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How do I get the attachments for a SP 2010 list to sort the attachments in alpha order by document name?

I hope someone can help me PLEASE. How do I get the attachments on my SharePoint 2010 List item to sort in alphabetical order by document name?
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Is there a way to create a list view that only displays certain items for the last few days?

I hope this will be a very basic question. :) I am using a Task List in a SP 2010 Foundation site to keep track of work in progress with a small team. We are using the default Status values (Not ...
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Listdata.svc via REST refuses to return data

I'm trying to pull down some list data from listdata.svc using the standard method as documented in the msdn: var listUrl = 'http://development.contoso.com/_vti_bin/ListData.svc/Contacts'; $.ajax({ ...
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Filter list data based on page Url

I have a relatively small SharePoint list. When a user comes to the list page I want a generalized list to display with a search box. I want this list to have no parameters or variables attached to it ...
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configuring status list using date column, if greater than [date column] status goes red

I am using a status list that is pulling from another sharepoint list, I would like to use a date column labeled "Due Date" and tell the indicator to turn red when the "Due Date" has passed... This ...
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Conditionally Require Approval on List Items

I have a calendar list, and I need to have it so that only items that meet a certain condition require approval. I have tried to use workflow, but when I fire them on the create/change event, the ...
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“Start Time” column is not getting updated in Workflow email

I have an approval reusable workflow for a calendar list. The workflow sends an email to the approver with the start and end time of the event. End time is displayed correctly. But the start time is ...
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SharePoint 2010 - How to edit the default message “There are no items to show in this view of the list.”

Is it possible to edit the default message "There are no items to show in this view of the "listname" list. To add a new item, click "New" in a simple (out of the box) way? I would like to display a ...
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Exchange event receivers of lists

Recently i faced an interview question for which i am unable to find a suitable answer. I was given a scenarion to implement, which goes like this. There are two event receivers Ea and Eb, these are ...
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sharepoint 2010 contacts duplicates

I have created a contacts list in SharePoint 2010 and need to be able to stop duplicate contact information from being added to this list. I am not finding an "out of the box" method is there some way ...
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Error exporting list to excel - permissions for resource throttling ceiling

What level of permissions have to be assigned to a user account in SharePoint 2010 for them to qualify as an "administrator" and therefore grant them access to the higher ceiling for resource ...
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Hide SharePoint 2010 context menu [duplicate]

I am trying to hide the SharePoint 2010 context menu. I wrote the following code: $(document).ready(function(){ $('.ms-MenuUIPopupBody').live('blur', function() { ...
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Student Class Certificate Management [closed]

I have a requirement to build out a site that allowed for the following features: A group of instructors can create class entries. The enterprise have the ability to see upcoming classes up to 3 ...
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Maximum number of lists in Sharepoint

Currently I have a single list where I store some data for all users. The problem is that the list has scalability issues after 5000 rows. I was thinking to create a list for each user. How many ...
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Why does SharePoint 2010 convert “qty01” to %5Fx0071%5Fty01

I have been using the SharePoint 2010 client object model to create a list in sharepoint. When it gets to adding a field called "qty01" it replaces it with "%5Fx0071%5Fty01". Is qty01 reserved or ...
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Embedding YouTube Video in a SharePoint 2010 List?

First, thank you in advance for any help anyone is able to give. I have a Sharepoint 2010 site that needs the ability to embed YouTube videos in the rich text field of a list item, is there anyway to ...
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How to implement a facebook like feed with comments and likes in SharePoint?

I require a web part in which feeds can be posted and users can comment and like on it.
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Is it possible to import/export list from Sharepoint 2013 to Sharepoint 2010?

We have been using SP 2013 for its ease of use when it comes to developing workflows especially the copy & pasting thing in SPD. But our main production environment will be using SP 2010 for it's ...
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How to programatically tell if a field is a taxonomy / managed metadata field?

I am going after SPList.fields and getting the collection of fields... I would like to eventually return only the fields that are managed meta data. Any ideas on how I can do this?
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Edit Listform(OOTB) consuming more time to load in SharePoint list

In our SharePoint server there is one list List1.when i am open any list item in edit form List1. it is taking much time to be loaded. around 1sec upto 2min. In List1 contain one lookup column from ...
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Respecting order of OrderedList in DataFormWebPart (SharePoint 2010)

I have a links list that allows the user to customize the order of the items, using OOTB functionality (using the "Change Item Order" ribbon item.) However, when I display the links list in a Data ...
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Set max number of items returned via Content Query or list

Any ideas if this can be done? I want to restrict the number of items returned to 5. Not sure if I can do this somehow at the CQWP or list level?
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How to turn off the function that converts single line of text into mailto: link

Does anybody know how to turn off automatic text conversion into mailto: links inside basic single line of text fields? It is confusing a little bit. Our customers stores server configurations in ...
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ASMX service returns only part of the list items, not all of existing items

I can see that there are 50 items on site in list1, but ASMX-service returns me 34 items. When I call GetList("list1") service returns me a description of the list. This description contains an ...
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Appropriate List permissions and read/write using visual webpart

I am learning SharePoint and just learned how to develop Visual Webparts and read data through CAML and write data also. I have a portal where I have one site collection and under that site collection ...
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How to display the tasks of the current user only in SharePoint 2010?

I have Tasks list in my SharePoint website and each task is assigned to a person based on a workflow. I want the tasks to be visible to the users only if they have been added to the workflow.
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Get unique values from a list column to display in the view

Sharepoint 2010 - I have a country lookup column wherein multiple values can be selected and is linked to another column (Region column) linked to another list. As it is the Region duplicates when ...
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How to create a chart with Chart WebPart from comma separated values in one list column

I want to create a chart with the built in Chart WebPart in SP 2010 from a comma separated values string in one column of a forms library. It is a form library with promoted fields of an InfoPath ...
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Calendar Web Part -> not showing the items in underlying list

Yesterday I bought a web part from VirtoSoftware (http://www.virtosoftware.com/sharepoint-calendar). This uses javascript to show list items in any SharePoint list as calendar items in a web part. I ...
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Add New Item Pop-up Window

A lot of my Sharepoint Sites require input from the Users to add to Lists, Document Libraries and so on. However, sometimes Users have trouble finding the "Add New Item" button when attempting to add ...
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obtain actions from ecb

is there a way how to obtain the default list of custom actions in ECB ? I tried list.UserCustomActions but it returns only custom actions added by user. In my case it returned 0. I would like to ...
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How do i create a static text filter on a list webpart

I would like to use a constant as a text filter on a SharePoint list webpart. I can add a text filter and use it to filter the list successfully, but I don't want a control and I never want to change ...
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Import a single row from Excel spreadsheet

I'm currently trying to copy a single column from an excel sheet and import it in an existing list on sharepoint. I tried this via microsoft access, but i'm only allowed 255 characters per row! Is ...
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How to find out whether or not a list is hidden without writing code (SP2010)?

Does anyone know if there is a way of telling (without writing any code) whether or not a list is "hidden"? I have a CAML query which contains the following and I'd like to eliminate the possibility ...
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How to change SharePoint List column size and color

Hi i created an out of the box custom list. I was wondering if in the standard view if it is possible to increase the font size and perhaps color of the column headers? Is there an easy way to do ...
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Implement check-in check-out on list items?

I want to implement check-in/check-out functionality on a list in sharepoint 2010. What I want is, when a person is updating a list item, no one else shuld be able to edit that particular item and ...
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Can I export list instances as .wsp package?

We are having an issue where in our 2010 solution the list instances are populated by an excel spreadsheet import using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel. Unfortunately this cannot be done in the UAT ...
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dropdownlist quicklinks menu in masterpage

I would like to create a dropdownlist for quicklink navigation in a master page. The quicklink menu will have direct links to a bunch of subsites. This will need to be accessible from all subsites. I ...
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Sharepoint 2010 Add Browse Button to make link to share location

We have files that are NOT within the sharepoint infrastructure and would like to link to them in certain lists. Is there a way that a user can edit a list item and add a URL to the share location by ...
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How to show List Headers always, not just on hover?

I want to show the list view headers of a SharePoint-List (these grey things with filter-dropdown, standard-view, standard masterpage) always, not just on hover. I tried to locate the correct css ...
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SharePoint 2010 list vew schema - View element

guys, I am trying to understand list schema view. For example AnnouncementsList contains in schema 3 views: <View BaseViewID="0" FreeForm="TRUE" Type="HTML" MobileView="TRUE" ...
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How to get all connections of a list in sharepoint 2010

Is there any way in sharepoint 2010, using which i can backtrack connections of a list. By back tracking i mean, i want to find out to which forms, pages and lists my list is connected ,such that i ...
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Content Type drop-down missing on editform.aspx for a list

by default, editform.aspx is supposed to include a drop-down that allows the content type for a particular list item to be changed. I am using the default form on a list and noticed that the ...
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Delete list items and bypass recycle bin

I have a list with about 15,000 items and I need to empty it by permanently deleting everything in the list. I have other items in the recycle bin that I don't want to disturb. Here's the script I'm ...
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Merging lists in Sharepoint Foundation

We're working with SharePoint Foundation and staying within all its limitations. We have a 3500-document library for which we're designing the metadata. The various metadata fields we're capturing are ...
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Filter a SharePoint-List as you type with Javascript/jQuery

so my scenario is: My users don't like the filter technology provided in SP2010 Lists and Listviews (using the row-titles' dropdown) and likes to have a "normal" textbox and search the splist (one ...
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Disappeared personal views

Have you ever facing the issue with dissappearing personal views? I have a big list with a lot of columns, rows, public & personal views, but without any calculated columns, 3rd party features, ...
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List item validation using .NET Client Object Model

On a SharePoint Foundation 2010 installation, I have a list defined and have set some simple validation rules on a couple of the fields: Text field (required) Number field (required, min: 50, max: ...
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Update user permissions in list

I have a list which has individual permissions set on each item. Yesterday, a cockup occurred where a number of these items had their permissions erased. Rather than clicking each one individually, ...
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Calculated Formula Insert From Another List

I have List A which has all information. List B has Col 1 that looks up one of the List A's columns. Col 2 is a Calculated column that want to use Col 1 but SharePoint is not able to see Col 1 ...

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