Web parts are ASP.NET controls that can be added to web part zones.
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How to save variables per user session per page
I am using three webparts. Webpart A creates a value when the user clicks on the button in Webpart A. WebPart B uses this value to create a list with items the user can select. WebPart C uses both ...
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How do I find in which (sub)sites a WebPart/Feature is used?
I need to find out on which (sub)sites a certain webpart is used. In a data sharing environment with many subsites and pages, I want to check if and where certain (third party) webparts are used. Is ...
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Connection between 2 web parts
Im embeding two webparts in my sharepoint page using page viewer. One part is UI which takes input from user and on submit it shud be passed to other web part and it should get refreshed. can anyone ...
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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.
Padmaraj.
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Get Web Part name from GUID
We're migrating from SP2007 to SP2010 and are seeing some error messages about missing web parts during the upgrade, but the error messages only list the GUID and not the web part name. Is there a way ...
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Refreshing custom developed web part
I've developed a custom web part that pulls data from a list. It will only retrieve items where a field called ShowItem is equal to 'Yes'. Once the data is loaded the end user has the ability to ...
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Easy way to add a custom web part property to a web part?
I'm creating a web part using Visual Studio 2008 for SharePoint 2007. If I'm creating the web part from scratch, I typically don't have any properties defined yet in my code.
I've found that it is ...
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How to validate Web Part property value?
A custom web part has custom web part properties. I would like to validate with custom server side code when user changes property value (or when properties are bing saved). Is that possible? Can I ...
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What is the proper way to add jQuery to a MasterPage?
Currently I am using this method in the header:
<script src="/_layouts/MNCAssets/scripts/jquery-1.5.1.min.js"></script>
But for some reason, my webparts that use jQuery don't appear to ...
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Closed vs. Hidden Web Part - what is the difference?
What is the difference between "Hidden Web Part" and "Closed Web Pat"?
PS.
I tried to search on the internet but could only find "deleting vs. closing" web parts
Sharepoint 2010 (Sharepoint ...
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Sharepoint Web Part - Send row of data to another web part to set default value in an inline edited field
Introduction
We have one sharepoint 2010 site which houses two Lists, for this example lets say Countries and Cities. In the Cities list we have a lookup for the ID of the Country and also the Title ...
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Displaying some WebPart controls only to some user/groups
I need to hide some elements of a webpart and only show them to some specific grups of users. How can I do this ? I think it could be done with an If or Switch block, using the name of the grup of ...
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How to remove title in add new form.aspx
How to remove title from SPD in add new form.aspx. My list name is search.when i add new item it shows search - New Item, On edit it shows search - Title.
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Where is Organization Browser Web Part?
I’ve been trying to add an “Organization Browser” web part on our main portal site (http://whatever.sitehere.com) but for some reason, the web part isn’t there. It can’t be found under Social ...
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Sharepoint Webpart custom properties get default values on server reboot
I have noticed that the custom properties of a webpart I developed return to their default values when I reboot my machine.
Is that a normal behavior? are the properties saved as far as the server is ...
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What is something I should to to help me to Learning SharePoint?
I have a list of items I was told I should learn below. Can you tell me if there is one that I should remove and one I can add that will help me learn sharepoint backend development. I have been ...
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Question about webpart properties
I have a webpartpage which in this page I added multiple custom webparts which are the same.
I wanted to use the .webpart file to add my own custom property like :
value
so I can treat each webpart ...
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How do I update a lookup column from a dropdownlist?
I'm creating a custom web part in asp.net for SharePoint 2010 programmatically. When a user presses an Add button, the selected item from the dropdownlist is supposed to then be added to the Groups ...
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An example of databinding the repeater control?
I am trying to develop a custom visual web part to display the latest 5 announcements with the images that are attached from the OOTB announcement lsit.I have a repeater control with an Item Template ...
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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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ASP.Net WebPart or SharePoint WebPart
This is an almost religious question; what are your preferred base classes for building WebParts in SharePoint? Are you using the ASP.NET WebPart (System.Web.dll) or the SharePoint WebPart ...
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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 to determine which WFE you are hitting?
Webpart on the home page broken but does not appeared to be broken all the time. So I need to find out which WFE webpart is broken? Load balance is in place with 2 WFE.
or is not the WFE since ...
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Can I get the source for the out-of-the-box web parts in SharePoint 2010?
I'd like to take an existing web part and add some functionality. Can this be done? I figured out how to download the dwp for the webpart but this does not appear to have any source code in it.
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Removing Orphaned WebParts via PowerShell - CheckIn/CheckOut Requirement Loop
A client migrated from 2007 to 2010 doing a database detach/reattach without checking the database for orphaned objects first. I whipped up a PowerShell script to programmatically remove orphaned ...
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Select the ListView Web Part Automatically on AllItems.aspx
In SharePoint 2010, if you have more than one web part on a web part page, the ribbon disappears because SharePoint doesn't know which web part to display the ribbon for (this is by design because if ...
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How to get value of List Filter web part in Javascript?
I use the SharePoint List Filter web part on a page to control several Data View Web Parts.
How do I read the current value of the List Filter in Javascript?
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two column layout using XSLT of People Search Core Result WebPart
I have implemented "Employee Directory" on my portal using People Search Core Result Webpart. I want to create two column layout to display the results. How can I do that.
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Exception on connecting webparts
I have a couple of webparts on a page, XsltListViewWebPart and SPSlicerTextWebPart instances. I need to programmatically connect the filter (slicer) to the xslt webpart. When I do so, I need a ...
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Sync Google Calendar with sharepoint Calendar
How to synchronize Google calender with SharePoint 2010 calender ?
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Visual web part and custom web control - can't register
I have created visual web part and copied custom web control which I'd like to use. My control looks as below:
namespace AppsListWebPart
{
[ToolboxData("<{0}:CustomImageButton ...
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Can we avoid clunky hiding of WebParts?
It's a real drag and performance killer to have to load all the WebParts on a page and then laboriously hide and reveal all the ones relevant to user groups / permission levels. Especially when on the ...
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How to find the localized name of the Web Part Gallery
I have learned (still a SP-Noob...) that I have to take care of removing webParts that I deployed as part fo a solution myself.
Now I have coded something like
string file = "MyWebPart.webpart"; ...
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Send e-mail with SMTP (Office 365)
I need to show a popup-window with a basic e-mail layout and send the e-mail after pressing the send button. The popup, I've created and also the webpart within. But when I want to send the e-mail, it ...
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Create a WebPart that floats in text
I want to create a webPart that "floats" in text.
Basically I want to duplicate "Reusable Content".
Is there a way to have the webPart render as span and without chrome?
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How to deploy webpart on production (not debugging) server?
I've created a web part, debugging it on a test Sharepoint 2010 install on my local workstation. I'd like to test it on our production server. It seems that I won't be able to use Build --> Deploy to ...
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Add a Web Part to a Master Page for only one page in SP2010?
I would like to add a Web Part to part of a Master Page, but only in the case of the home page of the site. Otherwise it is not needed.
How can I handle this? (see attached image) Do I have to ...
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Is there a way to override default generated properties in a custom web part?
I know how to make custom properties for web parts in SharePoint, but is there a way to override the ones that are already generated? For example I have a Page Viewer embedded within my custom web ...
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Where to load data in the lifecycle of custom webpart
I have a webpart where I access a sharepoint list and render contents of that list.
At the moment I'm fetching the data in CreateChildControls().
When a button is clicked the data will be fetched ...
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Porting Web Parts to Office365 (SharePoint 2013 )
I've been in the process of developing a site in SharePoint 2010, which is composed of a set of different Farm deployed Web Parts.
I was wondering what the process was for porting them to SharePoint ...
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Can't rename “Title” field in List Definition
I can't rename "Title" field to "Unit Type"
Here is my Schema.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<List xmlns:ows="Microsoft SharePoint" Title="PrCenter - StatisticsDef" ...
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Delete a WebPart from Web Part Gallery
I am trying to delete a Web Part from WebPart gallery but I don't see it there. The Web Part is available in the list when I try to add a Web Part in the page. This is the first time I am facing this ...
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How can I have a Rich text box in a custom webpart?
In a custom Web part (actually on the home page, but I think it doesn't matter), I want to let the users input some rich content, keeping the Ribbon functionalities; same as the OOB rich text columns. ...
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Possible to programmatically display a list of all web parts and dynamically render on a page?
Is there anyway to use the object model to display a list of all web parts installed (say in a list box)? If so would it then be possible to render that web part on a page if it were selected?
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Finding the Current User login in a Content Query Web Part?
I have the unique requirement of needing to get the current user's id (domain\logon) for use within a Content Query Web Part. If no documents are retrieved with the CQWP I need to craft a custom url ...
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Specifying advanced webpart properties on a view in a custom module?
I'm deploying a web part page from a feature. In the module/file node, I defines a view to a specific list in the site :
<Module Name="SitePages"
Url="SitePages"
...
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create or get XsltListViewWebPart
What I want to do is just same with what I do when I add a list view web parts into a web page. The difference is that I want to do it programmatically.
I know how to import web parts to ...
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Can a web part prevent master page jQuery from executing properly?
I'm including jQuery and a custom .js file into the master page of my SharePoint 2010 site. In the $(document).ready() function, I'm setting a live event handler on an element in the header of the ...
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Calling the SP.UI.ModalDialog.showModalDialog method
My SharePoint solution has a userControl that Register a js block
string getJS(string title, string htmlContent)
{
return (string.Format(@"
ExecuteOrDelayUntilScriptLoaded(function ...
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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?
