Step 1: Set Up the Visual Studio 2010 Project for the ECB Menu Item Solution

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Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010

This topic shows how to set up the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 project for the Word Automation Services solution.

Creating the Project

Visual Studio 2010 contains several project templates for SharePoint Server solutions. Use the following procedure to create an empty SharePoint Server project for the Word Automation Services solution.

To create the Visual Studio 2010 project

  1. Start Visual Studio 2010 as an administrator.

    Important

    You must start Visual Studio 2010 as an administrator to publish the project to the SharePoint Server farm.

  2. In Visual Studio 2010, click File, point to New, and then click Project…

  3. In the New Project dialog box, expand Visual C#, expand SharePoint, click 2010, and then select Empty SharePoint Project.

  4. Give the project a name, for example, ConvertItem.

  5. Click OK to create the project.

  6. On the SharePoint Customization Wizard page, select Deploy as a farm solution.

    Important

    You must choose Deploy as a farm solution because the Word Automation Services object model cannot be accessed from partially trusted code.

  7. Click Finish.

After you create the project, you must add a reference to the Word Automation Services object model.

To add a reference to Word Automation Services

  1. In Solution Explorer, right-click References and then click Add Reference…

  2. In the Add Reference dialog box, click the Browse tab. The Microsoft.Office.Word.Server.dll assembly is located in the SharePoint Server 2010 \ISAPI folder, which usually has the following path:

    %systemdrive%:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\ISAPI

  3. Select Microsoft.Office.Word.Server.dll and then click OK to add the reference.

    Note

    If you receive a warning that Microsoft.Office.Word.Server.dll requires a newer version of the .NET Framework, click Yes to add the reference. Then, add a reference to System.Web.DataVisualization, which usually has the following path:

    %windir%\Assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.DataVisualization\3.5.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\

See Also

Tasks

Step 2: Create the Edit Control Block Menu Item

Step 3: Create a Web Application Page to Start Conversions

Step 4: Create a Web Application Page to Monitor Conversions

Step 5: Build and Deploy the ECB Menu Solution

Concepts

Walkthrough: Use an Edit Control Block Menu Item to Create a Conversion Job