An application page is an ASP.NET Web page that is designed for use in a SharePoint Web site. Application pages are a specialized type of ASP.NET page. The primary difference between an application page and a standard ASP.NET page is that an application page contains content that is merged with a ...
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SharePoint 2010 Application Pages. vs. Web Parts
I have done many a search on this issue with mixed results and ensuing ambiguity. The time has come to nail it down for good. If I'm developing the equivalent of a complex ASP.NET application, and I ...
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How do I make a custom publish botton for a page and make it do the same as the ribbon publish botton?
How do I make a custom publish botton for a page and make it do the same as the ribbon publish botton? We have a request from the customer to make a simple page that should have a custom publish ...
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Webparts on Application Pages (_layouts)
Is it possible to have web parts on application pages. In other words having a web parts page in the _layouts catalog? Have tried inheriting from webpartpage, no errors but nothing happens when ...
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Admin vs application page
In SharePoint, there are admin and application pages.
What's the difference between an admin and an application page?
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How can I show an Application page on Feature Activation?
We are developing a custom module for SharePoint. The custom module is based upon SmartPart which means we have created UserControls. There was a problem with SmartPart deployment method as it ...
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How to run with elevated privileges in application page?
I want to get a list item that the current user does not have access to but I need to get it in code. When I use SPSecurity.RunWithElevatedPrivileges that does not work.
It's because I'm using the ...
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How to programmatically add a webpart to a page?
I have created a webpart, now I need to add that webpart programmatically into the EditForm.aspx page. Can anyone help me on this.
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Custom Application page design
I have created a application page and I want it's design layout to look something like the standard Sharepoint pages like Add site column(fldNew.aspx) page. Could someone tell me how to accomplish ...
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How do create a page from pagelayout using code in sharepoint 2013
I was wondering, what APIs are available if I'm writing a farm-based sharepoint solution, for sharepoint 2013.
Basically I read about this thing called Page Layouts, and they seem like page ...
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Is it possible to add web parts to an application page?
I was asked to add a list view web part to an application page.
I added a web part zone into the page markup. I got a security error when I tried to add it so I added a form digest control (not sure ...
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How does SharePoint store versions of customised pages?
While a page is uncustomised (previously known as unghosted) it is stored on the file system, however once it is customised (previously known as ghosting) it is copied to the DB. Source 1 and Source 2
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Is it possible to debug the DLL of a built in _layouts application page?
I'm getting a vague error (as below) on the built-in _layouts/ChangeFieldOrder.aspx page which uses the DLL "Microsoft.SharePoint.ApplicationPages".
"Object reference not set to an instance of an ...
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Deploy application page to a custom path
I'm fairly new to SharePoint, and I was given the task of creating an application that basically consists of a couple of static pages that consume Java-based web services.
Currently, I'm creating ...
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SharePoint webpart and application page
I need to make an application page or a webpart that have a javascript code and i tried to add the jquery i a new project to upload it to the SharePoint but the code didn't work
this is the code that ...
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Move an Application Page from WebApplication to Central Administration
I've made an Application Page (derived from LayoutsPageBase) and it's showing in the WebApplication Settings correctly. Now, I need to move it to the Central Administration level.
Must I change my ...
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How do I deploy custom list edit forms in the sandbox?
I'm creating a List Definition for use on 2007, 2010 (Sandboxed), and 2010 (unrestricted) that will need custom new and edit forms; unfortunately the Sandbox specifically excludes custom application ...
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SharePoint 2010 how to customize display form using application page or code behind
I am working on a project that requires code behind in the dispform.aspx as well as the edit and new form. The reson being, I am synching to a web service, on view of an item, I want to make a sall ...
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Intellisense for Visual WebParts (ASCX) and Custom Application Pages (ASPX) in VS 2010
How can I enable intellisense for visual webparts (.ascx) & custom application (aspx) pages in VS 2010? It would save me a lot of time!
Thanks in advance.
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Where to see the runtime errors occurred in custom application pages
I created one custom application page and deployed into the sharepoint site.
When I open that application page which resides in the _layouts folder, it is showing runtime error.
How to solved this? ...
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Logout in Mozilla and chrome not working / ADFS Authentication
I have custom logout page created.
I have used an application page for logout. In the application page, I use a javascript and say document.execCommand(ClearAuthenticationCache).
This works fine in ...
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Why do custom Application Pages produce exceptions after installing June 2011 CU?
We recently applied the June 2011 Cumulative Update on our MOSS 2007 servers and had the February 2011 CU before that.
Since we installed the June CU all our custom application pages (e.g. an ASP.NET ...
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Custom Error Page for Sharepoint
We've created an Application Page which configure database for custom modules. We've designed this Application Page with SharePoint custom control.
There are some errors which can be occured when ...
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Use different masterpage for pages library
How do I go about applying a custom masterpage just to "front end" pages? i.e. I want all of the administration parts of the SharePoint site to follow default look and feel (viewlsts.aspx, managing ...
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Changing language of custom application page
I am new to SharePoint. I am creating a custom application page (small registration form). I want to give users a facility to change language of the registration form. Is this functionality is ...
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Code Behind in Web Part Page that can interact with controls?
Classic SharePoint quandry, but so far the resources I've looked at haven't helped.
On one hand, application pages work perfectly, but having them live in the 14 hive isn't ideal for a number of ...
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Application pages and master pages
We plan to use SharePoint 2010 application pages and wondered about our current setup, which has the default master page (v4.master) with no changes but a heavily customized page layout for the ...
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Deploy application page on a web application not the farm in sharepoint 2010
I'm deploying an application page on sharepoint 2010 but why I can't deploy it only on a web application. I can only deploy it globaly...
I tried to change the option in visual studio 2010 but I have ...
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Page, Dialog and update panel issue
I have page, where user can choose where he wants to copy library element. Since copying can take longer time, I'd like to give some information that actually something is going on. It is also ...
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2010 UI Version 3 site & application master page
I have switched a site back to use UI version 3, so this basically works as a 2007 site would.
I would expect that when accessing application pages this would use the application.master in the ...
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TransferToSuccessPage() when SPLongOperation is running
I am using SPLongOperation() , the scenario is:
Splongoperation operation=new splongoperation();
operation.begin();
try {
/// all working...
}
catch(exception excep)
{
...
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Running code that creates a TimerJobDefinition outside of Central Admin
I have run into a problem several times now where I have developed a custom timer job, and I want my site collection administrators to manage the schedule of this job with a custom application page ...
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Document library open file in application page
Is it possible to handle the click event of a file in a sharepoint document library so that instead of opening the actual file, it opens an application page?
E.g. Open letter.xml goes to letter ...
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Custom sign out page, not removing cookies
In my custom login script I'm creating a cookie that can be read by other company web applications. The code for this is:
setCookie("Communities", "LoggedIn=true&NSContactId=" + NSContactId, ...
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Custom Page in Sharepoint 2010
Sorry guys, I believe, I have framed my question in wrong way. Let me put that here now.
I am supposed to implement the automation of listing of jobs on our intranet. We will have two types of jobs ...
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Understanding ghosting, unghosting, site pages and application pages
well I know definations of these terms as mentioned:
Ghosted pages: Pages which are on file system and not on content db.
Unghosted pages : pages which are on content db.
Application Pages : normal ...
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HTML placeholder attribute is not a valid attribute
On SharePoint application page I am using placeholder in like this:
<input type="text" id="name" name="name" placeholder="your name" />
But placeholder is underlined and says: Validation ...
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Has the search alert API in SharePoint 2013 changed from the 2010 and Preview 2013?
I previously developed a Visual web part to programmatic-ally create Search alerts based on the user input. I used a text box to capture the text and create a Query using the Keyword Query Class. Then ...
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Is It Possible to Add the SharePoint List View Related Ribbon to the Application Page?
Is it possible to add the list view related ribbon to the application page?
I have a list view webpart in my application page. Now I don't have any ribbon like list view web part. Is it possible to ...
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How do you build an app on SharePoint?
We're building a personnel system for an HR department. The final solution will be sitting in SharePoint 2007 (upgrading to 2010 in 6-12 months). We've built a data model, and now we're faced with a ...
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Get current page absolute url
I want to get the current page absolute url in sharepoint..
I'm using:
this.Page.Request.Url.ToString()
But for:
http://e-albania.tirana.bz:6002/sites/ealbania02/_layouts/IISNewsBox/news_view.aspx
...
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Create complete site programmatically
I want to create a complete site in Visual Studio (Sandbox solution), so it is easy to deploy (with one press on the button on site collection level) to Office 365 / SharePoint Online.
I can create ...
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Wrong URL all the time
I have an application page, added to a site collection. I open the page by the url: http://servername/sitecollection/_layout/sc/page.aspx
I have added some links, which should open the SAME Url with ...
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Possible to have the default landing page of my Sharepoint Site be an applicaiton page?
So basically when someone goes to:
http://mysite.com
I would like to show an Application Page that I have created, without the giant URL. Example of the giant URL :
...
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Delpoying farm solution (Application Page) sharepoint 2010 --Access denied
I am deploying an application page (globally), I have a button on the editform.aspx. When a user clicks on the button, it redirects to the application page in a new window but I am getting an error ...
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Can an Application Page Permissions Be Set from SharePoint Foundation 2010?
Apologies up front... I'm quite new to SharePoint.
I'm developing an application page in SharePoint because what I'm doing is a lot of custom development, AJAX/jQuery external database, custom ...
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How to create custom EditForm and DisplayForm for custom content type?
I have developed a custom ASPX SharePoint application page using Visual Studio. I would like to use that page as the EditForm and DisplayForm for the custom content type.
At the moment, my page is ...
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Deploying an Application Page with code behind to a document library using Visual Studio 2010
I'm developing a new Application Page using Visual Studio 2010 with code behind it. When I deploy the solution, the page gets deployed to the _layouts folder but I would like to have the page for ...
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How to Create Task Items With Custom List Dataview
I have created 2 custom lists in Sharepoint 2010:
List #1: INTERNAL PROCESSES (fields: Process Title, Reference)
List #2: PROCESS STEPS (fields: Step Title, Step Description, Process Title[lookup of ...
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How do application pages compare to ASP.NET web forms?
We are considering moving from an ASP.NET Web forms model to SharePoint 2010 Application Pages. The main reason for this is so we can utilise the SharePoint Foundation solutions framework rather than ...
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SharePoint 2010 Ribbon on Application pages
I'm trying to create a SharePoint 2010 application page (AKA layout page) to display some information and allow users to perform some custom functionality.
I need to display custom ribbon tab for the ...
