Trailblazer's Sharepoint Blog
SharePoint Solution Architect | SharePoint 2010, MOSS |
SharePoint 2010 | Powershell | Download all files in document library to Network Share (File share)
I was recently working on a client requirement to download all the content of a list/document...
Date: 02/08/2012
SharePoint 2010 | Get Solution File Name from Feature activated
I was working on a custom solution with a client. This project has a high level of custom auditing,...
Date: 01/30/2012
SharePoint 2010 | Correct SharePoint behavior | "SharePoint displays users as DomainUsername instead of Display Name"
I have seen this behaviour a number of times in our client enviornments when some of your AD...
Date: 01/30/2012
SharePoint 2010 | Clear SharePoint Cache
SharePoint caches the content (Could be images, etc.) in two of its system folders. The cache is...
Date: 01/28/2012
FAST Search 2010 | Query on Out of the box ContentType Managed Property doesn't return results
I was recently working with a customer on FAST Serach Querying and they were using custom search to...
Date: 01/22/2012
SharePoint 2010 | Copy text to clipboard
I was recently working on a web part which had to copy the data in the datagrid to clip board....
Date: 01/21/2012
Achievements in Visual Studio 2010
What if Visual Studio supported achievements, just like games on Steam, Xbox or PS3? Bragging to...
Date: 01/19/2012
Search Center | List of site and site collections | SharePoint 2010
I found an easy way to get the list of Sites and site collections just by using search. (No Code or...
Date: 01/18/2012
SharePoint 2010 | AD Account gets locked down
I must say that SharePoint 2010 has been absolutely awesome in integrating all my office client...
Date: 01/16/2012
Content Type Hub | Duplicate Content Type Error "A content type with the name already exists"
Content types are one of the best things to happen for SharePoint as they allow better...
Date: 01/16/2012
Can't access a list on an Anonymous site - SharePoint 2010
I was recently hounded by a client's strange issue. The client had a Publishing Site which was...
Date: 01/12/2012
Remove, Save and Restore - Remote PowerShell Sessions in SharePoint 2010
I have been working with Remote Powershell and it is amazing to use this. Just imagine I dont need...
Date: 06/09/2010
Configure Remote PowerShell in SharePoint 2010
I was working on a requirement to run a SP 2010 powershell script from a remote machine on network....
Date: 06/09/2010
SPS 2003 : Custom error page for a status 404 error
I was recently working on SPS 2003 issue where we wanted to redirect the user to a custom error...
Date: 05/13/2010
MOSS 2007 : Get Last Accessed date for a site
I had a recent requirement to find out the last accessed date of the sites in the web applications...
Date: 05/11/2010
MOSS: Event Log error when you have Ajax User Controls in Control Templates
I was recently working with Ajax controls in SharePoint. I created some ascx user controls and added...
Date: 04/13/2010
MOSS: How to prevent a single text on a page to come in search results?
I was recently working on a requirement, somewhat weird (As developers would say) but made a lot of...
Date: 02/05/2010
How to: Add 32 bit machine to a 64 bit MOSS farm - Best Practices
I was recently working with a client who wanted to develop Workflows using VS 2008 on a 64 bit...
Date: 01/25/2010
SP2010: SPMetal Doesn't work for external lists + Possible workaround
As we know SP 2010 has introduced a way where we will now be able to implement OOPS principles for...
Date: 01/20/2010
How to get Search Query API calls to be logged in search usage analysis reports
I was recently working on a customer requirement to log Search Query API calls. OOB this is easy to...
Date: 12/30/2009
After Properties go blank in ItemUpdated event for Office 2007 Documents..
Event Handlers in MOSS have come a long way since their inception in SharePoint 2003. In MOSS, event...
Date: 12/30/2009
Windows Powershell ISE
I was recently working on a PowerShell issue and found a new Graphical editor for developing...
Date: 12/30/2009
Fragment Caching for user controls doesn’t work in SharePoint if using SPD.
I recently had a strange requirement or should I say an issue where the client had created a user...
Date: 12/30/2009
SP 2010 - Sandbox Solutions - Mysterious but truly awesome
So SP 2010 is out and we have finally got hold of the new version of SharePoint. Among the new...
Date: 12/30/2009
Define custom new/edit/display forms for Content Types
Recently, I got a requirement to define custom pages for a content type item. What am I talking...
Date: 06/05/2009
BDC User Permission List ---- Add users from API
Recently I came across an interesting request from my customer, who wanted to add users to the “BDC...
Date: 06/04/2009
Virtual Earth in SharePoint
I recently was working on a very cool requirement where customer wanted to implement virtual earth...
Date: 05/25/2009
Reusing SPSchedulePicker Control
SchedulePicker Class (in the Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls namespace) is very handy when it comes...
Date: 05/25/2009
How to - Increase timeout value of a SharePoint workflow
I was recently working on an issue where customer had a workflow which used to fail and error out...
Date: 05/25/2009
Modify a date-time value field in Event Handlers – Through AfterProperties
Recently I had a requirement from my customer where it was required to update a date time field...
Date: 05/25/2009
Application Definition Designer – New Name for BDC Editor Tool
I recently downloaded the new SharePoint SDK – 1.5 (April 2009 version) and found that the BDC...
Date: 05/06/2009
Page Editing Toolbar - Problem with submit for approval node in the quick access
You need to customize the CustomQuickAccess.xml to achieve the functionality. Curiously, the...
Date: 04/06/2009
Save files from SharePoint document library to File System
Normally you would get requirements for uploading documents to the document library, but you would...
Date: 12/14/2008
Delete items of SharePoint recycle bin efficiently using - SPRecycleBinQuery
Recently I had a strange query from one of my clients. The client had the OOB SharePoint recycle...
Date: 11/27/2008
How to get users under a subsite/area in WSS 2.0/SPS 2003?
Although it seems a very basic question, but I thought of blogging this as it is not as easy as it...
Date: 11/27/2008
SPWebApplication.Delete – Deletes Web Application – Myth Busted!!
If someone asks you, how to delete a WebApplication from the code API, the simple answer is to use –...
Date: 10/21/2008
Add users of an AD Group to the SharePoint Site
Recently, I had a requirement from my Customer which required to add an AD groups’s user to the...
Date: 09/29/2008
How to use Role Definitions across Multiple Language MOSS Versions - Clean Approach
The problem with Multi-Language MOSS is that the name of the Role Definition is localized hence if...
Date: 08/20/2008
MOSS Search with Order by Clause – Doesn’t return all results
I had a very strange issue recently for the SharePoint Search queries. I had a very simple...
Date: 08/15/2008
Common Errors in BDC with Web Services
As a SharePoint developer, I feel one of the highlights of MOSS has been – BDC (Business Data...
Date: 08/10/2008
How to update 'tp_title' field of the UserInfo table of the SharePoint's Content Database from the OM code?
Last week, I got this fascinating requirement. The requirement was to update the 'tp_title' field of...
Date: 07/25/2008
Why does RunwithElevatedPriviliges not work in Event Handlers?
In SharePoint one of the most used methods is - "RunWithElevatedPriviliges". The common...
Date: 07/21/2008
Workflow with a long processing time stopping abruptly with the message - "Failed on Start (Retrying)"
Recently I was working on a SharePoint Workflow issue. The workflow had just two activities in it -...
Date: 07/09/2008
SharePoint's strange behavior rattles me!!
Now you must be thinking, how can a SharePoint hardcore developer say something like this? But guys...
Date: 07/01/2008
How to filter a SharePoint List based on the Log In user’s properties (E.g. Department, etc.)
The best part of the problem was that the customer wanted to restrict (And not filter) the user to...
Date: 06/24/2008
How to set the default value for a look-up field, for an item as it is being created?
Actually, it may seem to be a very simple task to achieve. Just go to the specific list in the site...
Date: 06/18/2008
Add files to the SpFileCollection and update the time of creation WITHOUT creating a new version.
The normal solution for this would be to add the file into the file collection using the appropriate...
Date: 06/18/2008
My First Post – SharePoint Customization to a new level
So finally I have got hooked to the blogs phenomena and have decided to join the "Blog Bandwagon"....
Date: 06/14/2008