SharePoint Controls

SharePoint user controls

WSS 3.0 comes with a number of user controls that you can use in your web parts and application pages. These controls are located in the 12\TEMPLATE\CONTROLTEMPLATES  folder.

• ButtonSection.ascx
• InputFormSection.ascx and InputFormControl.ascx
• LinkSection.ascx

SharePoint server controls

The Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls namespace of the Microsoft.SharePoint.dll contains a number of SharePoint server controls that you can use in you web parts and application pages.

• DateTimeControl control
• InputFormTextBox control
• InputFormCheckBox, InputFormCheckBoxList and InputFormCheckBoxListValidator controls
• InputFormRadioButton control
• SharePoint validation controls
• PeopleEditor control
• ListFieldIterator control
• ListViewByQuery control
• WebApplicationSelector control
• SPGridView control (written by Paul Robinson)
• SPDataSource control (written by Chris O’Brien)

Other controls that are useful on application pages for the Central administration can be found in the Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages.Administration.dll located in the 12\CONFIG\ADMINBIN directory:

• AdministrationDataSourceControl control