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sharepoint 2010 context menu event handler

i want to hide sharepoint 2010 list/library context menu based on users. i am using below javascript $(document).ready(function(){ $('.ms-MenuUIPopupBody').live('blur', function() { ...
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Web.GetListItem with a non list URL breaks SPContext

We have a bit of a weird issue and i was wondering if anyone had any insight on why the issue was occurring. We have a page deployed into the SharePoint root which has a custom webpart which would ...
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Calling SP.ClientContext in a loop Javascript

I'm looping through a number of sites to run a query that checks whether new content has been added to document libraries in that site in the previous three days. However, I'm having problems. When I ...
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Accessing a list from app web on host site generates access denied

I am trying to get title of a list which is located on Host Site from an SharePoint hosted app by using csom (javascript). I have added permission on Manifest file and chose the list but still getting ...
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Is there an alternative to SPContext.Current.Web.CurrentUser?

I have found that SPContext.Current.Web.CurrentUser is really unreliable. One out of ten requests that object comes back as null. Is there an alternative to SPContext.Current.Web.CurrentUser? Has ...
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How to determine item ContentType in FormControl (FieldIterator for instance)?

I've implemented my ListFieldIterator to change the way field controls rendered. I'd like to change the behaviour of form depending on the item content type, but any attempts to determine ...
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SPWeb = this.Web always points to Central Administration?

I'm learning SharePoint 2010 and facing a strange problem : I implement a custom action to add a ribbon button under Documents tab, this button has a command to open a modal dialog in my site which ...
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Will using a `SPList` object derived from a disposed `.OpenWeb()` cause errors?

Will using a SPList object derived from a disposed .OpenWeb() cause errors? SPList list = null; using (SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Site.OpenWeb("/myweb")){ list = web.Lists["Awesome Name"]; } ...
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Setting a Lookupfield for current Item in List

my use-case: I'm trying to implement an event-management system to sharepoint using visual web part(s). I have two custom lists, one is called "events". Let's say it has a column "Title" which shows ...
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Get SPWeb from SPContext in WCF hosted on SharePoint

I have created and deployed a WCF service in SharePoint and I am sending requests using JQuery. Every thing is working fine except for sub sites. Lets say I have these two service URLs: - ...
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SPContext of Application Page in Modal Dialog

I'm trying to get a specific group out of the group collection of the current SPContext. The current SPContext is hosted in a Application Page, which is displayed in a Modal Dialog. The web instance ...
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Grab list of site collections from SPFarm object

I have a Farm level feature that returns null when I try to access SPContect.Current.Site. Is another way to grab a list of site collections? I have access to SPFarm.Local
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Adding ASP.NET Web Application to SharePoint Virtual Directory (for SPContext)

I'm inheriting an ASP.NET application that is hosted within the IIS SharePoint web site. From IIS, right click the Web Site, and click 'Add Application' is the method used here. In our dev server, ...
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SPContext.Current is sometimes null in code behind of InfoPath

On occasion I find that SPContext.Current returns null in the code behind of my InfoPath forms. This is occuring while I have the form open in a SharePoint 2010 site collection. I can't figure why ...
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ClientContext error while embedding a Silverlight control on ASP page

I build a visual web part in asp.net and I'm trying to embed a xap over it so that users who don't have Silverlight installed would see the asp content: <object id="SilverlightPlugin1" ...
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SPContext is null on Feature Activation [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Error : Object reference not set to an instance of an object on feature deployment I am writing a feature receiver. Here is my code sample on feature_activated code. ...
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Proper use of SPWeb from SPContext for pulling lists

So, after about two hours on the subject I am thoroughly confused. There are viewpoints all over the place on how, when, and why to use Dispose() on SPWeb objects as they relate to SPContext. Can ...
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SharePoint 2007 : How to sign out user?

I've an application build on SharePoint 2007 platform, the problem is in Mozilla FireFox, the sign out button does not successfully sign out the current login user, I believe SharePoint 2007 is not ...
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Using the FieldRendingControl for a given content type

I'm creating a webpart that acts like a new form. Based on a view I'm getting on fields and rendering them in my webpart using spfield.FieldRenderingControl. My columns are site columns, at this ...
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Why does the FileUpload control get bound to the current list item in a custom list EditForm?

I've written a custom edit form for a list which means I lose certain out of the box capabilities such as Attachments as it was part of the out of the box form. The way I have implemented the form is ...
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Life cycle of SPContext.ListItem

I have created a messaging system (basically a simple announcement list with a recipient and a IsRead flag). This have been done by creating the classics web fields, content type, list schema and ...
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Error using SPContext.Current.Web.AllUsers in Visual Studio workflow

I have the following code running in a Visual Studio workflow. I am trying to specify the user who is adding list items in the code because I guess the system account (default for VS) will not allow ...
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get context login info

I see all kinds of code to get current SharePoint 2010 logged in user. (I guess current context user from the browser client). What is the best code? (not currently logged into machine user)
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Get current web url in a SPRibbon Custom Action Command

I've a SPRibbon custom action with the purpose of open an custom app page in a modal dialog, but I'm getting troubles for getting the current web URL, as well, set a reference for a .js with the right ...
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Problem with ASMX and SPContext.Current equals to null

I'm deploying my application to an Sharepoint Foundation Farm... In my application there is a web service (tt2sp.asmx) installed in the _vti_bin directory. On my site the anonymous access is ...
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Fake SPContext as a particular user

I am using this method of faking an SPContext: http://solutionizing.net/2009/02/16/faking-spcontext/ public static SPContext FakeSPContext(SPWeb contextWeb) { // Ensure HttpContext.Current if ...
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How to get full home page address of a site collection?

When I use SPContext.Current.Site.Url it returns "http://servername" I need the full homepage URL which is "http://servername/SitePages/Home.aspx" Does anyone know how to get this programmatically?
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SPContext.Current vs SPContext.GetContext

To get current SP objects (SPWeb, SPSite, SPList etc), I generally use SPContext.Current. In some situations, SPContext.GetContext is preferred because SPContext.Current have many objects null ...
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How do I get machine name off of the SPContext

Simple question... how do I get the machine name off of the SPContext object.
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Using SPContext.Current or using static URL

There are multiple ways to work in the SP object model. The starting point for instantiating objects looks different when you look at different developers. Many times I see people doing this: SPList ...
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Is SPContext.Current Supposed to Be null in Custom WCF Service?

Here is the scenario: Custom WCF Service deployed in SharePoint 2010 Site is using Claims Based authentication (FBA, NTLM) .svc is deployed to ISAPI in the hive Service is configured using custom ...
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Disposing and Closing SPWeb objects

I have used something like using (SPWeb web = SPControl.GetContextWeb(Context)) but while deploying the project it shows an error. While trying to figure out the cause I came across an msdn ...
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What is the most effecient way to get the current server name?

I need to determine the 'main' server name based on the My Site server name in a control. This control needs to work in multiple environments with a different set of servers in each. Example: My ...
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SPContext returns wrong user account [closed]

I'm creating a web part on a non local server and I need to get the current user logged in to SharePoint. I'm using the following code to get the username. string currentUser = ...
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Should I dispose these SPSite and SPWeb objects?

Is it necessary to dispose the site and web objects in the following code? If so, how do I do this? Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load Dim site ...