SPGlobalAdmin.EnumWPPacks method
NOTE: This API is now obsolete.
Use the SPSolution class and other related solution objects to deploy Web Parts instead. (In Windows SharePoint Services 2.0, the EnumWPPacks method returned a string that contained the URL and file name of the specified installed Web Part package, or a string that contained a list of all the Web Part packages currently installed on the specified virtual server or front-end Web server, and is maintained for backward compatibility.)
Namespace: Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration
Assembly: Microsoft.SharePoint (in Microsoft.SharePoint.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
<ObsoleteAttribute("Use the SPSolution objects instead.", False)> _
Public Function EnumWPPacks ( _
strName As String, _
strUrl As String, _
bEntireFarm As Boolean _
) As String
'Usage
Dim instance As SPGlobalAdmin
Dim strName As String
Dim strUrl As String
Dim bEntireFarm As Boolean
Dim returnValue As String
returnValue = instance.EnumWPPacks(strName, _
strUrl, bEntireFarm)
[ObsoleteAttribute("Use the SPSolution objects instead.", false)]
public string EnumWPPacks(
string strName,
string strUrl,
bool bEntireFarm
)
Parameters
strName
Type: System.StringA string that contains the name of a Web Part package or that contains a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
strUrl
Type: System.StringA string that contains the URL for the virtual server or that contains a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
bEntireFarm
Type: System.Booleantrue to list Web Part packages currently installed on a server farm; otherwise, false or a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
Return value
Type: System.String
A string that contains information about one or more installed Web Part packages and whose format depends on which parameters are used.
Remarks
The EnumWPPacks method returns a different string depending on how the parameters are used. The parameters are not required and can be set to a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) to return different output. The following table describes the return values for the various parameter settings.
bEntireFarm |
strName |
strURL |
Result |
---|---|---|---|
false |
a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) |
a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) |
Returns all Web Part packages on the front-end Web server. |
false |
a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) |
URL |
Returns all Web Part packages on the specified virtual server on the front-end Web server. |
true |
a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) |
URL |
Returns all Web Part packages on the specified virtual server in the server farm. |
a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) |
Name |
a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) |
Returns the specified Web Part package. |