Janne Mattila's blog

From programmer to programmer -- Programming just for the fun of it

MOSS: Backup and restore and missing Timer job definitions

If you have your SharePoint application running on Server1 and you decide to move it to Server2 with...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 08/31/2007

Failed to determine definition for Feature...

I was working on SharePoint case and found myself staring at the logs... again :-) I found 11 lines...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 08/27/2007

How to install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools to XP or Vista

I got email from Philip Edney with a hint that how you can install Windows SharePoint Services 3.0...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 08/15/2007

ISA + MOSS: makes life a lot easier for FBA

I have explained this same story couple of times so I thought that I'll write shortly this to my...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 07/23/2007

Free the SPWeb!

Every SharePoint developer knows that you need to free resources that you have used... like SPWeb...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 06/29/2007

Adding users to SharePoint dynamically at first request after authentication

That title says it all! Well I was working on case where SharePoint was configured to use external...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 06/24/2007

Starting workflow from eventhandler

I just wanted to make quick post about starting the workflow from code. You might want to use this...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 06/07/2007

Feedback web part

A while back I got a question that how would I solve "feedback feature request" for my customers...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 06/07/2007

Adding functionalities to pages by inheriting PublishingLayoutPage

If you have worked a lot with MOSS you probably know how to make new page layouts. But if you create...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 04/13/2007

Visual Studio Add-in: Use Vista Search directly from Visual Studio

I have used Windows Vista from last November and now I have noticed that I'm really heavy user of...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 03/04/2007

MOSS and Solution deployment: Your Features folder is missing some files

Have you done nice Feature (or set of Features) that you want to deploy using SharePoint Solution...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 02/28/2007

MOSS and EventHandler deployment with features + Cannot insert the value NULL into column...

I posted earlier about my nasty experiences with site column deployment. This time I was working...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 02/08/2007

Transferring attachment file from Web Service to InfoPath

I previously posted about InfoPath and Web Service data connections. Back then I didn't mention that...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 02/08/2007

MOSS and Solution deployment: Problems with the cab file

Solution deployment is really powerful way to deploy your customization to the customer environment....

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 02/06/2007

InfoPath and Web Service data connection

I have used InfoPath mainly with SharePoint and my experiences have been quite good. However I have...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 01/21/2007

MOSS and Site column deployment with features + missing curly brackets in guids

I had nasty expience with Site column deployment this week and I thought I share it with you. I was...

Author: Janne Mattila 2 Date: 01/20/2007

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