Questions tagged [development]
The process of developing software, including requirements gathering, solution design and analysis, implementation, testing, deployment, support and maintenance.
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Visual Studio 2010 Intellisense Breaks after Deploying to Sharepoint Site
I've ran in to this in two completely different environments now. I can build the solution and not have any problems with intellisense. If I deploy our Web Parts project to my local SharePoint 2010 ...
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How do I convert a web part created in Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2010?
How to convert a web part project created in VS 2008 to VS 2010?
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copy a file from site collection "Shared Document" to another web "target library"
Is there a way programatically copy a file from source to target dob lib? Source would be always static. target may vary.
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Security Exception when attempting to Log
The following code results in a security exception in a custom web part I am developing. I want to log issues to the ULS but the web part crashes on this line. I have looked hi and low for the ...
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SP2010 Set Site Search Settings through code
I would like to use code behind to set the search settings of my site:
The Site Collection Search Center Url
Site Collection Search Dropdown Mode: Show Scopes Dropdown
Any ideas on how to implement ...
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Issue with the Media Encoder Service in PKS for SharePoint 2007
It may not be directly related to SharePoint but wounder if someone could help me.
I have configured a PKS on a new sharePoint 2007 environment however facing the below issue with the media encoder ...
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How to have a column contain multiple users
I have a list with various columns. One of those columns is to store users. However, when I use the code
configurationListFields.Add("Limit_Access_To", SPFieldType.User);
I am only allowed to enter ...
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Can't get OfficialFile.SubmitFile to work
I'm trying to write a literal SOAP call (I'm integrating from a remote non-windows machine) to submit a file which currently resides in the drop-off library of the site. I created a simple file, ...
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Only show Sorting option not filtering opetion in contex menu of header in ListViewByQuery
I have creatd ListViewByQuery control through coding and added the control through RencerControl Event.
I am filtering the list in code. so filtered result is shown. I want to hide filter context ...
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How to get pagelayout without going through all of them?
I know the name of the layout page. Do I still have to go through this process to get the layout page?
foreach (PageLayout pl in pageLayouts)
{
if (pl.Name.Equals("MyLayout.aspx", StringComparison....
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Need guidance on SharePoint Environment Building
I just created a Virtual Machine on my laptop with Windows 2008 R2 Standard + SQLServer 2008 Standard + SharePoint 2010 Enterprise (everything on Single Box).
I want to start my development of my ...
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Designing a Licensing Scheme
Our startup is creating a product for the SharePoint platform.
I'm wondering, what are some ideas for designing and implementing a licensing scheme for solutions that plug into SharePoint? How can ...
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Custom SharePoint 2010 ribbon button based on Insert Link
I'm in the process of implementing a custom tab, group and button for the SharePoint 2010 ribbon. The button is to behave almost identically to the standard Editing Tools>Insert>Link button, except ...
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Deploying a custom page under the Layout folder using a Feature
I have customized the "EditProfile.aspx" page and want to deploy it on the QA using a Feature, is it possible to deploy a page under the "_Layouts" folder using feature.
Tried with the below Feature
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How to modify the Site Settings page programmatically?
I need to modify the Site Settings page in a site collection to include an extra link. How can I go about doing this using c#?
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How do I set up VS2010 and SP2010 for development?
We have an installation of SharePoint 2010 running for our intranet at the moment, and I have a copy of Visual Studio 2010 that I use for in-house application development. I'd like to start building ...
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web part empty list [closed]
I am very new to sharepoint and specially sharepoint designer but somewhat experienced ASP.NET developer.
I have a problem in SharePoint Designer 2007 that it does not show me any web part at all (...
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Sharepoint 2010 MdalDialog title [duplicate]
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Sharepoint 2010 ModalDialog title
Hi,
I am creating a popup window in sharepoint using this code in javascript.
function openAutoResizableDialog(title, url, CallResult) {
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Sharepoint 2010 ModalDialog title
I am creating a popup window in sharepoint using this code in javascript.
function openDialog(title, url, width, height, CallResult) {
var options = { url: getUrl(url),
title: title,
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Strange issue with DVWP in sharepoint 2007
I have created a DVWP using sharepoint designer 2007, it renders fine. However, it throws "unable to display the webpart, troubleshoot with sharepoint designer" when I check-out and save the page ...
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SP2010 Custom Workflow Design
I have to create a custom workflow on a document library for a group of users, and I'm having trouble figuring out how to go about creating it. The document library has the following extra columns: ...
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Safest way to get a date from Sharepoint into a C# datetime field, using object model?
If I have a Sharepoint list item with a date field.
How can I get the field value populated into a c# datetime object?
For example:
DateTime validfrom = Convert.ToDateTime(item["validfrom"]);
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How Can I Display a Document Library in one Web App from another Web App - SharePoint 2007
I've got a customer request where a Document Library exists in a Site Collection on one Web Application and they would like to display the items in another Site Collection in a different Web ...
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Automate exporting sites from production to development
I have an existing SharePoint 2010 site. I am going to start doing some development but want to take a copy of live onto dev so I can develop against that. Is there a way I can do it. If I could ...
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How to access SPUserSolution properties from SPListItem
In my solution catalog I have many sandboxed solution uploaded,
I need to access the activated sandboxed solution in the Solution catalog.
Am accessing Solution catalog under a site as below
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hide site action
Is there a way set the site actions drop down to be audience specific. Meaning that as the Owner of the site I want to be able to see it, but for other users (viewers, members, etc) I dont want them ...
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UserNotFoundException with ActivityManager
Here is a weird situation. The site works with forms based authentication. I need to get the activity feed of the current user. As you know in FBA mode login names are prefixed with i:0#.f|...
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Compressing Files in a Document Library with Server-side Code
Anyone know of a way, that within the context of server-side code (like in the callback of a WebPart) to compress a set of given files in a document library, placing the resulting compressed file back ...
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How can I edit the workflow information page?
After my workflow starts, in one column of the record it shows my workflow status as a link (ex: In progress,complete). When I click this link it takes me to another page with the workflow history and ...
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How to ignore the HTML components while retrieving the user profile data in sharepoint 2010?
I am using a powershell script to retrieve the user profile information (i.e., about me, skills...)
$usp["sps-skills"].tostring()
It is getting the required information however the data also ...
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Can document views/metadata be 'live'?
We have a need for end users to see documents with additional 'live' columns, i.e. I would like to show a view of documents with employee id JOINED with data from sql server (for some additional ...
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Automatically running SharePoint Designer Workflows when creating items via Object Model - few of the first items are "Failed on Start"
I have 3 On-Create SharePoint Designer Workflows which I'd like to run (automatically) when creating items by code, using a WCF service.
At first, no workflows where created at all (the status column ...
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SP 2010 Error handling validation controls
I was looking if it's possible to re-use the Sharepoint validation control used to check the URL name for special characters. I like to use this error validation in my custom application page to ...
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Can I develop web parts just with WSS 3.0 and Visual Studio Express?
Can I get away with building and testing basic web parts just by installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on a VPC with Visual Studio Express Editions?
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Hiding WebParts programatically does not work
I am using the following code to hide all WebParts in a page.
string siteUrl = "http://site";
SPSite site = new SPSite(siteUrl);
SPWeb web;
web = site.RootWeb;
web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
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How do I test if I will be able to execute a query (does the site exist)
When I run a (CAML based query) executeQuery against Sharepoint, sometimes the site does not exist (it is created by a workflow process which may not have run). When this happens, I get a ...
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Deploying custom page into the pages library using a feature in SharePoint 2007?
I have a custom page and want deploy it into the pages library of the site using a feature in SharePoint 2007. Whenever the activated the page should added into the pages library and should removed on ...
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Developing a custom webpart to improve the page performance
I need a suggestion for a specific development requirement; it is just for a sub-site.
The sub-site has a single list with 20 columns and 850+ items. Now, in the home page, I have to have there ...
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Issues after an Application Pool Recycle
My site is setup to use SharePoint 2010's automated Application Pool Recycling. I have 2 front end web servers.
Sometimes (not everytime) the application pool recycles, and a custom webpart starts ...
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Find Document by GUID
I'm missing something that must be so simple that it's not even worth asking... but I have an object ID (GUID)... How do I figure out the document it points to?
For example I have a GUID of 137DA01F-...
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how to find the user profile property scope which user has set on his mysite - SharePoint 2010?
How can I find the list of colleagues/Team-members for a SharePoint 2010 user? and how can i find the scope for a specific user profile property (eg..birthday--->Everyone, Interest--->My Team)which ...
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Sharepoint 2010 only displaying an item in the ribbon if using IE
I am using some JavaScript that can only be used in IE. Is there a way to hide my custom ribbon button if not in IE? Or only display it if it is IE.
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Getting the path of a an item on using UrlAction and JavaScript
I have a custom ECB menu item. I want to get the path of the file that has been right clicked and alert it using JavaScript. Is this possible?
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A button on an Infopath form that Prints the form and Submits it, too
OK I've been asked to put a print button on an infopath 2007 form.
But they want me to amend the code so that the Click event submits the form to a Sharepoint 2007 Forms Library as well.
I know this ...
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Deploy an image in a feature
I am creating a feature which adds an option to the ECB. I want to have a custom icon/image. In my Visual Studio 2010 project I have created a TEMPLATE/IMAGES/proj folders. I have added my image to ...
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Can I get the list of files for two or more directories?
My current query is below and works adequately enough.
The sharepoint developer is creating a workflow that will look at files in the "Documents" folder, and if it certain flags are set, the ...
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SharePoint project doesn't build on cc.net, but does build on developer workstations
I can build my code locally and on another developer's machine, but cc.net fails to build the project when I check in the code.
I know that I experience a similar issue when I switch between .NET ...
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CbQ webpart takes longer time to load, SQL slowness issue
I have custom page and it has a CbQ webpart alone, it actually performs a query against a single list which has only 800 items with 15 columns but it takes 8secs to load. I suspect a slowness in SQL, ...
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Infrastructure knowledge for SharePoint developers
As a SharePoint developer I find that having a good understanding of the underlying infrastructure (such as Active Directory, DNS server, etc.) is very useful.
I must say I'm not that good when it ...
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Securing usernames and passwords for external SQL DB
We want to ensure that we are following best practice around connecting to a custom database.
I'm not a developer as such so thought I would ask SharePoint Overflow :-).
We have several SharePoint ...
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