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How to add a custom Web Part that was created by using Visual Basic to a SharePoint Server 2007 Web site
INTRODUCTION
This article describes how to add a custom Web Part that was created by using Microsoft Visual Basic to a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web site.
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To add a custom Web Part to a SharePoint Server 2007 Web site, follow these steps:
- On the computer that is running SharePoint Server 2007, copy the compiled VBWebPart.dll file to the Web application folder. For example, copy the compiled VBWebPart.dll file to the following folder:
\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\WebAppFolder\bin
Note VBWebPart is a placeholder for the name of the compiled .dll file. WebAppFolder is a placeholder for the name of the Web application folder. - In the \Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\WebAppFolder folder, right-click the Web.config file, click Open With, and then click Notepad.
- In the Web.config file, add the following element under the <SafeControls> element:
<SafeControl Assembly="VBWebPart, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" Namespace="VBWebPart" TypeName="*" Safe="True" />
- Click File, and then click Save.
- Start Windows Internet Explorer, and then visit the SharePoint Server 2007 Web site.
- On the SharePoint Server 2007 Web site, click Site Actions, and then click Site Settings.
- On the Site Settings page, click Web Parts under Galleries.
- On the Web Part Gallery page, click New.
- On the Web Part Gallery: New Web Parts page, click to select the check box next to the Web Part that you want to add, and then click Populate Gallery.
- Visit the SharePoint Server 2007 Web site, click Site Actions, and then click Edit Page.
- On the SharePoint Server 2007 Web site, click Add a Web Part.
- In the Add Web Parts dialog box, expand All Web Parts, click to select the check box next to the Web Part that you want to add, and then click Add.
- To publish your changes,
click Publish.
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- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
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