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I have created a feature in sharepoint 2010. The feature has a visual web part (sandboxed), the web part has controls etc.

I have added some styles to the web part. How do i upload the stylesheet to sharepoint 2010? This must be done via visual studio 2010.

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One way to do this is to use CustomAction and ScriptBlock, it's not pretty, but it does work.
Add a normal Module and add this:

<CustomAction Location="ScriptLink" Sequence="SOME NUMER"
  ScriptBlock=";(function(){var l=document.createElement('link');l.rel='stylesheet';l.href='PATH TO CSS';document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(l);})();" />

Replace SOME NUMBER and PATH TO CSS with the values you need.

Update

For actually placing the CSS file on server you could use the same Module.

<Module Name="YourModule">
  <File Path="YourModule\path\css\style.css" Url="path/css/style.css" />
</Module>

You could also set Type="GhostableInLibrary" and IgnoreIfAlreadyExists="TRUE" but since it's a Sandboxed Solution I don't think that would matter [reference needed].

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  • Thanks. i know how to reference the stylesheet. What i need to know is how do i upload it to sharepoint via a visual studio feature?
    – user1786107
    Nov 18, 2012 at 9:30
  • Ah, sorry for misunderstanding. You can do it in the module as I mentioned in the answer. Let me update
    – eirikb
    Nov 18, 2012 at 9:33
  • Thanks for accepting :) Just a note, I prefer to add scripts and stylesheets in a Module because then I know they will be referenced only once (ish). If you reference directly in your visual Web Part then adding the same Web Part twice to a page might cause havoc (for scripts).
    – eirikb
    Nov 19, 2012 at 10:11
  • +1 - never thinked of adding the script with a custom action. Always used a delegate control with a "injector" user control.
    – SPArcheon
    Nov 20, 2012 at 15:13

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