Writing a Filter Provider Web Part for Windows SharePoint

This section walks through the five major steps to create the Geographic Region filter provider Web Part:

1. Create a Web Control Library project in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
   
   
2. Add a reference to the Windows SharePoint Services assembly.
   
   
3. Set the Web Part assembly version number.
   
   
4. Sign the Web Part assembly with a strong name.
   
   
5. Add the code that implements the functionality of the Geographic Region filter provider Web Part.