'How do I' get redirected to the default Error or Success layouts pages?

Suman Chakrabarti — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:32:52 GMT

You just want the error message to be displayed on the default SharePoint error page. Is this an easy

In Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility there are 2 functions:

SPUtility.TransferToErrorPage - this transfers the user to the administrative layouts page for error messages
SPUtility.TransferToSuccessPage - this transfers the user to the page one would see after something such as a long running transaction

There are a few overloads for each and they come in handy when developing custom admin pages or custom lists.

'How do I' create a layouts page

Suman Chakrabarti — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:42:19 GMT

Following the lead of Sara Ford, I think I want to do a 'How do I' piece for SharePoint developers. I don't know how long this will last, but this is the first post.

First off, layout pages require the following directives. Try as I may, I have never been able to get around whatever permission demand is blocking layout pages from inheriting a specific class.

<%@ Assembly Name="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> <%@ Page language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/_layouts/application.master" inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.LayoutsPageBase, Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %>

The files must be placed in the %12-hive%\Template\Layouts directory-I usually create a custom folder underneath based on my specific feature to separate my custom code from SharePoint code. Incidentally, I recommend putting stylesheets, JavaScripts, and generic HTTP handlers here as well (the HttpHandler does allow you to create a code behind compile and deploy to this directory, which is cool). On your layouts pages you can add any web parts and custom controls you wish, you just have to add them manually as you don't have web part zones or personalization.

Note: By putting pages in the layouts directory, you may be breaching your security for the application as layouts pages are available to any authenticated user (not in a publishing scenario, though). Ensure that your pages are secured using controls such as the SPSecurityTrimmedControl.

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'How do I' get redirected to the default Error or Success layouts pages?

'How do I' create a layouts page