Preparing the Development Environment

To most efficiently develop Web Parts as ASP.NET Server Controls, we need to install the Visual Studio .NET templates necessary for Web Parts. These templates don’t ship with Visual Studio .NET 2003, but are available for download from the Microsoft website at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=CAC3E0D2-BEC1-494C-A74E-
75936B88E3B5&displaylang=en

Note

During installation of the Web Part templates, you will be prompted for the location of Microsoft.SharePoint.dll. This assembly is located in Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\60\ISAPI\ on your SharePoint (WSS/SPS) Server. You might need to copy Microsoft.SharePoint.dll to your development PC from the server with SPS or WSS installed.