Microsoft SharePoint. Building Office 2007 Solutions in VB 2005 ...

240CHAPTER 7 ■ SHAREPOINT CUSTOM FEATURES AND WORKFLOWSOf the available elements, you will make the most use of the ElementManifests element.The ElementManifests element contains any number of ElementManifest or ElementFile elementsthat always have a Location attribute pointing to a manifest file. This manifest filecontains information that lets you add new actions to SharePoint menus, add new pages toa site, add new list types to a site, use custom controls, and receive list events. Because thecontent of the manifest file can vary greatly between features, I’ll show you examples of allof these customizations throughout the chapter. Listing 7-2 shows an example manifest filefor the data connection library feature.Listing 7-2. Defining a Data Connection LibraryAdding Actions to Menus and ToolbarsCreating a feature that adds an item to a menu or a toolbar can be very simple. In fact, youcan create such a feature with no code and two simple XML files. As an example, I’ll createa feature that adds an item to the Site Actions menu that lets you access the Apress site inorder to download the code for this book. I’ll call my new feature CodeDownload. Figure 7-1shows the activated feature on the Site Actions menu.Figure 7-1. Adding an item to the Site Actions menu