Questions tagged [visual-studio]
Visual Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) from Microsoft.
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Can not find web.Config of Empty SharePoint Project to Create an authorized type entry
I'm trying to write a custom workflow action and after searching I find this article and some other that referred to it.
I follow the instructions step by step, but at the last step, author said:
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SharePoint 2010 — Visual Studio Project Structure
What are your project structures for sharepoint projects. For example my simple structure is: Think of a project named MyPortal
MyPortal.sln
--MyPortal.Branding (Custom master pages, page layouts, ...
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How can I access Controls in VisualWebPart1.cs from UserControl.ascx
I make a Webpart and want to use the controls from the VisualWebpart1UserControl.ascx in the VisualWebpart1.cs. Is this possible?
I wrote following code in the VisualWebpart1.cs:
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Feature with List and registration form
I am new to SharePoint and want to discuss an issue
I want to create a feature that will create custom application page (registration form) and a custom list to store registration form's data. I can ...
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“HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\SharePointTools” Entry Does Not Show Up in Registry
I am trying to make changes to the registry entry at
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\SharePointTools"
But the SharePointTools does not show up in my registry. I do have ...
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ContentTypes and Site Columns via Visual Studio / CAML Query Updates broken
I've been using CAML queries to do list updates for quite some time, but recently they've stopped working, and I have no idea why. Even an extremely simple query seems to be failing. For example the ...
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send email from workflow based on loopkup column
I have a workflow in visual studio and I need to send an email to a domain user whose name is entered into a sharepoint Person or Group lookup. The value will not be in a sharepoint group, it is from ...
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Create a Ribbon for one list only and change it depending on a value
So, I created a custom list named "Events" and one named "attendees" for an event-management-solution (lets call it attendee training) in a site-collection at my SP2010 Server.
My Problem: I want to ...
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Move discussion list to another discussion list
How to move a discussion list with all its messages to another discussion list maintaining the proper tree structure of the messages(replies)??
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InfoPath 2010, Sharepoint Liist Form and Custom code
I'm editing SharePoint 2010 list's Form in InfoPath 2010.
Heard I can edit/add custom code via Visual Studio. Checked all buttons on ribbon but cannot find anything referencing to 'custom code' or ...
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Visual Web Part vs Visual Web Part (Sandboxed)
While I was creating a visual web part in Visual Studio 2010, I also saw an option to create Visual Web Part (Sandboxed) under Visual Studio Template Gallery.
I need to know how does a Sandboxed ...
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Is it better to create your application in sharepoint designer or visual studio?
I have been asked to create a sandboxed sharepoint application/site, multiple developers will be working on this. All the team members are .Net developers. Which is the best/maintainable/...
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How Sharepoint pages life cycle works?
I built a HttpModule for sharepoint. But when I begin to debug the page request, I notice that the debugging has an strange cycle:
1 - context_PreRequestHandlerExecute()
2- page_PreInit()
3 - Init()...
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How to add .aspx page in sharepoint 2010 project with visual studio 2012?
I went through following links:
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/312544/How-To-Add-Custom-ASP-NET-Page-Using-Layouts-Folde
http://sharepointsolution2010.blogspot.in/2011/05/add-custom-aspx-page-in-...
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How can I debug sharepoint app attaching to IIS?
I built a HTTP Module, insert the DLL into the GAC, changed the webConfig
Now , if on visual studio , I Attach to process W3WP , Open the web page where the module must work, I notice that ...
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Is it posible to create a EventReceiver for opening a site?
I want to start an EventReceiver when a site or a list opens.
How can I do this? Is this possible?
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Difference between WebPart & Visual Web Part
I'm not sure how Visual Web Part is different from the actual Web Part in SharePoint 2010.
Thanks!
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SharePoint workflow canceled on start only when automatic
I'm having a strange issue with a Visual Studio Sequential workflow. We're uploading files to SharePoint Document Library via Client Object Model using File.SaveBinaryDirect.
Error in log is as ...
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How can Solve problems while debugging sharepoint web application?
Everytime I try to run my sharepoint application in debug mode, I get the error bellow:
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Embedding images files in sandboxed webpart
Fairly new to SharePoint development but have been asked to into developing some simple web part features for a solution we're working on.
I need to add some basic image/logo files into the .wsp for ...
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Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features': Invalid field name
SharePoint Error message Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features': Invalid field name.{guid}
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Visual Studio 2010 Workflow Error
I have created a simple workflow in VS 2010. What it does is creating a task for a person, when the person changes the task status to "Complete", it logs a message to workflow history.
When I change ...
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Adding style sheet to feature
I have created a feature in sharepoint 2010. The feature has a visual web part (sandboxed), the web part has controls etc.
I have added some styles to the web part. How do i upload the stylesheet ...
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Are ID of default fields same for SharePoint installed on different machines?
Are ID of default fields (or SharePoint components) in 14 hive same for SharePoint installed on different machines ?
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ListItem Update from Client Object Model Not Triggering OnWorkflowItemChanged Activity
I am experiencing difficulty creating a file in a document library using the client object model. My custom Visual Studio 2010 workflow is not detecting the updates I am making to the file's list item ...
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Installing VS 2012 Tools for Office 2013 - Workflow Client 1.0 Beta.problem
Installing my development environment, I have:
Virtual Machine with Windows Server 2012
SharePoint Server 2013
Visual Studio 2012
I need Visual Studio Tools for Office 2013. Using Platform ...
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Creating tasks simultaneously, freeze.
I am working with two workflows, both of them have been done in C# by using Visual Studio within SharePoint 2007 , the first one is activated when a document has been updated and copies the file into ...
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Is it bad practice to copy and paste pages in sharepoint?
I am a new sharepoint developer. I am creating a web template from scratch in visual studio.
I am finding it time consuming when creating/editing pages in visual studio e.g. adding web parts to ...
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Is it better to create a web template from scratch or import it?
I was wondering what most people do when setting up web templates.
Do they create/customize it in sharepoint and then export the template and open it up in visual studio. Or do they create a ...
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How to create a Web Template programmatically
I want to create a Web Template programmatically in Sharepoint 2010.
I have read Vesa "vesku" Juvonen blog where he creates a web template using the elements.xml file and onet.xml file, but i want to ...
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Where is the SharePoint 2013 SDK?
I want to try out SharePoint 2013 with Visual Studio 2012.
I'm trying to locate the SharePoint 2013 SDK. Google points me to older posts about Beta SDK releases.
Visual Studio 2012 only has ...
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Feature setup. Best approach
I am creating a custom sharepoint feature (2010) it will have the following:
-5 custom lists
-3 workflows
-Adding some fields to existing lists
All this can be done in sharepoint designer, ...
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How to programmatically create editable wiki pages within the Pages library of an Enterprise Wiki site
I'm new to SharePoint. I'm trying to programmatically create a wiki page within the Pages library of an Enterprise Wiki site in SharePoint 2010. Here is my code:
using (SPSite site = new SPSite(...
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Can't reference Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint
I installed the Visual Studio 2010 SDK on my development machine and a tutorial I am following asks me to reference Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint. It is supposed to be under the .NET tab ...
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SharePoint 2013 Site Definition Template Missing
I am using Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate RC, and I did install the Sharepoint 2013 tools.
But cant find the site definition templates. Any thoughts??
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How to build a complex feature to collect and store user options that drive a delegate control
A long title but hopefully will be enough! Basically, I want to create a feture in Visual Studio that will do the following:
When activated, places an option/link in the site collection options in ...
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Deploy folder/files to Web Application Root
How to deploy folder to a SharePoint 2010 Web Application Root folder (inside inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80) in the solution package(wsp)?
Which kind of item I should use in the visual ...
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Where is Package menu item in Visual Studio 2012
I'm using visual studio 2012 for developing SharePoint 2010 solutions, back in vs2010 there was a menu item names "Package" so I can get the package without deploying it and I noticed it's disappeared ...
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Missing my custom content type in UI List instance
In visual studio I defined some content types. In addition I added each content type to a list definition and created a list instance from each list definition.
When I install my solution in ...
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Failed to load receiver assembly when activate feature
I have a problem when activating a Site scoped feature. Every time I try to activate the solution with STSADM or Powershell I get this error:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server ...
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What SharePoint 2013 Development can be done in Visual Studio 2010?
It looks like the tools for developing SharePoint 2013 customizations are mostly in Visual Studio 2012 and "Napa for Office 365."
If you've tried developing solutions for SharePoint 2013 in Visual ...
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How to detect where a memory leak is in my application?
I have a web part that loops through web apps, sites, and webs. I'm using DoesUserHavePermissions() to check whether or not the user has access to the site. I'm getting an error and I've made sure to ...
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Custom Ribbon Button Not Appearing in Contacts List
Ive done some dev work with sharepoint last year but nothing like what im building today so Im not very experienced with it. I am trying to add a custom button to the ribbon in a list modeled on the ...
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SharePoint OOTB List and Lookup field problem
I am working in a project with SharePoint Server 2010.
I have the hole project inside a Visual Studio solution (site columns, content types, lists, workflows...)
Everything were working well until I ...
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Results.aspx Page Layout Broken
I have deployed a custom branding project as a Feature, to a SharePoint 2010 Publishing site (Intranet) - just some stylistic tweaks and a custom master page. When I perform a search and land on the ...
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Cannot edit form in InfoPath when list was created in Visual Studio
I am using SharePoint 2010 Enterprise, InfoPath Designer 2010 and Visual Studio 2012.
When I create a list using the SharePoint UI, I can use the "Customize Form" button on the "...
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Local setup Vs live setup when developing web parts
I'm developing lots of web parts and of course i'm doing this all locally then uploading to the live online SP2010.
I'm needing to write a lot of extra code to accommodate the file paths of images ...
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Auto-generated code for "Using", "SQLConnection", "ReadItem", "ReadList" methods
I am beginner in SharePoint 2010 development. and doing following lab:
Module 6: Accessing external data with Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/...
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Using solutions and features in creation/branding of SharePoint websites
I am new to SharePoint website creation and branding and I need your advice.
For my first SharePoint site I have done the following:
1- Created/edited a master page.
2- Added CSS and JavaScript ...
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Opening a custom webpart created in 2005 in visual studio 2010
We are migrating moss 2007 site to SharePoint 2010. I am faced with a challenge with manual migrating a custom webpart from Moss 2007 to SharePoint 2010. When i open the webpart created in visual ...
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