Writing custom code for SharePoint
Blog retirement
Since I am no longer a member of the SharePoint support team at Microsoft, there will be no future...
Date: 09/02/2010
Delete lots of items in the site collection Recycle Bin
It happened that after some time, the site collection Recycle Bin got "filled" with lots of items...
Date: 06/30/2010
June 2010 Cumulative Update released!
The June 2010 Cumulative Update was just released!Descriptions:WSS:...
Date: 06/30/2010
The web application could not be found
Supposed you're using the following: - SharePoint Server 2010 or SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Visual...
Date: 06/23/2010
Change global people-picker settings programatically
Supposed that you want to change the peoplepicker-searchadcustomquery property via STSADM and, for...
Date: 06/21/2010
Easy farm passphrase recovery
Since it happened twice that I forgot my MSF2010 testing environment's farm passphrase, I think that...
Date: 05/26/2010
Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and related
Since the RTM versions of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010...
Date: 05/07/2010
April 2010 Cumulative Update released!
This cumulative update includes a fix for a possible memory leak (which may cause the application...
Date: 04/30/2010
'Modified' field not getting updated anymore
It has occured that the 'Modified' field would not get updated automatically after a change has been...
Date: 04/20/2010
Office 2010 reaches RTM!
These are times for great announcements, so we're going to keep them coming! Office 2010 (including...
Date: 04/19/2010
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 available!
Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 were finally released! Below you can find some of the...
Date: 04/14/2010
Various "Access Denied" error messages / lack of functionality on site
This time it's again not about development, but rather about multiple "unexplainable" behaviors on a...
Date: 04/02/2010
Document Information Panel cannot open the form
Supposed that you create a Site Content Type and add a lookup field column to it. You then associate...
Date: 03/30/2010
Use SQL Server Management Studio Express with SQL Server Embedded Edition
Ever installed a WSS stand-alone machine? Well in this case, all your databases will be hosted by a...
Date: 03/04/2010
February 2010 Cumulative Update released!
Below is the usual information. This one also came in right on time!Descriptions:WSS:...
Date: 03/04/2010
Event handlers for the Datasheet view
Due to some reasons, in very rare cases columns defined in a content type would lose their...
Date: 02/22/2010
Survey results for questions with multiple answers
This is a rather nice one ...Considering the fact that I've been working in market research for some...
Date: 02/12/2010
Errors when using loops in custom workflows
Custom workflows are always fun to develop and run, aren't they? Just not when they start throwing...
Date: 02/12/2010
Alert jobs do not take ST / DST changes into account
This time, it's not about SharePoint Development, but I really think this may be useful to many. It...
Date: 02/10/2010
Files or folders not visible in the SharePoint UI
Here's how it goes: Certain files or folders are not visible in the SharePoint UI ("Normal View"),...
Date: 02/10/2010
Hide "User" link for Site / Site Collection Reports
This may sound like an odd question, but may make perfect sense in a certain context...
Date: 02/10/2010
Customize drop-down fields for SPLists
All of us love to use lookup columns. A lot.But what happens when you add two lookup fields to a...
Date: 02/10/2010
STSADM export / import fails because of "ghost" event handlers
It's not uncommon at all to encounter the following scenario:A SPS 2003 environment on which you had...
Date: 02/10/2010
Backing up and restoring "sensitive" metadata
It happened a few times that specific lists or document libraries showed behaviors which we couldn't...
Date: 12/18/2009
December 2009 Cumulative Update released!
Below is the usual information. This one actually came in very early!Descriptions:WSS:...
Date: 12/18/2009
October 2009 Cumulative Update released!
Here is the information, apologies for the delay: Descriptions:WSS:...
Date: 11/12/2009
Copy the versioning data to a custom column on a document library
This is a rather interesting one, regarding SharePoint 2007 document libraries, Office Word 2007 and...
Date: 09/22/2009
Working with the SPMeeting.LinkWithEvent() method
The scenario we’re focusing on is the following: 1. Create a new Team Site2. Create a new...
Date: 09/19/2009
Edit documents directly from the search results page
While using SharePoint 2007, I have come across the following behavior:- When clicking on a...
Date: 09/18/2009