Microsoft SharePoint 2007 Development Unleashed

Chapter 17Building Web Parts for Maintaining SharePoint 2007 Lists

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Web Parts and SharePoint Lists
• The SharePoint List Example
• Accessing a List
• Updating List Data

Extending the concept of building Web Parts, this chapter discusses creating Web Parts that interact with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) lists. This chapter shows you how to easily manipulate data that is contained in lists.

Web Parts and SharePoint Lists

Out of the box, a lot of power is built in to SharePoint 2007 lists. You can easily create custom lists that fit the needs for whatever kind of data you are trying to collect; however, there are some drawbacks. For example, it is difficult to customize the way that you collect data in a list without a ...