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Getting Intellisense in your SharePoint XML for Visual Studio

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• Added by Jeremy Thake, last edited by Jeremy Thake on Apr 06, 2009  (view change)

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There are a few ways of getting Intellisense in your SharePoint XML Documents in Visual Studio: Feature and Elements Manifest XML files Install VSeWSS CAML Intellisense Site Definition Site Template XML files Add the following SharePointCatalog.xml file to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Xml\Schemas\ folder. SharePointCatalog.xml <schemacatalog xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/xsd/catalog"> <Schema href="C:/Program Files/Common Files/Microsoft Shared/web server extensions/12/TEMPLATE/XML/wss.xsd" targetNamespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" /> </schemacatalog> Ensure you include the namespace in the Site Definition Site Template XML file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"> </Project> Portal Web Manifest XML files TBA (anyone?) Below is example code that out of the box you will not intellisense on (even with settings configured above). <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <portal xmlns="PortalTemplate.xsd"> <web name="Home" siteDefinition="CMSPUBLISHING" displayName="Home" description="Home"> <webs> <web name="Services" siteDefinition="CMSPUBLISHING" displayName="Services" description="Services" /> </webs> </web> </portal> Labels parameters Labels intellisense intellisense Delete elements elements Delete feature feature Delete sitedefintions sitedefintions Delete Enter labels to add to this page:   Looking for a label? Just start typing.

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