Creating a Console Application

This programming task describes how to create a console application in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. The example displays the number of lists within a site collection.

Note  For users to run a console application in the context of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, they must be administrators on the computer where the script is executed.

• On the File menu in Visual Studio .NET, point to New and then click Project.

• In the New Project dialog box, select Visual Basic Projects or Visual C# Projects in the Project Types box, depending on which language you prefer.

• In the Templates box, select Console Application.

• In the Location box, type the path to where to create the application, and then click OK.

• In Solution Explorer, right-click the References node, and then click Add Reference on the shortcut menu.

• On the .NET tab of the Add Reference dialog box, select Windows SharePoint Services in the list of components, click Select, and then click OK.

• In the .vb or .cs file, add a using directive for the Microsoft.SharePoint namespace, as follows.

  [Visual Basic .NET]
  
  Imports Microsoft.SharePoint
  
  [C#]
  
  using Microsoft.SharePoint;
  

• Add the following code to the Main method in the .vb or .cs file.

  [Visual Basic .NET]
  
  Overloads Sub Main(args() As String)
  
      Dim siteCollection As New SPSite("http://Server_Name")
      Dim sites As SPWebCollection = siteCollection.AllWebs
      Dim site As SPWeb
  
      For Each site In  sites
  
          Dim lists As SPListCollection = site.Lists
  
          Console.WriteLine("Site: " + site.Name + "  Lists: " + lists.Count.ToString())
  
      Next site
  
      Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to continue")
      Console.ReadLine()
  
  End Sub 'Main
  
  [C#]
  
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
      SPSite siteCollection = new SPSite("http://Server_Name");
      SPWebCollection sites = siteCollection.AllWebs;
  
      foreach (SPWeb site in sites)
      {
          SPListCollection lists =  site.Lists;
  
          Console.WriteLine("Site: " + site.Name + "  Lists: " + lists.Count.ToString());
      }
  
      Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to continue");
      Console.ReadLine();
  }
  

• Click Start on the Debug menu or press F5 to run the code.