for all site collections:

 static void Main(string[] args)
        {
                SPSite site = new SPSite("http://CentralAdminSiteURL");
                SPFarm farm = site.WebApplication.Farm;
                SPWebService service = farm.Services.GetValue("");
                foreach (SPWebApplication webapp in service.WebApplications)
                {
                    foreach (SPSite mysite in webapp.Sites)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(mysite.Url+" ----- "+ mysite.ContentDatabase.Name);
                    }
                }
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

Sharepoint list form generator

G Vijai Kumar — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:49:38 +0000

Today I am going to show you how to generate a list form dynamically as soon as you select the list name you can see the form generated for you with file upload field (attachment). I also know that there is an excellent solution Sharepoint Form Generator developed by Alon Havivi, but still I want to share with you, so that for some one the code may be helpful as a whole or part of it

No problem whether your list contains 1 field or 100 fields, code will generate all the ‘n’ no.of fields with file upload field (attachment) contained in the list. It loops through all the input fields and creates at runtime.

All you have to do is, open visual studio 2005/2008 create a new project using webpart template use the code from WebPart1.cs and FormGeneratorToolPart.cs build the project, place the .dll file in GAC or site bin directory, add the necessary safe control tag in Web.config file, import the webpart in to gallery, and add the same on to your site, after adding the webpart in your site you have to select the list name from the webpart properties, so that you can see the generated form similar to the form as in NewForm.aspx

Select the list name from the list of lists

List form generated

Download the complete source code (Please Note: Code cannot be viewed properly on the web page, so please use the below links to view the code or for downloading)

WebPart1.cs
FormGeneratorToolPart.cs

WebPart1.cs

using System;
using System.Web;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages;

namespace FormGenerator
{
    [Guid("93612d52-737c-4e83-83c3-a228910e87a3")]
    public class FormGenerator : Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPart
    {
        Table oFormTable;
        FileUpload oFormFileUpload;
        FieldLabel oFormLabelField;
        FormField oFormField;
        Button oFormButtonSubmit;
        Label oFormLabelMessage;

        SPList oFormList;

        private string _FormList = string.Empty;

        string qstitle = string.Empty;
        string qsmission = string.Empty;

        public string FormList
        {
            get { return _FormList; }
            set { _FormList = value; }
        }

        protected override void CreateChildControls()
        {
            base.CreateChildControls();

            oFormTable = new Table();
            oFormTable.CellPadding = 0;
            oFormTable.CellSpacing = 0;            

            oFormLabelMessage = new Label();
            oFormLabelMessage.ID = "lbl_message";
            oFormLabelMessage.CssClass = "ms-formvalidation";
            this.Controls.Add(oFormLabelMessage);

            //Generate Form
            GenerateFormList();
        }

        private void GenerateFormList()
        {
            SPWeb oWeb = Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.SPControl.GetContextWeb(Context);
            if (FormList != "")
            {
                try
                {
                    oFormList = oWeb.Lists[FormList];
                    foreach (SPField oField in oFormList.Fields)
                    {
                        if (oField.Type == SPFieldType.Attachments)
                        {
                            FieldLabel oLabelAttachmentField = new FieldLabel();
                            oLabelAttachmentField.ControlMode = SPControlMode.New;
                            oLabelAttachmentField.ListId = oFormList.ID;
                            oLabelAttachmentField.FieldName = oField.InternalName;

                            oFormFileUpload = new FileUpload();
                            oFormFileUpload.ID = "FileUpload";

                            AttachmentsField oAttachmentField = new AttachmentsField();
                            oAttachmentField.ControlMode = SPControlMode.New;
                            oAttachmentField.ListId = oFormList.ID;
                            oAttachmentField.FieldName = oField.InternalName;
                            oAttachmentField.Controls.Add(oFormFileUpload);
                            oAttachmentField.ID = "Control_" + oField.InternalName;

                            TableRow oRowAttachment = new TableRow();
                            oFormTable.Rows.Add(oRowAttachment);
                            TableCell oCellAttachmentLabel = new TableCell();
                            oRowAttachment.Cells.Add(oCellAttachmentLabel);

                            oCellAttachmentLabel.Controls.Add(oLabelAttachmentField);
                            oCellAttachmentLabel.CssClass = "ms-formlabel";
                            TableCell oCellAttachment = new TableCell();
                            oRowAttachment.Cells.Add(oCellAttachment);
                            oCellAttachment.Controls.Add(oAttachmentField);
                            oCellAttachment.CssClass = "ms-formbody";
                        }
                    }

                    // Loop through all the fields in the list
                    foreach (SPField oField in oFormList.Fields)
                    {
                        // Avoid Hidden, Read Only, Attachments field
                        if (!oField.Hidden && !oField.ReadOnlyField && oField.Type != SPFieldType.Attachments)
                        {
                            oFormLabelField = new FieldLabel();
                            oFormLabelField.ControlMode = SPControlMode.New;
                            oFormLabelField.ListId = oFormList.ID;
                            oFormLabelField.FieldName = oField.InternalName;

                            oFormField = new FormField();
                            oFormField.ControlMode = SPControlMode.New;
                            oFormField.ListId = oFormList.ID;
                            oFormField.FieldName = oField.InternalName;
                            oFormField.ID = "Control_" + oField.InternalName;

                            TableRow oRow = new TableRow();
                            oFormTable.Rows.Add(oRow);

                            TableCell oCellLabel = new TableCell();
                            oRow.Cells.Add(oCellLabel);
                            TableCell oCellControl = new TableCell();
                            oRow.Cells.Add(oCellControl);

                            oCellLabel.Controls.Add(oFormLabelField);
                            oCellControl.Controls.Add(oFormField);

                            oCellLabel.CssClass = "ms-formlabel";
                            oCellControl.CssClass = "ms-formbody";
                        }
                    }

                    //Create ASP.Net button
                    oFormButtonSubmit = new Button();
                    oFormButtonSubmit.ID = "btn_submit";
                    oFormButtonSubmit.Text = "OK";
                    oFormButtonSubmit.CssClass = "ms-ButtonHeightWidth";
                    oFormButtonSubmit.Click += new EventHandler(oFormButtonSubmit_Click);
                    this.Controls.Add(oFormButtonSubmit);

                    // Create the row for the Submit button
                    TableRow oRowButton = new TableRow();
                    oFormTable.Rows.Add(oRowButton);

                    // Create the cell for the Submit button
                    TableCell oCellButton = new TableCell();
                    oCellButton.ColumnSpan = 2;
                    oRowButton.Cells.Add(oCellButton);

                    Controls.Add(oFormTable);
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    Page.Response.Write(ex.ToString());
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Page.Response.Write("Select valid List from webpart properties");
            }
        }

        void oFormButtonSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            SPSite mySite = SPControl.GetContextSite(Context);
            SPWeb myWeb = SPControl.GetContextWeb(Context);
            SPList myList = myWeb.Lists[FormList];
            SPListItem myItem = myList.Items.Add();

            //Validating the controls
            foreach (SPField sField in myList.Fields)
            {
                if (sField.Required == true)
                {
                    string oControl = "Control_" + sField.InternalName.ToString();
                    Control oFieldControl = this.FindControl(oControl);
                    FormField sFormField = (FormField)oFieldControl;
                    if ((sFormField.Value) == null || (sFormField.Value.ToString()) == "")
                    {
                        oFormLabelMessage.Visible = true;
                        oFormLabelMessage.Text = "* indicates required fields";
                        return;
                    }
                }
            }
            foreach (SPField oField in myList.Fields)
            {
                string oFieldID = "Control_" + oField.InternalName;
                Control sFieldControl = this.FindControl(oFieldID);
                if (sFieldControl != null)
                {
                    if (oField.Type != SPFieldType.Attachments)
                    {
                        FormField sFormField = (FormField)sFieldControl;
                        myItem[oField.InternalName] = sFormField.Value;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        AttachmentsField sAttachmentField = (AttachmentsField)sFieldControl;
                        FileUpload oFileControl = (FileUpload)sAttachmentField.FindControl("FileUpload");
                        if (oFileControl != null)
                        {
                            try
                            {
                                HttpPostedFile oPostedFile = oFileControl.PostedFile;
                                string oFileName = Path.GetFileName(oPostedFile.FileName);
                                if (oPostedFile.ContentLength > 0)
                                {
                                    Stream oInputStream = oPostedFile.InputStream;
                                    byte[] oBT = new byte[oPostedFile.InputStream.Length];
                                    oPostedFile.InputStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
                                    oPostedFile.InputStream.Read(oBT, 0, oBT.Length);
                                    myItem.Attachments.Add(oFileName, oBT);
                                }
                            }
                            catch (Exception ex)
                            {
                                oFormLabelMessage.Visible = true;
                                oFormLabelMessage.Text = ex.ToString();
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                myWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
                myItem.Update();
                myWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;
                oFormLabelMessage.Visible = true;
                oFormLabelMessage.Text = "Record updated";
            }
        }

        protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
        {
            if (FormList != "")
            {
                writer.Write("");
                oFormLabelMessage.RenderControl(writer);
                writer.Write("");
                writer.Write("
");
                writer.Write("");
                writer.Write("");
                oFormTable.RenderControl(writer);
                writer.Write("
");
                oFormButtonSubmit.RenderControl(writer);
                writer.Write("");
            }
            else
            {
                oFormLabelMessage.RenderControl(writer);
            }
        }

        public override ToolPart[] GetToolParts()
        {
            ToolPart[] allToolParts = new ToolPart[3];
            WebPartToolPart standardToolParts = new WebPartToolPart();
            CustomPropertyToolPart customToolParts = new CustomPropertyToolPart();
            allToolParts[0] = standardToolParts;
            allToolParts[1] = customToolParts;
            allToolParts[2] = new FormGeneratorToolPart();
            return allToolParts;
        }
    }
}

FormGeneratorToolPart.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;

namespace FormGenerator
{
    class FormGeneratorToolPart: Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.ToolPart
    {
        FormGenerator oFG;
        Panel oToolPartPanel;
        DropDownList oDDLListProvider;

        protected override void CreateChildControls()
        {
            base.CreateChildControls();

            oToolPartPanel = new Panel();
            Controls.Add(oToolPartPanel);

            oDDLListProvider = new DropDownList();
            oToolPartPanel.Controls.Add(oDDLListProvider);

            PopulateProviderList();
        }

        private void PopulateProviderList()
        {
            SPListCollection myListCol = SPContext.Current.Web.Lists;
            oDDLListProvider.AppendDataBoundItems = true;
            foreach (SPList myList in myListCol)
            {
                ListItem myListItem = new ListItem(myList.Title, myList.Title);
                oFG = (FormGenerator)this.ParentToolPane.SelectedWebPart;
                if (oFG.FormList == myList.Title)
                    myListItem.Selected = true;
                oDDLListProvider.Items.Add(myListItem);
            }
        }

        public override void ApplyChanges()
        {
            base.ApplyChanges();
            oFG.FormList = oDDLListProvider.SelectedValue;
        }

        public override void SyncChanges()
        {
            base.SyncChanges();
            oDDLListProvider.SelectedValue = oFG.FormList.ToString();
        }

        protected override void RenderToolPart(System.Web.UI.HtmlTextWriter output)
        {
            output.Write("List Name Lookup:");
            output.Write("

");
            oDDLListProvider.RenderControl(output);
            output.Write("

 


");
        }
    }
}

A quick look on Sharepoint object model programs

G Vijai Kumar — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:11:16 +0000

Here I am going to show you that the actions which we perform normally with UI, those also can be done programmatically, the same thing I am going to show in this post, this post is mainly targeted for beginners those who are new to Sharepoint object model, a quick watch on programs to create sub sites, lists, showing web apps etc.
Creating Sub Site:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
SPWeb myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb();
SPWebCollection myWebCol = myWeb.Webs;
SPWeb mynewweb = myWebCol.Add("Web url", "Web Title", "Web Description", 1033, "STS#0", false, false);
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
Console.ReadLine();
}

Creating List:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
SPWeb myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb();
myWeb.Lists.Add("My New List", "My new list description", myWeb.ListTemplates["Custom List"]);
SPList newList = myWeb.Lists["My New List"];
newList.OnQuickLaunch = true;
newList.Update();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
Console.ReadLine();
}

Show all top-level sites in a farm

static void Main()        
 {
 foreach (SPWebApplication myWebApp in SPWebService.ContentService.WebApplications)
 {
 foreach (SPSite mySiteCol in myWebApp.Sites)
 {
 try
 {
 Console.WriteLine(mySiteCol.Url);
 }
 catch (Exception e)
 {
 Console.WriteLine(e);
 }                   
 }
 }
 Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
 Console.ReadLine();
 }

Show all site collection in web application:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
SPWebApplication myWebApp = mySite.WebApplication;
SPSiteCollection mySiteCol = myWebApp.Sites;
foreach (SPSite SingleSite in mySiteCol)
{
Console.WriteLine(SingleSite.Url.ToString());
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
Console.ReadLine();
}

Show all subsites in site collection:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
foreach (SPWeb myWeb in mySite.AllWebs)
{
Console.WriteLine(myWeb.Url.ToString());
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
Console.ReadLine();
}

Show all Roles in a site:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
SPWeb myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb();
foreach (SPRoleDefinition myRoleDef in myWeb.RoleDefinitions)
{
Console.WriteLine(myRoleDef.Name);
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
Console.ReadLine();
}

Show all Alerts in a site:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
SPWeb myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb();
foreach (SPAlert myAlerts in myWeb.Alerts)
{
Console.WriteLine(myAlerts.Title);
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
Console.ReadLine();
}

Show all Lists in a site:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
SPWeb myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb();
foreach (SPList myList in myWeb.Lists)
{
Console.WriteLine(myList.Title.ToString());
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
Console.ReadLine();
}

Show all List Templates in a site:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
SPWeb myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb();
foreach (SPListTemplate myListTemplate in myWeb.ListTemplates)
{
Console.WriteLine(myListTemplate.Name);
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
Console.ReadLine();
}

Show all Fields in a List:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
SPWeb myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb();
SPList myList = myWeb.Lists["List Name"];
foreach (SPField myField in myList.Fields)
{
Console.WriteLine(myField.InternalName);
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
Console.ReadLine();
}

Show all Items in a List column:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
SPWeb myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb();
SPList myList = myWeb.Lists["List Name"];
SPQuery myQuery = new SPQuery();
myQuery.Query = "";//Your Query
SPListItemCollection myItemCol = myList.GetItems(myQuery);
foreach (SPListItem myListItem in myItemCol)
{
Console.WriteLine(myListItem["Column Name"].ToString());
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
Console.ReadLine();
}

Delete all Items from a list:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
SPWeb myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb();
SPList myList=myWeb.Lists["List Name"];
myWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
int count = 1;
for (int i = 0; i < myList.ItemCount; i++)
{
SPListItem myListitem = myList.Items[0];
myListitem.Delete();
Console.WriteLine(count + " item(s) deleted");
count++;
}
myWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
Console.ReadLine();
}

Show all Groups in a site:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
SPWeb myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb();
foreach (SPGroup myGroup in myWeb.Groups)
{
Console.WriteLine(myGroup.Name);
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
Console.ReadLine();
}

Show all Users in a group:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
SPWeb myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb();
SPGroup myGroup = myWeb.Groups["Group Name"];
foreach (SPUser myUser in myGroup.Users)
{
Console.WriteLine(myUser.Name);
}
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
Console.ReadLine();
}

Show all Users in a group from UserCollection:

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SPSite mySite = new SPSite("http://servername:port");
            SPWeb myWeb = mySite.OpenWeb();
            SPUserCollection myUserCollection = myWeb.Groups["Group Name"].Users;
            foreach (SPUser myUser in myUserCollection)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(myUser.LoginName);
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.....");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

Sharepoint hit counter web part

G Vijai Kumar — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:26:43 +0000

On 11th November, 2009 I have published the HitCounter webpart solution on to Codeplex

Hit Counter

I have made the Hit Counter webpart very compact with minimum lines of code which generates user hits, before adding the webpart to the master page you need to create a Custom List name it as Statistics then create three columns in Statistics list as below:

url Multiple lines of text
date Single line of text
uname Single line of text

Also, you have to give the Contribute – Can view, add, update, and delete permissions for the Visitor and Viewers for the Statistics list, so that visitor/viewers visits also recorded in the list.

To give permissions

Go to Statistics list, Settings > List Settings
Under Permissions and Management click on Permissions for this list
Select Visitors checkbox then click on Actions > Edit User Permissions then select Contribute – Can view, add, update, and delete
Finally click Ok button

Please Note: For applying Contribute – Can view, add, update, and delete permissions for Viewers repeat the above 1, 2, 3 and 4 steps

If a user is new to current page on the day, the code adds a record to Statistics list, if the same user visits the same page the code just returns out from condition and do nothing, because the user already visited the page on the same day, this is all because of to maintain the unique hits

To know the hit count for all pages in site, you have to place the webpart in master page, so that the webpart code runs on every page where the visitor go and makes the unique entry in Statistics list

Statistics List

You can download the Hit Counter webpart from http://hitcounter.codeplex.com/

Comments on this solution are very much appreciated

Thanks for looking into this

Copy Sharepoint list items from one site to another programmatically

G Vijai Kumar — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:13:47 +0000

In my earlier post, I have show you how to Copy items from one list to another, using Sharepoint designer workflow now we learn how to copy list items from one Sharepoint site to another site programmatically

Before executing the code I have created two Sharepoint sites, first is http://fivenumber:5/ and the second http://fivenumber:50/

I have also created custom list in each site, Source List in site http://fivenumber:5/ and Desitination List in http://fivenumber:50/

Here in this scenario I have chosen Console Application template because it doens’t contains any input fields to show as webpart and also to avoid GAC registration, safe controls etc., I felt it will be easy to execute the code in Console.

Download complete source code

Source List

Copied List Items

Destination List

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

using Microsoft.SharePoint;

namespace CopyListItems
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                SPSite mySourceSite = new SPSite("http://fivenumber:5/");
                SPWeb mySourceWeb = mySourceSite.OpenWeb();
                SPList mySourceList = mySourceWeb.Lists["Source List"];
                SPQuery mySourceListQuery = new SPQuery();
                mySourceListQuery.Query = "" +
                                "" +
                                "" +
                                "" +
                                "";
                SPListItemCollection mySourceItemColl = mySourceList.GetItems(mySourceListQuery);
                int count = 0;
                foreach (SPListItem mySourceListItem in mySourceItemColl)
                {
                    string SourceEmpId = mySourceListItem["Employee Id"].ToString();
                    string SourceEmpName = mySourceListItem["Employee Name"].ToString();
                    string SourceDesig = mySourceListItem["Designation"].ToString();
                    string SourceAge = mySourceListItem["Age"].ToString();

                    SPSite myDestinationSite = new SPSite("http://fivenumber:50");
                    SPWeb myDestinationWeb = myDestinationSite.OpenWeb();
                    SPList myDestinationList = myDestinationWeb.Lists["Destination List"];
                    SPListItem myDestinationListItem = myDestinationList.Items.Add();

                    myDestinationListItem["Employee Id"] = SourceEmpId;
                    myDestinationListItem["Employee Name"] = SourceEmpName;
                    myDestinationListItem["Designation"] = SourceDesig;
                    myDestinationListItem["Age"] = SourceAge;
                    myDestinationWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
                    myDestinationListItem.Update();
                    myDestinationWeb.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;
                    count++;
                    Console.WriteLine(count+" item(s) copied");
                }
                Console.WriteLine("Press enter to continue");
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Console.Write(ex);
                Console.WriteLine("Press enter to continue");
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
        }
    }
}

If you have Lookup column in your Source List and want to copy the same data in to Destination List, you have to create an instance for SPFieldLookupValue class like below…..

Let’s suppose ‘Employee Name’ column is lookup field, comment or remove the line # 29 in the above code and replace with below code snippet

SPFieldLookupValue mySourceLookupEmpName = new SPFieldLookupValue(mySourceListItem["Employee Name"].ToString());
string SourceEmpName = mySourceLookupEmpName.LookupId.ToString();