SharePoint Foundation is the platform for all products in the SharePoint family. It contains all of the core functionality and architecture drawn on by the commercial versions of the package, but is free to download
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Using Javascript in SharePoint
I have a number of projects that could benefit from JavaScript. I've seen a lot of "Oh, you can use JavaScript for that!", but little detail about how and where that's done. Does the script live on a ...
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How to find a file with name = X in a SPList
Looking for recommendations. Have a file in a document library with name x.txt. In a workflow code behind, I need to get the file to read its contents. What is the best/most efficient way to do ...
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Document library breadcrumb
Can someone tell me how to add a breadcrumb for a document library to a site page so that it will show the nested folder structure as a user navigate up and down the directory structure.
Document ...
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Infopath with Sharepoint Foundation 2010
Is it possible to use Infopath 2010 forms with Sharepoint Foundation 2010? What licence(s) (if any), would I need to do so?
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Get current Login Name inside RunWithElevatedPrivileges
How to get current Login Name.I'm getting "Sharepoint\System" as Login Name for every user. I need to get the name of the user.
public override void ItemAdded(SPItemEventProperties properties)
{
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Set GUID Programatically for New Audience
I am Creating New Audience programmatically but I want to set its GUID by code (my own)
Is it possible to do this ? if yes then how ?
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Global property for all webparts on a page
Not sure if this is even possible. Is there a way to setup a global property that can be used by all webparts on a page.
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Can I use a custom field type icon instead of value?
I'm creating a new custom field type to go with my custom document library.
What I want to do is to have the column display a small icon upon meeting a certain condition, for example if the element ...
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where clause is ignored when query list
I have a CAML query which returns lists by a lookup field.
here is the query
<Query>
<Where>
<Eq>
<FieldRef ...
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Does Sharepoint offer live editing?
I'm hoping someone can alleviate my confusion.
I'm trying to find out if any Sharepoint versions offer something like Google Docs' live-editing capability. What I mean is: Two people can edit a ...
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Problem in Automatically log into Sharepoint
I could not automatically logged into sharepoint site with the window user account. I have to click "SignIn" button displayed on the right of the screen.(as shown in picture)
As described in this ...
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Anonymous access on Sharepoint 2010, pages created using Visual Studio
How do we make the pages what we created using Visual Studio inherit permissions?
They work fine when the person is signed on, but when they are anonymous, you cannot access the pages.
How do I get ...
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How to Fetch Data from .ICS file in Sharepoint 2010 ?
How to fetch data from iCalendar file in sharepoint 2010 webpart ?
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Create a custom List Calculated Coulmn using IF or Case structure
I want to create a column in sharepoint 2010 foundation custom list which functions as the below code
If (Status = "Avail") then
-1
ElseIf ((Status = "Apply") then
1
End IF
meaning ...
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Issue trying to customize xslt layout of a list view
This is probably simple but here goes. I want to customize the xslt layout of a list view. The idea is to add a header to the top which shows the name of the list. Here is what I have so far.
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Is it possible to add webpart zone in sitepages?
I had a SharePoint site where I created a page (not a webpart page). Can I add webpart zone on this page?
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Creating Custom Web Service on Sharepoint 2010
I'm new to web services and i've been trying to create a custom one using this tutorial:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms464040.aspx
I've named my service as Files and created a new method ...
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Edit a webpart in SharePoint
Someone deployed a webpart to our site that left and that webpart changed the globalbreadcrumb banner of the sitecollection. The webpart is needed to be used, but I want to remove the code that is ...
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Migration of site
I have a sharepoint 2007 site which I want to migrate to sharepoint 2013 can someone provide a resource, any URL for Tutorial.
Let me know, if Its possible to migrate a site to 2013 from sharepoint ...
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“Working on it” Image from SharePoint 2013
i was wondering if theres a fix for the missing image on the "Working on it"-Animation in SP2013 Preview
Google search didn't provisioned any fixes.. any ideas? Would like to solve that issue
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How to catch the feature activate time
I am trying to write one program such that, when ever a feature is activated then it should display the activated time in the sharepoint list. for that i written following code.
public class ...
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Working with data imported from Excel into a SharePoint List
I just imported an Excel spreadsheet into a SharePoint list, and all of my data was imported as single or multiple lines of text. While appropriate for some instances, in other cases, like a name ...
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FileNotFoundException from a Visual Web Part using an external class library
I have a solution and two projects in it: VisualWebPart and ProjectsLibrary
VisualWebPart has a reference to ProjectsLibrary (tried to change Property for ProjectsLibrary Copy Local to false/true , ...
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I am getting an error saying 'The trial period for this product has expired.' on my SharePoint Foundation 2010 server
I have SharePoint Foundation 2010 installed a server few months back. We were using it for quite some months and it was behaving nicely. But, one fine day when one user tried to access a site on this ...
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Installing RBS
OK I have posted other questions about this but no answers were given so I deleted them and thought I would try one last time before calling it a day...
I am trying to install RBS for SharePoint ...
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Dropbox access from SharePoint
I am new to Dropbox, and I'd like to know if there is an easy way to access Dropbox content from SharePoint 2010 / Office 365.
For example, should I consider BCS? Or is there a way to work with the ...
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Best way to migrate a site collection from Enterprise to Foundation?
I have a site collection on an Enterprise server that I need to migrate to a server that only has Foundation on it. I have disabled all Enterprise-only features, and attempted a backup and restore, ...
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simplest way to get SPUser or SPGroup From ID in sharepoint2010
i am stuck to an issue where i have a List ID - list of Ids i have to find the LoginName of SPUser or SPGroup with the id in the ListID
i tried the following but it threws exception as it did not ...
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RoleAssigments are being assigned by default to all new pages
I am pretty new to SharePoint, so please let me know if there is some more info or clarification required. I am creating a webapplication with certain SP groups, libraries and pages in that order by ...
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Rich text Editor (ribbon based) in a webpart in SharePoint 2013
My goal is to create a rich text editor for a textarea in my custom webpart in SharePoint 2013. The data is saved outside the SharePoint, so I can't really use a sharepoint list for that.
I really ...
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“The name 'InitializeControl' does not exist in the current context” error when trying to create Visual Web Part with VS 2012 for SP 2010 Foundation
I'm trying to create a blank Visual Web Part project with VS 2012 (on Windows 7) for a site on SP 2010 Foundation. When I build the project, it throws this error "The name 'InitializeControl' does not ...
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How to synchronize Google Calender and SharePoint Calender ?
I am using SharePoint 2010 and I wants to create web part that synchronize My Google Calender and SharePoint Calender in both way Google to SharePoint and SharePoint to Google.
I need to create a ...
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Problem with PowerShell script in Tasks Sheduler Windows Server 2008 R2 - SharePoint Shell Access?
I have a problem with PowerShell script in Tasks Sheduler in Windows Server 2008 R2. I try to run Sheduler Tasks which run batch file which run PowerShell script to Backup Farm and while I choose "Run ...
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Calendar Overlay Setting in SharePoint 2010 issue
Is it possible to set dynamic URL in Calendar overlay settings -> Web Url ?
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What is the difference in GetCurrentCtx() and SP.ClientContext.get_current()?
Is there some reference to this subject?
Both methods return completely different objects.
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How do I set the Default Value of a TextBox ToolPart without using [DefaultValue(“Default Value”)]
Right now I have created a bunch of custom controls in the ToolPart panel and I want to set a default value for one of the text boxes. Obviously I want the value to be editable by the user.
I have ...
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What are CUI.debug.js files and why are they needed?
Our server has had some issues lately and we've been keeping our eye on the processes running.
One process taking up a lot of memory is using CUI.debug.js. I'm assuming it's used for debugging? What ...
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Can I use asp.net web service in Sharepoint project?
I had create .asmx webservice in asp.net projects. my doubts that is this able to use this webservice in sharepoint project?
suppose this is my code
source: function (request, response) {
...
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Show only a subfolder of a document library in a web part
I want to show only a particular folder in the right pane of a page using a webpart in Sharepoint Foundation 2010. Is this possible? When adding the webpart, I could only add the document library. ...
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Which is the maximum size allowed by database in Sharepoint Foundation 2010?
I would like to known which is the maximum size allowed by a SharePoint Foundation 2010 database.
Is this version based on SQL Server 2008 Express Edition? Does it have the limit of 4 GB per database ...
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How to set a lookup field by c# code
I have a list in SharePoint and it contains a lookup field. Now I want to insert an item to this list, but don't know how to work with the lookup field. I tried the following code but no item is ...
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Anonymous access issue in SharePoint 2010
I set an anonymous access to home page in sharepoint 2010. but when i open page like
'http://servername/Sitepages/homepage.aspx'
, i working but when i open
http://servername/
, its not ...
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Lost instances of services on Sharepoint Foundation 2010 Server after a VM Clone
I needed a new Sharepoint Foundation 2010 server (on server 2008 R2 X64), so I cloned it to save time. It screwed up my production server. The clone worked, and I renamed the server, but it added ...
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Is it possible to create a Blacklist in the usermanagement?
We use a Sharepoint 2010.
We want to prevent the Site Administrators assign a specific role (e.g. "Domain\All Users") to a site.
So is it possible to create (maybe with custom code), a blacklist for ...
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How to change active directory password from webpart?
How to change active directory User Account Password using code?
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Retrive data using Caml Query Join Operation
How can I retrieve data from two SharePoint List using Join CamlQuery ?
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Restrict User to Delete Document Library Item in Explorer
In SharePoint Document Library , user can not delete the Folder because we don't provide delete option but user can still open document library in explorer and easily delete the folder
Is there any ...
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Is it possible to enable PDF Crawling in Foundation 2010 Search?
I am trying to enable PDF crawling for Foundation Search V4, but have only been able to find resources for PDF crawling for the complete versions of 2010 - Some of the instructions and procedures vary ...
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How to get only the document libraries from a sharePoint site using SharePoint Client Object Model?
Usually when we need to get all the document libraries from a SharePoint site, we can follow the given code snippet:-
SPListCollection lstCol = ...
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Create Site Collections with or without Sites Folder
I just needed to clarify some things....
When creating a new site collection you could neither have
http://sitename.domain.com/
or
http://sitename.domain.com/sites/intranet
Are there any ...
