WS-Downloader Web Part

WS-Downloader Web Part

I released WS-Downloader tool last week. WS-Downloader is a small tool that downloads documents from SharePoint libraries.

Click here to read more about the WS-Downloader tool.

Today, I re-wrote the same application as a web part. Now, you can plug this web part directly in your site.

Click here to download the web part cab file.

Installation Instructions

1. Copy the wsdlcab.CAB file to the following location on the server:

C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions12 in

This location also contains stsadm.exe file.

2. From the location mentioned in Step 1, run the following command:

stsadm -o addwppack -filename wsdlcab.CAB -url http://localhost -globalinstall -force

(Change localhost to your servername.)

3. Run following command to reset IIS:

iisreset /timeout:0

4. Now, add the web part to a SharePoint site. Open the SharePoint site in a web browser.

5. Click Site Actions and select Edit Page.

6. Click Add a Web Part (in Right zone).

7. Expand All Web Parts by clicking the + button.

8. Select WS-SharePoint Documents Downloader from the Miscellaneous section.

9. Click the Publish button to publish the changes.

10. Now, test the web part by entering a library path in the first text box and a destination path in the second text box and clicking the Download button. This will download the documents to the destination folder and a message will be displayed in the web part.

Delete Web Part

1. Go to following location on the server:

C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft Sharedweb server extensions12 in

2. Run following command to remove the web part.

stsadm -o deletewppack -name wsdlcab.cab -url http://localhost

(Change localhost to your servername.)

Advantage

Now, you can run the application remotely and save the files to a local folder on the server. Remember, you still can not save the files to the client machine. For that, we need to write a web service and run the download application locally. To download the files to a folder on the server from a client machine, open the site in a web browser on the client machine. Select source and destination paths and click the Download button.