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SharePoint CAML Query Builder Dialog for your Web Parts

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A SharePoint CAML query builder dialog for your Web Parts
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls;
using Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages;
using System.DirectoryServices;
using System.Net;
using System.IO;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Xsl;
using System.Data;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;

namespace Mullivan.SharePoint.WebParts
{
    [Guid("78d71219-4044-4979-8aad-35f177b7b0b2")]
    public class WeatherWebPart : Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.WebPart
    {
        private const string DEFAULT_LOCALE = "USMO0787";
        private const string DEFAULT_ZIP = "63131";
        private const bool DEFAULT_AUTOLOCATE = true;

        private Table _tbl = null;
        private TableRow _trError = null;
        private TextBox _tboxSearch = null;
        private Button _btnSearch = null;

        public WeatherWebPart() : base()
        {

        }

        public bool AutoLocate
        {
            get
            {
                if (this.ViewState["AutoLocate"] != null)
                    return (bool)this.ViewState["AutoLocate"];
                else
                    return DEFAULT_AUTOLOCATE;
            }
            set
            {
                this.ViewState["AutoLocate"] = value;
            }
        }

        public string Locale
        {
            get
            {
                if (this.ViewState["Local"] != null)
                    return (string)this.ViewState["Local"];
                else
                    return DEFAULT_LOCALE;
            }
            set
            {
                this.ViewState["Local"] = value;
            }
        }

        public string Zip
        {
            get
            {
                if (this.ViewState["Zip"] != null)
                    return (string)this.ViewState["Zip"];
                else
                    return DEFAULT_ZIP;
            }
            set
            {
                this.ViewState["Zip"] = value;
            }
        }

        protected override void CreateChildControls()
        {
            _tbl = new Table();
            _tbl.Style[HtmlTextWriterStyle.MarginTop] = "10px";
            _tbl.Style[HtmlTextWriterStyle.Width] = "width=100%";

            TableRow tr = new TableRow(); 
            _tbl.Rows.Add(tr);

            TableCell cell1 = new TableCell();
            cell1.Text = "Enter Location ";
            tr.Cells.Add(cell1);

            TableCell cell2 = new TableCell();
            tr.Cells.Add(cell2);

            TableCell cell3 = new TableCell();
            tr.Cells.Add(cell3);

            _trError = new TableRow();
            _trError.Visible = false;
            _tbl.Rows.Add(_trError);

            TableCell tcError = new TableCell();
            tcError.ColumnSpan = 3;
            tcError.Style[HtmlTextWriterStyle.Color] = "red";
            tcError.Style[HtmlTextWriterStyle.TextAlign] = "left";
            tcError.Text = "Location could not be found.";
            _trError.Cells.Add(tcError);
            
            _tboxSearch = new TextBox();
            _tboxSearch.ID = "tboxZip";
            _tboxSearch.Width = 150;
            cell2.Controls.Add(_tboxSearch);

            _btnSearch = new Button();
            _btnSearch.ID = "btnSearch";
            _btnSearch.Text = "Search";
            _btnSearch.Click += new EventHandler(_btnSearch_Click);
            cell3.Controls.Add(_btnSearch);

            this.Controls.Add(_tbl);

            base.CreateChildControls();
        }

        protected override void OnLoad(EventArgs e)
        {
            EnsureChildControls();

            if (!Page.IsPostBack && this.AutoLocate)
                SetUserLocation();

            if(!Page.IsPostBack)
                this.Locale = GetLocaleByUserInfo();

            base.OnLoad(e);

            _trError.Visible = false;
        }

        private void _btnSearch_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            try
            {
                if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_tboxSearch.Text.Trim()))
                    this.Locale = GetLocale(_tboxSearch.Text.Trim());
            }
            catch
            {
                _trError.Visible = true;
            }
        }

        protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
        {
            try
            {

                // creating a url which in responce sned rss feed in form of xml
                string reqUrl = string.Format("http://xoap.weather.com/weather/local/{0}?link=xoap&cc=*&dayf=7", this.Locale);
                // First we request our content from our provider source .. in this case .. The Weather Channel
                HttpWebRequest wr = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(reqUrl);
                wr.Timeout = 5000;
                //load the response into a response object
                WebResponse resp = wr.GetResponse();
                // create a new stream that can be placed into an XmlTextReader

                using (Stream str = resp.GetResponseStream())
                {

                    using (StringReader srXsl = new StringReader(Properties.Resources.RSSWeather))
                    {
                        using (XmlTextReader xrXsl = new XmlTextReader(srXsl))
                        {
                            XslCompiledTransform cmplTrans = new XslCompiledTransform();
                            
                            cmplTrans.Load(xrXsl);
                            
                            using (XmlTextReader xrXml = new XmlTextReader(str))
                            {
                                XmlWriterSettings settings = new XmlWriterSettings();
                                settings.CheckCharacters = false;
                                settings.ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment;
                                using(XmlWriter xwHtml = XmlWriter.Create(writer, settings))
                                {
                                    cmplTrans.Transform(xrXml, xwHtml);
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

                base.Render(writer);
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                writer.Write(ex.Message);
            }
        }

        private bool SetUserLocation()
        {
            try
            {
                SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;
                SPUser u = web.SiteUsers[web.CurrentUser.LoginName];
                SPList userList = web.SiteUserInfoList;
                SPListItem uItem = userList.Items.GetItemById(u.ID);
               
                if (uItem != null)
                {
                    string strZip = uItem.Properties["WorkZip"] as string;

                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(strZip))
                        this.Zip = strZip;

                    return true;
                }
            }
            catch
            {
                this.Zip = DEFAULT_ZIP;
            }
            return false;
        }

        private string GetProperty(SearchResult searchResult, string PropertyName)
        {
            if(searchResult.Properties.Contains(PropertyName))
                    return searchResult.Properties[PropertyName][0].ToString() ;
            else
                    return string.Empty;
        }

        private string GetLocaleByUserInfo()
        {
            try
            {
                string where = this.Zip;
                return GetLocale(where);
            }
            catch
            {
                return this.Locale;
            }
        }

        private string GetLocale(string where)
        {
            string strRequest = "http://xoap.weather.com/search/search?where=" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode(where);

            // First we request our content from our provider source .. in this case .. The Weather Channel
            HttpWebRequest wr = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(strRequest);
            wr.Timeout = 5000;
            //load the response into a response object
            WebResponse resp = wr.GetResponse();
            // converting it into stream
            Stream str = resp.GetResponseStream();
            // creating xml reader
            XmlTextReader XmlTextReader = new XmlTextReader(str);
            XmlTextReader.XmlResolver = null;
            XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
            // loading xml data in xml doc
            doc.Load(XmlTextReader);
            // searching location id
            return doc.DocumentElement.ParentNode.LastChild.FirstChild.Attributes[0].Value;
        }
    }

}

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