Sridhar's blog
SharePoint programming and customization.
SharePoint Server 2016 – Installation and Deployment
Bill Baer introduces the new SharePoint Server 2016 describing the initial investments made in...
Date: 05/14/2015
Remote debugging tip on Windows Server 2012 R2
As most of you know, my role primarily involves debugging and debugging a lot! Most often I...
Date: 04/02/2015
The new “Custom Script” (no-script) feature
The purpose of this post is to increase awareness on Custom Script (a.k.a. no script) feature that’s...
Date: 04/02/2015
Unable to create 2013-platform workflows through SharePoint Designer 2013
I recently hit another “flavor” of this problem when trying to create a 2013-platform workflow using...
Date: 03/04/2015
SharePoint Online: Client libraries not loaded in publishing pages
Recently worked with a customer who had JSOM code in a content editor web part. They had this...
Date: 02/17/2015
Register-SPWorkflowService throws InvalidData, DirectoryNotFoundException on 15TEMPLATEWorkflowActivities directory
I was setting up a new SharePoint 2013 environment and hit this issue when registering workflow...
Date: 01/05/2015
SharePoint 2013 App fails with custom FBA login page
I recently worked a support ticket that resulted in the discovery of a rather acute problem but one...
Date: 11/21/2014
F5 debugging fails for any SharePoint project types using Visual Studio Professional 2012
Recently I had an opportunity to troubleshoot and fix an issue with not being able to perform F5...
Date: 09/08/2014
FIX: SharePoint 2013 Workflow recursion prevention – Part 3
Following FIX: SharePoint 2013 Workflow recursion prevention – Part 1, this post will walk you...
Date: 08/22/2014
FIX: SharePoint 2013 Workflow recursion prevention – Part 2
Following FIX: SharePoint 2013 Workflow recursion prevention – Part 1, this post will walk you...
Date: 08/21/2014
FIX: SharePoint 2013 Workflow recursion prevention – Part 1
ISSUE: Consider a scenario where you have a SharePoint 2013 workflow that creates an item on another...
Date: 08/19/2014
iFrame support in SharePoint 2013
Recently I worked on a support case related to iFrame and SharePoint 2013. What I learnt was...
Date: 08/12/2014
SharePoint IRM Protectors implemented in managed code
Can SharePoint IRM (Information Rights Management) Protectors be implemented in managed code...
Date: 05/10/2014
A word about App Step in SharePoint 2013 Workflow Platform
I am sure most of us a familiar with App Step and that it is a mechanism provided to developers of...
Date: 05/10/2014
SharePoint 2013 SearchServiceException “The maximum allowed value is 4096”
Recently I investigated an issue where a customer was using SharePoint 2013 Search REST APIs and...
Date: 05/06/2014
BCS: Login failed for user ‘NT AUTHORITYIUSR’
Following my previous post, I just ran into another issue recently that I though I’ll write a post...
Date: 05/04/2014
SharePoint 2013 CSOM call from web part fails with 401 for all users
This issue has come up at least 3 times in the list of issues I deal with here in SharePoint...
Date: 02/06/2014
Values in workflow actions not persisted in SharePoint Designer 2013
I worked on a support case recently and wanted to share the learning to the community. The...
Date: 01/02/2014
Custom field types and rendering templates correlation with the new “Server Render” property of the ListFormWebPart
I worked on a few issues dealing with this subject recently and I thought I’ll share this out so...
Date: 07/26/2013
Crawled properties won’t re-appear after deletion for a custom XML indexing connector in SharePoint 2013
A customer reported this problem to us and it was quite a learning to know how content processing...
Date: 06/04/2013
Enabling ScriptManager PageMethods doesn’t work in some scenarios in SharePoint 2013
I worked on a case where the problem was that PageMethods won’t execute from within a SharePoint...
Date: 06/04/2013
Register CSR-override on MDS enabled SharePoint 2013 site
Both CSR [Client-Side Rendering] and MDS [Minimal Download Strategy] are new concepts in SharePoint...
Date: 02/08/2013
A case of custom email templates not used when alerts are created from code in SharePoint
Recently, I had a case where customer was creating SPAlert object using SharePoint object model code...
Date: 05/29/2012
Not able to create publishing pages!!
Recently I worked a case where the customer was not able to create publishing pages at all. ...
Date: 09/06/2011
Implementing a post back button in a SharePoint 2010 Web Part with contextual ribbon
There are quite a few articles that talks about implementing a contextual ribbon button that does a...
Date: 12/30/2010
Working with SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model on an SSL enabled site
When working SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model on an SSL enabled SharePoint 2010 site, we also...
Date: 10/19/2010
Tracing SharePoint 2010 Service Applications
If you are interested (as I was) to know what happens behind the scenes in a SharePoint 2010 Service...
Date: 04/06/2010
Custom Service Applications in SharePoint 2010
I had to write up an internal article on creating custom service applications and making it work...
Date: 04/03/2010
Uploading files using Client Object Model in SharePoint 2010
There are 2 ways to upload files to SharePoint 2010 document libraries using managed client object...
Date: 03/12/2010
BCS and External List Learning – Part3
Check out previous posts on the same topic: Part1 Part2 Case where an external content type created...
Date: 03/10/2010
BCS and External List Learning – Part2
In Part1, I covered a specific scenario related to viewing external list and BDC throttling...
Date: 03/10/2010
BCS and External List Learning – Part1
I am posting this article split into series covering specific BCS learning when working with...
Date: 03/10/2010
The correct Geneva Framework Runtime needed for SharePoint 2010 RC
A lot of download links point to the older version of Geneva framework. So, if you are like me...
Date: 03/07/2010
Setting up BCS with Secure Store Application impersonation
We used to perform SSO impersonation in BDC in MOSS 2007. We now have a secure store service...
Date: 01/27/2010
LINQ to SharePoint 2010
Wow! LINQ to SharePoint 2010 is awesome! You have to work with it to see how it simplifies...
Date: 01/20/2010
Setup Claims using AspNetSqlMembershipProvider
Setting up claims using AspNetSqlMembershipProvider is very similar to this walk-through. ...
Date: 01/15/2010
IdentityNotMappedException: Some or all identity references could not be translated
Recently, I ran into an interesting issue. I thought I’ll post this as I guess most SharePoint...
Date: 01/15/2010
Setting up FBA Claims in SharePoint 2010 with Active Directory Membership Provider
This is a walk-through on setting up FBA Claims in SharePoint 2010 using the Active Directory...
Date: 01/07/2010
SharePoint 2010 – The Start!
It’s been a while I updated my blog posts! Have been quite busy with SharePoint 2010 and the...
Date: 12/12/2009
HowTo: Create a quizzing application with SharePoint 2007
With SharePoint 2007 "Survey" list template, I recently created a quizzing application. The thing...
Date: 12/15/2008
How do I use SecureString type in SharePoint 2007?
SecureString is the type that's used for passwords in SharePoint 2007. You might find its use when...
Date: 10/16/2008
Using Post Caching Substitution in SharePoint 2007 Web Parts
There are good number of articles that explains the different caching option Microsoft Office...
Date: 08/12/2008
Wildcard Search in SharePoint
Being able to perform wildcard search is probably an area that's missing in out of the box search in...
Date: 07/29/2008
"Failed to verify user permissions" error when using DspSts.asmx web service
I recently handled a case where the customer sees a "Failed to verify user permissions" error when...
Date: 07/29/2008
The buzz with "UrlQueryString" in SharePoint navigation
SharePoint's navigation APIs have a property exposed that allows us to set query string properties...
Date: 07/24/2008
Organization Hierarchy a Mess?
The "Organization Hierarchy" is a cool little thing that let's SharePoint users to remember who...
Date: 07/14/2008
FBA and User Display Names in SharePoint 2007
If you have been working with FBA for a while, you might have noticed that the user name displayed...
Date: 07/13/2008
Why are my SharePoint Groups drop-down disabled?
This was an interesting issue. The problem a customer reported was that when they wanted to...
Date: 07/07/2008
What happened to my My Links Web Part?
Well, did you add a link like "file://C:/folder1/folder2"? In one customer's environment this was...
Date: 06/27/2008