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create a list with default items

It is possible. When you create the list instance in Visual Studio, the created xml file contains the <ListInstance> element where you can add child <Data> element. That's where you can ...
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How to Archive folder or list in SharePoint

It depends what you mean by "archiving". You can move items to another list, or you can just filter them from the view. Use a list column to hold a value, e.g. a status text or a year number. Then ...
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Can I use my Visual Studio 2013 to build sharepoint add ins (Hosted App) -SharePoint Online

For VS 2015, I suggest download office developer tools preview 1 by clicking This Once you have installed it, SharePoint Addins option wil start reflecting as follows and to create share point ...
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load list item in CSOM

You can modify following code to fetch all fields of your item: var list = _clientContext.Web.GetListByUrl(<ListUrl>); var query = new CamlQuery { ViewXml = @...
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Creating a list event receiver with Visual Studio 2013

Open Visual Studio 2013 Create new project from file > New > New Project Select SharePoint 2013 - Empty Project. Right click on your Project > Add > Add new item > you should now get Event Receiver. ...
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Visual Studio 2013 on SharePoint 2010 Farm

As a short answer: Yes you can install and create a SharePoint 2010 Solution using Visual Studio 2013 without any issue. Note: Don't forget to install Office/SharePoint Template tools to show Office/...
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How to make a print button in infopath form?

If you can use Javascript, there is workaround. You can take out the content wrapper part and create a new window (or use same window) and call window print functionality. Following is the code you ...
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Deploying Site Scoped solutions Farm wide (All Site Collections)

try the below script, you have to replace the web application url and feature name below. Add-PSSnapin microsoft.sharepoint.powershell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $webs = get-spsite -...
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Importing all files from a existing document library to a project web sever in SP2013

Well since its 2 separate web applications. If you want to use no code. I suggest you go with Sharegate. Sharegate will provide you a 30 day free trail. I think 30 days should be fine to achieve your ...
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Visual Studio 2013 on SharePoint 2010 Farm

Visual Studio 2013 can be used to create SharePoint 2013 solutions. You can use VS 2012 for SharePoint 2010 solution. But you can open the solutions using VS 2013. You ca find more info about VS 2013 ...
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Sharepoint 2013 BDC IEnumerable<T> VS List<T>

List implements IEnumerable interface. IEnumerable is an interface. List is a class that defines a generic collection. IEnumerable doesn't allow random access, where as List does allow random access ...
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How to Archive folder or list in SharePoint

You can create workflow which can move the items from Main List to archive list.Here are the steps to create a workflow for archiving purpose. Archive SharePoint List Items in SP 2010 and 2013 Or ...
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How to upgrade Visual Studio 2012 workflows to Visual studio 2013 workflows?

System.workflows belongs to WF 3(SharePoint 2010 uses WF 3.5), SharePoint support Windows Workflow Foundation 3 and Windows Workflow Foundation 4(require Workflow Manager),check here for more details. ...
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How can I connect SQL DB to SharePoint List without Business Data Connectivity

I've used the open source list source en destination in the past, but when I search, they don't seem to be compatible with newer SQL Server versions. If you're comfortable coding, you could write your ...
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Can we call SOAP web service from visual studio 2013 declarative workflow?

SharePoint workflows can consume any sort of web service. You could check the guideline below. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/general-development/working-with-web-services-in-...
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Can I use my Visual Studio 2013 to build sharepoint add ins (Hosted App) -SharePoint Online

You have to install Office Developer Tools for building SharePoint Add-ins (Provider-hosted or SharePoint-hosted) or Office Add-ins.
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Feature in SharePoint farm solution not showing web part items

Depending on the Version of SharePoint 2013 or the UI Version its running in and the Features Web Parts are being deployed to they may not be visible unless deployed to the 14 hive folder or the 15 ...
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FBA Configuration

When the user changes their password with the change password web part, the password is stored in the membership database (default db name is ‘aspnetdb’). Depending on the settings for the membership ...
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Deployment error in Visual Studio Workflow - Invalid type(s) System.Decimal

I have found the solution: There was another workflow attached to the list that was also triggered by the creation of a new item. That workflow was a SharePoint Designer workflow and, as far as I ...
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Getting SharePoint Site Title

GetWebByTitle(string siteTitle) method is trying to find title in all sub sites. If you want to get the title of the site whose URL you passed, You can use var sh = new SharepointHelper("https://...
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Building wsp for VS 2013 and SP 2013

WSPbuilder does not support to SharePoint 2013. Here is the one workaround mentioned here If you execute "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\microsoft\MSEnvShared\Addins", you should see the ...
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Creating a list event receiver with Visual Studio 2013

Open Visual Studio 2013 and create an Empty SharePoint Project. Enter site URL and select Deploy as a farm solution and click Finish. Open Solution Explorer and add a new item. Select event ...
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Weird workflow problem with custom activity

After procrastinating like a champ for about a year, I recently was forced to look into the question again, and this time I found the cause of my problems right away: It was a local time vs. UTC ...
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SCRIPT1004: Expected ';' error in the browser

Seems like you have entered the selector wrong. THere is never a comma in a selector. Instead of using Javascript, you can achieve this by CSS. You can use the following css to hide the Edit button in ...
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How to make a print button in infopath form?

You cannot use XDocument in InfoPath 2010 or later. Instead, you can use this.Print() method. This will print current page directly to default printer (unfortunately no dialog will pop up).
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How to get workflow instance's Title/Name property using WorkflowServicesManager in SharePoint 2013

You can get that name from WorkflowSubscriptionService. This is how you get that. /// <summary> /// get workflow name from instance /// </summary> /// <param name="...
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SharePoint DateTimeControl does not render the calendar in web part

Beware that $SPUrl is token known only in SharePoint Server editions and it is not available in SharePoint Foundation. Using $SPUrl in SharePoint Foundations throws an exception The expression prefix '...
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Error occurred in deployment step 'Activate Features'

Check, that package.package has the correct office/sharepoint version, e.g. SP2016 16.0, SP2013 15.0. It's hardly noticeable but that could be the reason why the feature doesn't get installed into the ...
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