Hey Paul
Try typing a dot after LinqVWP and see what intellisense gives you. You should
see a list of classes, those contained in the namespace. One of them should be
the class for your web part
Luis
On 22/02/2012, at 1:42 PM, Paul Noone wrote:
> Hi Callum,
>
> Yes, that’s correct. But I don’t seem to be able to instantiate it. I keep
> getting “LinqVWP is a namespace but is used like a type”. Not sure how to get
> this properly and was hoping there might be a simple method to add a web part
> by name from the gallery?
>
> I have:
>
> namespace ReceiversAndWPs.LinqVWP
> {
> [ToolboxItemAttribute(false)]
> public class LinqVWP : WebPart
> {
>
>
> And in my receiver AddWebPart function:
>
> LinqVWP wp = new LinqVWP();
>
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Callum Bundy
> Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2012 1:03 PM
> To: ozMOSS
> Subject: RE: Provision non-XSLT WP to existing page via feature receiver
>
>
> Sorry I have just re-read your email.
>
> You want to instantiate your custom web part class then, so if you have a
> custom web part called MyWebPart you want to create a new instance of that,
> instead of the base class WebPart.
>
>
>
> Callum
>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of Paul Noone
> Sent: Wednesday, 22 February 2012 12:56 PM
> To: ozMOSS ([email protected])
> Subject: Provision non-XSLT WP to existing page via feature receiver
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am able to add new instances of ListViewWebParts am struggling to do the
> same with my custom webpart.
>
> How can I add an instance of a web part that is being deployed within the
> same feature?
>
> 115 static public void AddWebPart(SPWeb site, string pageUrl, string wpName,
> string zone)
> 116 {
> 117 SPFile wpPage = site.Files[pageUrl];
> 118 SPLimitedWebPartManager wpManager =
> wpPage.GetLimitedWebPartManager(ASP.PersonalizationScope.Shared);
> 119 WebPart wp = new WebPart();
> 120
> 121 wp.Title = wpName;
> 122 wpManager.AddWebPart(wp, zone, 0);
> 123 }
>
>
> Line 119 is giving the following error:
>
> Cannot create an instance of the abstract class or interface
> 'Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPart'.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Paul Noone
>
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