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private bool CreateWebPart()
{

  // Get parent category for web part
  WebPartCategoryInfo category = WebPartCategoryInfoProvider.GetWebPartCategoryInfoByCodeName("MyNewCategory");

    if (category != null)
    {
        // Create new web part object
        WebPartInfo newWebpart = new WebPartInfo();
 
        // Set the properties
        newWebpart.WebPartDisplayName = "My new web part";
        newWebpart.WebPartName = "MyNewWebpart";
        newWebpart.WebPartDescription = "This is my new web part.";
        newWebpart.WebPartFileName = "whatever";
        newWebpart.WebPartProperties = "<form></form>";
        newWebpart.WebPartCategoryID = category.CategoryID;
 
        // Save the web part
        WebPartInfoProvider.SetWebPartInfo(newWebpart);
 
        return true;
    }
 
    return false;
}

private bool GetAndUpdateWebPart()
{
    // Get the web part
    WebPartInfo updateWebpart = WebPartInfoProvider.GetWebPartInfo("MyNewWebpart");
    if (updateWebpart != null)
    {

      // Update the properties
       updateWebpart.WebPartDisplayName = updateWebpart.WebPartDisplayName.ToLower();

        // Save the changes
        WebPartInfoProvider.SetWebPartInfo(updateWebpart);
 
        return true;
    }
 
    return false;
}

private bool GetAndBulkUpdateWebParts()
{
    // Prepare the parameters
    string where = "WebPartName LIKE N'MyNewWebpart%'";
 
    // Get the data
    DataSet webparts = WebPartInfoProvider.GetWebParts(where, null);
    if (!DataHelper.DataSourceIsEmpty(webparts))
    {
        // Loop through the individual items
        foreach (DataRow webpartDr in webparts.Tables[0].Rows)
        {
            // Create object from DataRow
            WebPartInfo modifyWebpart = new WebPartInfo(webpartDr);
 

          // Update the properties
           modifyWebpart.WebPartDisplayName = modifyWebpart.WebPartDisplayName.ToUpper();

 
            // Save the changes
            WebPartInfoProvider.SetWebPartInfo(modifyWebpart);
        }
 
        return true;
    }
 
    return false;
}

private bool DeleteWebPart()
{
    // Get the web part
    WebPartInfo deleteWebpart = WebPartInfoProvider.GetWebPartInfo("MyNewWebpart");
 
    // Delete the web part
    WebPartInfoProvider.DeleteWebPartInfo(deleteWebpart);
        
    return (deleteWebpart != null);
}